Wine tourism generates 15.20% more revenue in Spain

The wineries and museums, forming part of the Wine Routes of Spain, are emerging as a major revenue generating source, with an increase of 15.20%.

According to the wine tourism report released by the Spanish Association of Wine Cities (ACEVIN), visits have shown a rise by 5.59% over the previous year, with over 2.2 million visitors.

The 2015 wine tourism report also includes the cost parameters of the standard tour and the average spending per visitor to wineries, museums and wine interpretation centres. Figures in this case are positive recording 49 million euros of business, 15.20% more than in the previous year.

The average price of the standard winery tour (guided tour + tasting) is 7.01 euros and the average spending per visitor to the winery (in store, excluding the entrance fee) is 18.03 euros. In the case of wine museums, the average cost of the standard tour is 3.38 euros and the average spending per visitor to museums is 5.02 euros.

The report once again puts the Wine and Cava Route of Enoturisme Penedès and the Wine and Brandy Routes in the Marco de Jerez region at the top of the rankings of the most visited, with 464,825 and 449,326 visits respectively.

Other routes that have received good numbers and are again leading in the rankings are Ribera del Duero, Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa, Rias Baixas and Empordà. Empordà is also showing one of the most outstanding increases compared to the previous data. Other destinations with significant increases are Bierzo, Bullas, Montilla-Moriles and Ronda, with above 30% growth compared to the previous year’s data.

Source: travelnewsdigest.in