The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain rose to 630,657 in April from a virtual zero in the same month a year ago as European countries started to ease travel restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic, statistics department INE said.

The number of foreign tourists in April in Spain, the world's second most visited country before the pandemic, was still 91 per cent lower than in April 2019, INE reported.

With stricter travel restrictions in place in Britain, where travellers must isolate for several days when returning from abroad, German tourists were the most numerous visitors, representing 23pc of the tourists in April, Reuters reports.

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