"la importante sangría de llegadas"

Question

lo que conduce a deducir que la causa única de ese descenso se encuentra en la importante sangría de llegadas. Sin embargo, el auge del gasto extranjero sí responde a un doble factor de aumento de visitantes y del gasto.

I'm translating a tourism piece. I haven't seen this phrase in this context before. Is it fairly usual? It seems literally it would be the "bleeding" of arrivals meaning that the level has fallen, but I've never seen it used this way. Does it imply a slow diminishing or is that irrelevant? Thanks

Yes, seems used in football reports too, if too many goals are scored, a drain on resources.. - annierats, Feb 25, 2013

Nice question. - annierats, Feb 25, 2013

Answer 1

As gohern says I think this is referring to the drain of the number of tourists arriving.

Answer 2

Sangría can also mean drain or outflow. Probably refers to a more rapid diminishing of tourists

Answer 3

In this context it seems to be the "outflow" or "drain" of a resource.

Yes that's right It's a surprisingly versatile word, great dictionary that reverso :-) - lagartijaverde, Feb 25, 2013