British tourist spending in Spain hitting record highs

TOURISTS coming to Spain are spending record amounts of money in 2015, new figures show.  

During the first eight months of the year more than €46 billion was splashed by international visitors, a 7% increase on the same figure last year.

And British travellers are lavishing the most on themselves, lavishing more than €9 billion on their breaks, according to figures from the Ministry of Tourism, Energy and Industry.

During August,tourist spending averaged over €300 million a day.