Dutch and Belgian camping guests in Spain

The Spanish Bureau of Statistics has published some figures for the year 2018. This concerns the numbers of overnight stays at campsites in Spain and the associated nationalities. A distinction is made between Spanish and foreign camping guests and the different regions in Spain to which these campers went.

Total number in Spain

A total of 2018 campers were counted throughout Spain in 7.867.359. These can be divided into 5.179.349 Spanish campers and 2.688.010 foreigners, of which 2.524.144 come from EU countries. Of the total number of campers in 2018, 3.248.156 went to campsites in Catalonia, followed by 996.590 in the Valencia region, 988.647 in Andalusia, 370.095 in Aragon and 310.318 in Castilla y León.

Dutch people

Throughout 2018, 472.531 Dutch people went on holiday at campsites in Spain. Of all Dutch campers, 253.764 went to campsites in Catalonia, followed by 47.910 in the Valencia region and 38.980 in Andalusia. Castilla y León is also popular with Dutch campers with a number of 27.604, followed by the Basque Country with 24.536, Aragón with 20.182, Cantabria with 14.560 and Asturias with 7.515 campers. The next region is Extremadura on the list with 6.271 Dutch campers, followed by Navarra with 6.130, Galicia with 5.934, Murcia region with 5.183, Madrid region with 4.865, La Rioja with 3.055, Castilla-La Mancha with 2.958, Balearic Islands with 2.892 and the Canary Islands. Islands with 191 campers from the Netherlands.

Belgen

Throughout 2018, 121.548 Belgians went on holiday at campsites in Spain. Of all Belgian campers, 61.052 went to campsites in Catalonia, followed by 17.428 in the Valencia region and 8.838 in Andalusia. The Aragón region is popular with Belgians with 8.190 campers, followed by the Basque Country with 6.150, Castilla y León with 5.367, Cantabria with 2.986 and Asturias with 2.013 campers. Galicia is the next region on the list with 1.923 campers, followed by the Murcia region with 1.692, Navarra with 1.522, Extremadura with 1.339 and the Madrid region with 1.195 campers from Belgium. In 2018, 814 Belgians also went camping in La Rioja, followed by Castilla-La Mancha with 586, the Balearic Islands with 366 and the Canary Islands with 168 campers.

Source: spainvandaag.nl