Purposes

Estimating the number of foreign visitors entering Spain through different means of access and approximation of the tourist behaviour thereof.

Institutions that intervene

MITYC, Directorate General for Traffic (MI), AENA, RENFE and State Ports (MF).

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

Mensual.

Breakdown

Autonómica.

Budgetary credits necessary for its finance in the four-year period 2005-2008  (in thousands euros)

5,190.90