Spain received an all-time-record 47.2 million tourist visits during the first eight months of this year – a 4.1% rise from 2014, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.

The figures, compiled through the ministry’s Tourism Border Movements Survey (Frontur), also show that a record number of 9.2 million visitors from other countries spent their vacations somewhere in Spain last month – a 1.6% rise from August 2014 figures. Britain and France accounted for most of the tourists in the eighth month of the year.

Spain has also seen a hike in the number of people visiting from Asia – specifically South Korea, China and Japan.

Catalonia received the most tourists between January and August with 12.11 million visitors (25.7% of the total 47.2 million). The northwest region was followed by the Balearics, with 8.7 million tourists from abroad, Canaries, with 7.5 million, and Andalusia, with 6.3 million.

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