The growth of number of tourists in Andorra during the ski season 2016-2017 is 8.9%. Thus, from 1st December, 2016 to 18th April 18, 2017, 1,417,487 people visited the country. This indicator far exceeded expectations – the government of Andorra set a goal to achieve a growth of 2%.
Most tourists are still Spanish (1,036,014 people, which is 11.5% more than last season). The number of French tourists fell by 2%. As for tourists of other nationalities, the overall growth was 5.9%. The main growth is the number of tourists from Russia (31.45%) and Poland (32.05%).
The most visited month was December (growth of 22.3%). An unprecedented increase in tourists recorded in April – 46.2% more than in the previous season (mainly due to Easter holidays).
The number of tourists on sightseeing programs also increased by 3.64% compared to the previous winter.