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Comenius project« Come closer: my world is your
world » Tourist Information Madrid
Summary 2011
Community of Madrid
The autonomous community of Madrid is one of the most visited destinations in Spain, not only because of business and the offer of cinema, theatre and museums in the city, but for the attractive of other places like Aranjuez and El Escorial (Royal places), sky resorts like Navacerrada (70 km of Madrid) and La Pinilla (112 Km of Madrid). Nice villages in Madrid like Chinchón (45 Km), Patones (70 Km) , Rascafría (98 km) where you can go, visit the village, have lunch in a typical restaurant and go back to Madrid . And we cannot forget some towns full of culture like Alcalá de Henares (35 km).
Hotel activity : more than 10 million of tourists visited Madrid in 2011
Number of tourists Number of overnights
Number of
tourists
(Mil-lions)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Total
Resident in Spain
Resident abroad
Number of
overnights (Mil-lions)
0
5
10
15
20
25
Total
Resident in Spain
Resident abroad
Number of tourists from the different autonomous communities in hotels
16.5
10.414.8
8.4
7.9
Million of tourists
CataloniaMadridAndalusiaBalearic IslandsCanary Islands
Tourists from diferent autonomous communities which destination was Madrid. They are coming from Andalusia, Catalonia and Valencia, mainly
732
513895
278312
Thousand of tourists
CataloniaValenciaAndalusiaGaliciaVasc CountryCastilla Leon
Tourists coming from different contries
United States
Italy France United Kingdom
Germany Portugal0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Thousand of tourists
Reasons for visiting Madrid
The main reasons for visitng Madrid (both Spanish and foreign tourist) are:
1) Holidays 2) Business 3) Family 4) Studies And a small percentage for other reasons.• For international flights, Barajas airport is the most
visited one in Spain. • Spanish people arrive in Madrid by plane (from the
islands) and High Speed Train (AVE) from long distances (Barclona, Andalusia,…) and by car from closer places (highways from Toledo, Extremadura, Castilla León,…)
La información utilizada en este trabajo se ha obtenido de la Dirección General de
Turismo –Consejería de Economía y Hacienda de la Comunidad Autónoma de
Madrid , INE/EOH - IET (Egatur)- FRONTUR-FAMILITUR
