Tourists walk past the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona on August 2, 2025

Tourists walk past the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona on August 2, 2025

 Manaure QUINTERO

Spain welcomed a record 22.3 million foreign tourists in the key summer holiday months of July and August as the sector heads for another year of unprecedented numbers, data showed on Thursday.

The National Statistics Institute said 11.3 million international tourists arrived in the world's second most-visited country in August, largely driven by British, French and German holidaymakers.

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