Visitors to Spain

Arrivals by country

Most visitors arriving to Spain on a short term basis were from the following countries:^[10]

Rank	Country	2016	2017	2018
1	United Kingdom	17,675,367	18,806,776	18,502,722
2	Germany	11,414,481	11,897,376	11,414,481
3	France	11,258,540	11,267,269	11,343,649
4	Italy	3,969,322	4,222,865	4,382,503
5	Netherlands	3,355,031	3,704,549	3,848,545
6	United States	2,001,813	2,637,484	2,949,710
7	Belgium	2,301,628	2,474,720	2,500,278
8	Portugal	1,996,164	2,137,880	2,346,405
9	Ireland	1,808,469	2,046,123	2,049,272
10	Switzerland	1,703,481	2,059,201	1,884,783
11	Russia	1,004,577	1,150,055	1,222,426
12	Argentina	562,680	746,498	714,774
13	China	374,755	514,777	649,032
14	Brazil	372,759	467,508	558,674
15	Japan	463,420	444,518	550,681
16	Mexico	370,044	450,822	499,803
17	South Korea	312,432	446,069	490,631
18	Canada	390,765	488,217	446,719
19	Israel	312,573	269,264	317,696
20	Turkey	297,625	290,280	292,949
	North Europe	5,129,025	5,826,548	5,783,558
	Other Europe	5,026,962	5,543,011	5,980,237
	Total international visitors	75,315,008	81,868,522	82,773,156

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Spain