According to the information on the border crossing by tourists (Frontur), provided by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, over 9 million foreign tourists visited Spain in the first three months of 2011, which is by 2, 9% more than in the same period of the previous year. @

The leading position in the number of its tourists in Spain is traditionally occupied by Great Britain (1, 8 million tourists), followed by Germany (1, 4 million tourists) and France (1, 2 million tourists). A significant increase in tourist arrivals from the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Italy has been noted

The distribution of tourist flows in the main areas: The Canary Islands are the leaders in terms of the number of arrivals of foreign tourists, having accepted for the first quarter of 2011 up to 2, 7 million tourists , which is 30, 6% of the total number of visitors to Spain and thus showing an increase of 15.2% compared to the same period last year . Next comes Catalonia, which was visited by 2 million (22.9% of the total number of tourists ) is 1, 1% less than in the first quarter of last year, . Andalusia takes the third place, it was visited by 1, 23 million tourists (13, 6% of the total number of arrivals), which is 0, 9% less than in 2010 .

10 fresh news

• On March 5 the 85th Geneva Motor Show will begin (27 Feb)
• Paris will lose one of the main attractions (27 Feb)
• The tourist fell from a height of 500 meters, trying to make selfi (Feb 27)
• There was not enough space for the Pobedy flight to all passengers (27 Feb)
• Quidditch Championship kicked off in Spain (27 Feb)
• Israeli passengers nearly beat the flight attendant because of the chocolates ( 27 Feb)
• The most expensive ski resorts in Europe are determined (Feb 27)
• Marijuana smoking legalized in Washington (Feb 27)
• The cost of roaming abroad is increased (Feb 27)
• @ The ski season in Sochi will last until May (Feb 27)