Spain reaches the mark of 100,000 record number of arrivals
Spain registered 105,646 Indian arrivals in 2016, an increment of 17.08% over the previous year. In this way, for the first time it has surpassed the number of 100,000 tourists coming from India.
The latest official data indicates that 105,646 Indian tourists traveled to Spain to enjoy their holidays last year. The average stay was 7, 8 nights which makes it a total of approximately 780,000 nights. The main destinations that Indian tourists visited continue to be Barcelona, Madrid, Andalusia, Valencia and Ibiza. However, there is some interest in new destinations such as Bilbao, Mallorca and Canary Islands.
In addition, data collected during the first half of 2017 suggests that the growth in the number of arrivals from India will be even greater during this year.
You might also like
Low airport capacity worries aviation insiders
The Indian government currently has ‘no vision’ in airport infrastructure and the mammoth aircraft orders by airlines pitted against paucity of airport space will create ‘a crisis’ for the industry
In 2,000-Crore Revamp of Delhi’s Pragati Maidan, Iconic Buildings to be razed: 10 Points
The Cabinet has okayed the setting up of what the government is calling a “world-class Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre” at Delhi’s famous Pragati Maidan. For several years, architects and art organisations
Over 1.6 lakh people visited India for cruise tourism in 2017-18
More than 1.6 lakh people visited India for cruise tourism in 2017 -18 Tourism Minister K J Alphons told Parliament recently. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the minister said a task force on cruise tourism was
