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Spain’s capital city’s airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, was the country’s leading airport in terms of passenger volume, with figures reaching some **** million travelers in 2024. Madrid-Barajas Airport experienced a considerable increase in the volume of passengers over the last years, ranking it as one of the busiest airports in Europe. However, the airport was severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 when the global air traffic plummeted.

Spain: an indisputable travel destination

Spain ranked second on the World Tourism Organization’s list of most visited countries in the world, with its number of international visitors amounting to million in 2023. The Mediterranean country was also one of Europe’s favorite holiday destinations: France, the United Kingdom, and Germany appeared in the leading positions of the largest number of international visitors to Spain by country of residence.

Tourism constitutes an essential industry for the Spanish economic system

The travel and tourism sector has become one of the leading engines of growth for the Spanish economy, featuring an ongoing increase in the GDP contribution over the last years and reached approximately billion euros in 2024. The industry plays a key role to boost the Spanish employment market, which has been experiencing a significant improvement since the 2007 financial crisis jeopardized and destroyed many jobs across the country. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism sector particularly hard, destroying once again a vast amount of jobs. However, the tourism industry once again showed a significant resilence and bounced back in the following years.