Spain is 'top eurozone holiday destination'

Article Date : 03 March 2011
News Section: Spain

Individuals looking to buy property in Spain may be interested in the latest figures released by Eurostat.

According to the statistics body, holidaymakers have continued to flock to the country despite recent economic troubles and a collapse in the nation's property market.

The organisation reports that a total of 268 million nights were spent in hotels in Spain by tourists last year, an increase of 6.4 per cent from 2009 figures.

Following Spain at the top of the rankings was Italy, then Germany, France and the UK. These five countries made up a huge 70 per cent of total hotel stays in the eurozone.

In broader terms there was an increase of 2.8 per cent in hotel stays across the European Union as a whole, which should be regarded as a positive step for the tourism industry.

The past two years have been typified by steady declines as the financial crisis saw many international travellers tightening their belts.