1.4 million international tourists arrived in the Balearic Islands in October, spending 1,742 million, up 17%. They represent 9% more tourists than in the same month of 2022, according to the latest data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

The Balearic Islands received a total of 1,473,640 international visitors in October, 9% more than in the same month of 2022. These made a tourist expenditure of 1,742 million, 16.9% more, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

The islands were the second main destination for tourists this month, with 18% of the total, behind Catalonia; and the third in terms of spending, with 16.9% of the total, behind Catalonia and the Canary Islands.

Thirty-six percent of the international travellers who visited the Balearic Islands in October came from Germany, and 27% from the United Kingdom.

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In the Balearic Islands, the average expenditure per tourist was 1,182 euros, 7.3% higher than a year earlier; the average daily expenditure stood at 178 euros (up 9.9%). Trips were 2.4% shorter, averaging 6.6 days.

These tourists made almost 9.8 million overnight stays on the islands, 5.6% more and 17.6% of the total.

In the first ten months of 2022, the Balearic Islands is the region with the second highest number of international tourists, with 14 million (+8.7%), behind only Catalonia. It is also the second with the second highest cumulative expenditure, with 18.2% of the total, totalling 17,241 million euros, 15.8% more than in the same period of 2022.