madrid june 30 reuters  spain expects tourist arrivals to reach 90 of prepandemic volumes during the summer season as northern europeans shrug off concerns over inflation pressures and book even more trips than in 2019 a senior tourism official said on thursday inflation is so far not dampening peak summer season demand said the secretary of state for tourism fernando valdes he was confident the tourism industry in one of the worlds most visited countries will have a high season comparable to some strong years before the covid19 pandemic it is a solid recovery in difficult conditions he said spanish 12month inflation rose to 102 in june topping 10 for the first time since april 1985 according to preliminary data from the national statistics institute at the same time bookings for july and august have already reached 90 of 2019 levels according to data from marketintelligence firm forwardkeys confirmed reservations from sweden were nearly 79 higher than in the summer before the pandemic danish bookings were 46 higher and more germans and britons will be travelling to spain in the coming months than in 2019 the number of tourists from the united states was just 4 lower airlines seat capacity to spain is 8 lower than before the pandemic for the summer months and flight cancellations have not been significant according to official figures a strike by ryanair workers on thursday in spain  one of several this month  has led to the cancellation of 10 of its flights to and from the country and more delays earlier in the day spains cabin staff union uso said ryanair which said less than 2 of its flights were affected by cabin crew strikes last weekend did not immediately reply to a request for comments read more