Costa del Scotland
Experiencing different scenery and landscape as well as our cities is key for Spanish visitors to Scotland. Our "Spain Factsheet 2019" contains information on our visitors and what they are looking for from a stay in our country.
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Spain Factsheet 2019
Published November 2020
Fast facts for 2019
128 thousand
visits
915 thousand
nights
£51 million
expenditure
8th largest
international source market by visits
Annual figures are based on relatively low sample sizes.
Spain currently has no coronavirus (COVID-19) related travel restrictions in place. Spanish visitors can enter the UK and Scotland with a valid passport. National ID cards are no longer accepted as travel documents.
The following remain key to promote Scotland to Spanish travel trade contacts and visitors
- Flexible terms and conditions
- A strong reassurance message
- Themed tailor-made tours such as history, filming locations
- Driving routes
Key for the Spanish travel trade to be able to contract Scotland products are:
- Advance / fixed FIT rates for the 2023 season
- Group rates for 2024
VisitBritain are holding a travel trade roadshow event in Spain between 17-19 October 2022. A VisitScotland representative will be there. We won’t have a stand at Fitur in January 2023, but attendance arrangements are still to be confirmed. Further information to follow.
We have overview of European airline and ferry carriers with direct routes to Scotland.
Scottish businesses travelling to Spain can check the foreign travel advice pages.
