Nearly 18 Million Brits visited Spain last year, despite Brexit and terrorism concerns
The UK accounted for almost a quarter of Spain's tourists in 2016, with 12 per cent more Brits visiting than in 2015
It turns out that even Brexit couldn't curb Brits' enthusiasm for sun, sea and sangria.
New data released by the Spanish government has shown that a record number of UK tourists visited Spain last year.
The total number of foreign visitors to Spain was year was 75.6 million and Brits accounted for 23.6 per cent of those.
Over the course of 2016, 17.84 million British tourists visited the country - an increase of 12.4 per cent on the previous year.
People from the UK are by far the biggest visitors to Spain, with Germany and France tied in second place due to 11 million tourists from both countries enjoying Spanish holidays last year.
The most popular spots within the country were the Catalunya region that includes the Costa Brava and Barcelona, which received 18 million visitors, the Canary Islands, which received 13.3 million visitors, and the Balearic Islands, which hosted 13 million visitors over the course of 2016.
It is thought that part of the increased popularity of Spanish holidays is down to concerns over terror attacks,.
The surge comes as holidaymakers shun resorts in France, Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey after attacks targeting tourists.
