In 2022, leisure travel accounted for 88 percent of the expenditures made by domestic and international tourists in Spain. Business tourism spending only represented the remaining 12 percent that year.
Distribution of expenditure by tourists in Spain in 2022, by main travel purpose
Characteristic
Share of tourism spending
Leisure
88.1%
Business
11.9%
• Leisure 88.1%
• Business 11.9%
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WTTC. (May 9, 2023). Distribution of expenditure by tourists in Spain in 2022, by main travel purpose [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/640405/travel-and-tourism-gdp-contribution-share-by-spend-type-spain/
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