MADRID, June 1 (Reuters) – The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain rose to 630.457 in April up from the virtually zero who came in April 2020 as the country was under a strict lockdown, statistics department INE said on Tuesday.
The number of tourists was still 91% lower than in April 2019 as a result of the restrictions still imposed on travelling, the data showed.
Foreign tourists spent a total 671 million euros ($820.97 million) in April, 90% less than in the same month in 2019, INE said. ($1 = 0.8173 euros) (Reporting by Michael Susin, editing by Inti Landauro)
