Purposes

Estimate of the number of foreign visitors entering Spain through different means of access and approximation to their tourist behaviour.

Institutions that intervene

MITC, Directorate General for Traffic (State Traffic Authority) (MINT), AENA, Renfe and Ports of State (MFOM).

General description (main variables)

Tourists, day-trippers, country of residence, means of transport used, types of organisation, type of accommodation, reason for and duration of the stay. Destination and other variables associated with tourist behaviour.

Collective

Foreign travellers entering Spain

Frequency of data collection

Anual, mensual

Breakdown

Autonómica

Budgetary credits necessary for its finance in the four-year period 2009-2012  (in thousands euros)

6,378.35