A record 97 million foreign tourists visited Spain in 2025 as the economically vital sector set a new benchmark for the second year running, the tourism minister said on Thursday.The first estimation represented a 3.5-percent increase on the 2024 figure of 94 million, while spending climbed 6.8 percent to 135 billion euros ($157 billion), Jordi Hereu told a press conference in Madrid.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“This is a collective success by the whole country that perfectly demonstrates Spain’s enormous attractivity, because Spain is a country that seduces the world,” he said.Most visitors are European, with British, German and French holidaymakers accounting for around half of the arrivals, said Pedro Aznar, a professor at Esade business school.Like southern European neighbor Portugal, and Greece, Spain has rebounded from harsh austerity measures and heavy debt in the early 2010s, with a tourism rebound following the COVID-19