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The Valencian Community registers its historical maximum in international tourism in 2023 with 10.4 million arrivals

 

• The Valencian Community received 21.8% more foreign tourists who spent 12,575 million euros, 24.5% more compared to 2022

Nuria Montes positively values ​​these results, highlighting that 2023 has been the best tourist year and adds that the forecasts for 2024 indicate that “we will be at these figures or even higher.”
The Valencian Community has registered its historical maximum in international tourism in 2023, as shown by the surveys published this Friday by the INE regarding Tourist Movements on the Border (Frontur) and the Tourist Expenditure Survey (Egatur).

 

Surveys show that international tourists who visited the Valencian Community in 2023 exceeded 10.4 million (10,491,985), with an increase of 21.8% year-on-year, above the average for Spain, which is 18.7 % and spent 12,575 million euros, which represents an increase of 24.5% compared to 2022.

The Egatur survey shows that in 2023 the average expenditure per tourist amounts to 1,199 euros, increasing by 2.2% year-on-year, and the average daily expenditure in 2023 stands at 124 euros, 5% higher than that recorded in 2022.

 

The Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Nuria Montes, has assessed these results as very positive, since these figures corroborate that 2023 has been the best tourist year and confirm that “it has been the year of the true recovery of tourism for the Valencian Community”.

For Councilor Nuria Montes, “not only is the increase in tourists important, what is truly important is the increase in spending, which is still above the growth in tourists.” Furthermore, she explained that “international tourists are the ones who spend the most because they stay much longer than national tourists.”

 

The head of Tourism recalled that "the trends, as we advanced in the past Fitur, indicate that in 2024 the Valencian Community will be at these figures or even higher, because the sales rate is being very important."

 

December results

In addition, surveys show that the best number of international tourists in history was recorded in the month of December, with a total of 714,043 arrivals, 39% more than in December 2022.

Regarding spending, in December an expense of 837 million was recorded, 41.2% more, according to the latest data published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

 

Furthermore, the Egatur survey shows that, compared to December 2022, average spending per trip has increased by 1.6%, and average daily spending has increased by 5.6%.