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TRIPS ABROAD BY REASON. JANUARY-DECEMBER 2001
Information about entrance of Spanish people in PORTUGAL
Source: Spanish Movements of the Tourism (Familitur). Provisional information.
YEAR
VISITORS
ROOM/NIGHTS
1997
18430000
1573000
1998
20318000
2222000
1999
20507000
1723000
2000
21175000
1843000
2001
21363041
1733135
2002
20705861
1817131
· The 8.6% (3.9 millions) of the 46.5 millions of tourism trips made by Spanish people during the year 2001 had as destination a foreign country, a 0.5 % more than in the same period of the previous year.
· These trips generated 41 millions of overnight stayings, that means an increase of 6.9% in relation to 2000.
· The average overnight stayings increased to 10.3 days, slightly more than in 2000 that was of 9.7 days.
· The months with more trips abroad coincided with the traditional vacation periods: Summer and Easter, reaching the maximum in August (20.5%). Although we can see that since 1999, the tourists travelling abroad is no longer limited to the summer vacation seasons, due to the greatest year-to-year rate of increase experimented in June, July and September, as against August.
· Taking all the Spanish tourists travelling abroad, 32.3% lived in Catalonia, 16.7% lived in Madrid and 9.9% came from the Valencia Community.
· The Autonomous Communities in which, proportionally, their inhabitants made more trips abroad are Catalonia, where 16.4% of the trips made by its inhabitants were outside our borders, Balearics (13.2%), Galicia (11.6%), Basque Country (10.8%) and Valencia Community (9.5%).
· The main destination abroad for the Spanish people was Europe, gathering 77.3% of the trips abroad. The most visited countries were Spain’s neighbouring countries, that is to say, France was the destination for 21.2% of the trips abroad, Portugal with 12.6% and Andorra with 12.9%. The foremost destinations outside Europe were Morocco, with 4.4% of the Spanish Tourists travelling abroad, and USA (3.1%).
· The main reason to travel abroad was leisure, recreation or holidays, the same as the trips inside Spain (66.4% of the trips were made due to this reason). The following main reason was to visit the family and friends (14.7%), followed by work or business (10.9%).
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Angola

Ofic. de turismo de Angola
c/Serrano, 64 28001 Madrid España
Tel. 914356166
www.angola.org

Portugal Ofic. de turismo de Portugal
Paseo de la Castellana, 141
Edificio Cuzco 4
Piso 17 puerta B
Tel 917617230
www.portugal.org
www.madeiratourism.org
www.drtacores.pt
Brazil Ofic.de turismo de Brasil
c/Almagro, 28 28010 Madrid España
Tel. 913195004
www.embratur.gov.br
www.emtursa.ba.gov.br
Cabo Verde www.caboverde.com
www.caboverdepages.com/2004
www.ikuska.com/africa/viajes/cabo.htm
Mozambique www.geocities.com
www.mozambique.mz