Tourists rest in the shadow outside Royal Palace in central Madrid, Spain, August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of international visitors to Spain plunged 64.3% in March from the same month a year ago as hotels and apartments emptied of guests due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Spain, which had recorded seven consecutive years of record tourist arrivals and ranks as the world's second most popular holiday destination, received just 2 million visitors in March, the National Statistics Office said on Wednesday.
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