Britain has been knocked off its traditional top spot as Spain's most important foreign tourism market for the first time in decades. Britain has been knocked off its traditional top spot as Spain's most important foreign tourism market for the first time in decades. A year later a World Tourism Organisation chief criticised Benidorm's 'excessive' dependency on British tourism. Figures showing the numbers of foreign tourists who visited Spain in August, due out shortly, are expected to put France above Britain again. Autumn and winter are normally favourites with foreign holidaymakers including British pensioners seeking to avoid the town's high temperatures in summer.

Source: Daily Mail September 14, 2020 11:51 UTC