Madrid tops ranking of most competitive tourist cities
Madrid has overtaken Barcelona as the most competitive in tourism according to the Urbantur 2022 report carried out by Exceltur, which analyses 22 urban tourist
Jet2 CEO questions Lanzarote’s president on tourism statements
The CEO of Jet2 Holidays, Steve Heapy has written to Lanzarote’s president, Maria Dolores Corujo, asking her to clarify whether or not she wants British
Brits heading to Spain over Easter and summer warned to expect long passport queues
Over the weekend over 1,000 passengers were held up in long queues for passport control at Terminals 1 and 4 at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport
Airline seats on offer to Spain’s Costa del Sol grow by 14.5% this spring
AIRLINES are offering more seats to the Costa del Sol this spring than they did in 2022. The supply of airline seats to Malaga during
Spain’s Malaga Airport bounces back as passenger figures continue to surpass pre-pandemic numbers
MALAGA airport continues to exceed pre-pandemic passenger figures in what is forecast to be a record-breaking year for tourism on the Costa del Sol. For
Spain’s Andalucia seeks to attract long-haul tourism with cultural and sporting events and improved air connections
ANDALUCIA plans more than 40 actions in 2023 to make headway in distant markets. Southern Spain is committed to offering a host of cultural and
Explore the most charming streets in Spain’s Andalucia this Spring
SPRING is in the air and that can only mean one thing – warm weather and time to enjoy the outdoors; and what better way
UK hits back at the European Union’s Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax with one of its own
THE UK is set to introduce a new requirement for visa-exempt visitors to Britain which will see them fill in an online form and pay
Tourism operators expect 300,000 more Germans to travel to Mallorca this year
Tourism operators are predicting that an extra 300,000 German tourists will travel to the Balearic Islands this year. German tour operators met with representatives of
Your summer getaway to Mallorca could be a THIRD more expensive according to tourism bosses
Holidays to Mallorca could become a third more expensive than last year as the island seeks to ditch ‘budget Brits’. Juan Ferrer, president of action
British holidaymakers rejoice: ETIAS tourist tax date pushed back to 2024
The EU’s new tourist tax that’s set to charge Brits and others €7 to enter the Schengen zone has been pushed back to 2024. The
UK hits back at the European Union’s Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax with one of its own
THE UK is set to introduce a new requirement for visa-exempt visitors to Britain which will see them fill in an online form and pay
Lanzarote joins the Balearics in seeking to shut out Brit tourists in favour of Germans
Lanzarote has become the latest sun-soaked Spanish island to complain about low-spending Brit tourists and court the Germans instead. The Canary Island joins the Balearic
New train line from Spain’s Malaga to popular Caminito del Rey to strart service from Monday March 20
THE new Cercanias train service to El Caminito del Rey hiking trail in Malaga will kick-start operations on Monday, March 20. The extension of the
Museums and statue of Pablo Picasso lead tourist enquiries in Spain’s Malaga
IN 2022, the tourist offices in Malaga attended almost 700,000 visitors, whose queries were monopolised by the cultural and museum offer of the capital. As
Renfe’s low-cost high-speed trains, Avlo, to start Spain’s Madrid-Malaga service in June
RENFE has announced this Monday, March 5, that their low-cost high-speed train, Avlo, will begin operating in the south corridor as of June. Avlo trains
Strikes of airport ground handling staff set to affect Easter holiday plans
Strikes are planned by unionized Swissport ground staff across Spanish airports. Ground staff operating with the airport handling company have announced walkouts on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Malaga, the most ‘instagrammed’ province in Spain’s Andalucia
THE province of Malaga is full of photogenic places and it seems that instagram users agree. In fact, according to the travel website Holidayguru, Malaga
Luxury tourism professionals meet in Spain’s Malaga for first edition of ‘Malaga Luxury Summit’
MALAGA has hosted a one-day luxury sales summit, featuring various specialists in the premium and luxury travel sector. The first edition of the congress ‘Malaga
Dengue fever outbreak announced on Ibiza with summer season on the horizonÂ
Alarm bells are ringing on Ibiza over a dengue fever outbreak striking German tourists last summer that has shocked health officials. Two separate outbreaks affecting
Spain’s Malaga seeks direct flight to Miami and year-round connections to Qatar and Saudi Arabia
MALAGA aims to strengthen its position in the North American, Latin American and Middle Eastern markets. With the soon-to-be direct connection between Malaga – New
March marks beginning of increased cruise activity in Spain’s Malaga port
THE cruise activity in the port of Malaga accelerates this month and will mark the start of what promises to be an intense spring season.
Spain’s national railway company, Renfe, spends more than €400,000 to remove graffiti from Andalucian trains
EVERY year, thousands of trains are vandalized and last year’s graffiti cleaning costs tallied €413,000 in Andalucia alone. In addition to the cost, there are
LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT ON THE COSTA DEL SOL IS DRIVING TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS MAD
OVER half a million people live along the Costa del Sol, not counting Malaga city, a number that is said to triple during the summer.
Mallorca’s plans to reduce visitors this summer crashes head first into airline plans to fly 30 million people to the islandÂ
Airlines are planning for a blockbuster 30 million passengers to visit Mallorca this summer, smashing the pre-Covid record set in 2019 by one million. They
‘Let it fail and go under’ Iberia warned off buying indebted Air Europa
The owners of British Airways have been advised to swerve the acquisition of Air Europa, Spain’s third-largest airline, and let the company ‘fail and go