The Balearic Islands registered a total of 1,730,716 foreign tourists in September, thus becoming the autonomous community with the most travelers residing outside of Spain, ahead of Catalonia (1,576,701) and Andalusia (1,032,177). This is reflected in the Hotel Tourism Situation survey made public this Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), which also indicates that the Archipelago received a total of 168,851 Spanish tourists in September.