Spain
Spain, on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, is really 17 autonomous regions, each with its own geography and culture. The capital, Madrid, is home to the Royal Palace and singular Prado museum, housing works by European masters, and Segovia to the north has a fairy-tale medieval castle and Roman aqueduct. Catalonia’s capital, Barcelona, is defined by Antoni Gaudí’s quirky modernist architecture, including the Sagrada Família basilica.
Capital: Madrid
Dialing code: +34
Population: 46.77 million
(2018) Instituto Nacional de Estadística
King: Felipe VI of Spain
Visitor Characteristics:
Half of vacation visitors are aged under
35
Business visitors are four times more likely to
be male than female
More than half of vacation visitors
make repeat visit to a destination
Madrid and Barcelona are the areas of Spain
generating the greatest number of vacation visits
83% of visitors from Spain are
either ‘very’ or ‘extremely
likely’ to recommend desitations for a holiday or
short-break
Popular Activities:
Visited a museum
Visited parks/gardens
Went shopping
Key Demographic and Economic Data:
Population (m): 47.7
GDP per capita (Int $): 30,637
Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%):0.8