Tourism in Spain continues to rebound

STORY: Tourism in Spain continues to rebound DATELINE: May 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:56 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Barcelona 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): NARCIS FERRER, Director of the Catalan Tourist Board 3. tourists in the city center and hotels during Easter 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): NARCIS FERRER, Director of the Catalan Tourist Board 5. various of tourists STORYLINE: Spain's tourism industry continues to rebound as international tourists are gradually returning. The Frontur border survey showed that over four million foreign visitors came to Spain in March, about 70 percent of the pre-pandemic level. Spending by foreign visitors also went up in March to over five billion euros, or 84 percent of pre-pandemic levels, according to the Egatur survey of tourist expenditure. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): NARCIS FERRER, Director of the Catalan Tourist Board "There's a lot of expectation for what's to come. Right now the signs are very positive. In terms of the figures, 2022 has

Tourism in Spain continues to rebound in March despite Ukraine crisis

STORY: Tourism in Spain continues to rebound in March despite Ukraine crisis DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourism industry in Spain STORYLINE: Spain welcomed four million foreign tourists who spent 5,069 million euros during March, according to the Frontur and Egatur studies on tourist arrivals and spending published by the Spanish Statistical Institute (INE) on Thursday. The numbers are a vast improvement over the 491,000 tourists who visited Spain in March 2021 and spent just 544 million euros, but still below the 5.6 million people who visited Spain in March 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, when they brought income of 6,035 million euros. The increasing number of foreign tourists visiting Spain, which comes in the context of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and rising inflation, means that the country has now experienced 10 months of consecutive year-on-year improvements in visitor numbers and spending. Spain's Ministry of