The winter sales period in Andalucia ends on Wednesday and the figures, although showing an increase of 5% over last year, are less than had been expected.
Tourism figures for Andalucia in 2011
Around 21.7 million tourists visited Andalucia during 2011, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year.
53.96 million tourists have visited Spain so far this year
In the first eleven months of this year Spain received a total of 53.96 million foreign tourists, an increase of 7.7% over the same period last year.