Spain world leader in welcoming travellers with 200 million in 2015

THANKS to a bumper recovery to Spain’s tourism, more than 200 million passengers will have flown in and out of the country by the end of 2015.

That renders Spain the world leader, after other popular tourist destinations such a Greece and Tunisia suffered financial and terrorist problems this year.

Minister for Development Ana Pastor announced the ‘impressive’ statistic, having registered 13 million flyers to and from Spain in November alone.

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