Spain: 23,788 more Foreign Workers in Tourism Sector Registered in November

The recent figures show that compared to October, there are 23,788 more foreign workers, employed in the tourism sector in the country, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.

In comparison to February 2020 figures, the system recorded 296,000 workers more from other countries. At the same time, November’s figures represent 12.2 per cent of all Social Security affiliates in seasonally adjusted terms.

The figures also reveal that in November, Spain’s Social Security recorded 2,456,786 international contributors, of them 831,888 are from EU countries, or more specifically 33.9 per cent of them while 1,624,898 are from third countries or 66.1 per cent of them.

“In total, they represent 5,720 affiliates less than the previous month. 56.2 per cent are men (1,380,730), while 43.8 per cent are women (1,076,056),” the statement notes.

At the same time, the report notes that the majority of foreign workers came from the following countries:

• Romania (333,533)
• Morocco (302,912)
• Italy (158,978)
• Colombia (125,894)
• Venezuela (123,066)

In addition, it was reported that in the last twelve months, the average affiliation of workers from foreign countries increased by 8.5 per cent.

Among affiliates from other countries, there are 60,392 affiliates from Ukraine.

“Overall, 83.3 per cent of foreign affiliates are in the General Regime and a total of 2,046,984. This month, they have increased by more than three per cent in the areas of Education (3.3 per cent) and Public Administration (3.22 per cent). The sharpest decreases occurred in Hospitality (-8.48 per cent) and Agriculture (-3.28 per cent), both for seasonal reasons,” the statement notes.

Spain registered as 405,014 foreign affiliates. It has also been reported that of the total number of international self-employed workers, the majority of them came from the following countries:

• China (15.3 per cent)
• Romania (11.1 per cent)
• Italy (8.8 per cent)

In this regard, it has been emphasised that an increase was noted in the Transportation and Storage (1.67 per cent) and Education (1.5 per cent) industries.

The recent report also noted that the most significant increase in affiliation of internationals was noted in Murcia (4.02 per cent) and in the Valencian Community (2.97 per cent).

In addition, the data provided previously by Turespaña showed that the number of affiliates related to tourist activities surpassed 2.5 million.

The same noted that back in October, the tourism sector of Spain registered a total of 2,543,749 affiliates, marking the highest increase, even surpassing the figures registered during the same month in 2019.