Better August
Even at time of crisis, the tourist sector has known to stay in good numbers and this summer has secured the best results from 2006. The Tourism was of the last sectors in noticing the crisis and is being of first in leaving, as it assured the Secretary General Tourism, Joan Mesquida. And it is that this August they visited Spain almost 7 million foreign tourists, who stayed themselves in diverse lodgings in cities with Corunna hotels, in Madrid or Barcelona, a 4% more than the year happened. A number that is placed like better month of August from 2006, just before the crisis. Yet this, in which we took of 2010 have taken place 37 million visits of tourists, and so the sector stays in rise, with an improvement of 0.4%. France contributed 1.39 million tourists and underwent an increase of the 3,7. Italy grew a 11% and the Netherlands raised to a 35% in August and an annual 7.8%. Of the United Kingdom an increase of 0.3% noticed reaching 1.6 million. Germany has produced a reduction of the 0,6 solely percent. Between the chosen destinies, Catalonia continues being leader with an improvement of the 6.6 percent (1.79 million), followed of the Balearic Islands, with a 10.9% of growth (1.67 million). Andalusia and the Canary Islands (including some hotel Las Palmas), are the following destinies preferred by the tourists.
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