According to figures from the National Statistics Institute, Spain saw some 19 million international tourists over the 1st 11 months of the year, around 78% fewer than in the same period of 2019.

根據國家統計局的數據，西班牙今年前11個月的國際遊客約1900萬人次，比2019年同期減少約78%。

It also follows news that the number of Spaniards registered as jobless jumped towards four million in December, closing the year at a more than four year high.

此前還有消息稱，12月登記失業的西班牙人數量躍升至400萬，創下四年多來的收官之作。

Joaquin Perez Ray, the secretary of state for employment, is describing the data is bad but also full of anomalies.

負責就業的國務祕書華金-佩雷斯-雷正在描述數據不好，但也充滿了異常。

He said that it should return during 2021 to quote numbers similar to what we had before the pandemic provided the global health crisis did not worsen.

他說，只要全球衛生危機不惡化，2021年期間應該會恢復到類似於我們在大流行之前的數字報價。

Perez Ray estimated that the unemployment rate stood below 16% at the end of last year.

Perez Ray估計，去年年底的失業率低於16%。