Palma.—Foreign tourists spent 10,164 million euros in the Balearics between January and October, data from the latest Tourism Expenditure Survey (Egatur) reveal.
This corresponds to a decrease of 2.9% over the first ten months of 2013.
The spend in the Balearics was the third highest in Spain behind Catalonia (13,609 million) and the Canary Islands (10,209 million).
Taking October alone, spend in the Balearics was down by 8.6% to 831 million.
Average expenditure was 871 euros (a fall of 11.8%), while the daily expenditure average fell by 12.3% to 104 euros.
For the whole of Spain, a new record for the January to October period was set, with foreign tourist spending up by 7% to 56,374 million euros.
The Egatur data show that average daily expenditure stayed steady at 109 euros, while the average expenditure for a whole stay was down a fraction (0.4%) to 967 euros.
Foreign tourist spend down in the Balearics
Tourists have spent less this year. | J. AGUIRRE