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Foreign tourist numbers in Spain rose by just 0.8% but UK visitors went up by 2% as the French and Germans cut back

Foreign tourist numbers in Spain rose by just 0.8% in September but UK visitors go up higher

FOREIGN tourist visitors to Spain went up in September, but only by 0.8% compared to year earlier. The National Statistics Institute said on Friday that

31 Oct, 2025 @ 11:57

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

SEEING DOUBLE: But one of two identically named restaurants in Marbella must cease trading after legal battle

GOURMANDS in Marbella could be forgiven if they thought they were seeing double. Yes, there really are two restaurants with the identical name, La Petite

30 Oct, 2025 @ 15:28

Lead·Travel News

UK tourists help Costa Blanca airport soar to new May record

EXPLAINER: Which queue should British residents with a TIE card join to enter Spain now that the EES is here?

CONFUSION continues to reign at Spain’s airports over which queue British residents should use as the EU’s new digital border system, the Entry/Exit System (EES),

28 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

EXPLAINER·Lead·Travel News

Blast off with Da Vinci and dinosaurs as Valencia’s Museu de les Ciències turns 25

VALENCIA’S iconic Museu de les Ciències is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a year of exhibits that take you from the Renaissance to the Red

23 Oct, 2025 @ 14:43

La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Here are the start dates for the EES border system at key Spanish airports popular with British tourists – travellers to Malaga beware

SPAIN began rolling out the European Union’s new digital border system known as the Entry/Exit System (EES) from October 12 — with Madrid Barajas the

23 Oct, 2025 @ 14:39

Lead·Travel News

Heartbreak for owner of dog lost while being loaded onto Iberia flight to Barcelona as EU court rules it is worth the same as a suitcase

A EUROPEAN court has ruled that a dog which escaped and was never seen again while being loaded onto an Iberia flight should be treated

22 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Lead·Other News·Travel News

Winner of Spain’s ‘top coastal destination 2024’ to clean up its beaches by banning smoking and music

Spain’s best seaside destination is set to implement new beach regulations to create quieter and more environmentally friendly spaces. San Sebastian – the city that

22 Oct, 2025 @ 12:00

Basque Country·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Fresh crackdown on youth hostels and party boats as Mallorca targets a different profile of visitor

PALMA de Mallorca will ban new youth hostels and tourist rentals, as well as all party boats, in a sweeping move to tackle overtourism. Palma’s

21 Oct, 2025 @ 11:04

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Investigation underway after drone sighting grounds flights at Mallorca’s Palma airport

SPANISH police have opened an investigation after the appearance of a rogue drone near Palma de Mallorca airport on Sunday forced flight operations to be

21 Oct, 2025 @ 09:51

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

What Spain’s ‘Tourism Strategy 2030’ really means — from a new tourist rental watchdog to billions for small businesses

SPAIN’s ‘golden goose’ tourism sector – which fuels one in eight jobs and more than a tenth of the economy – is about to face

18 Oct, 2025 @ 10:00

EXPLAINER·Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Pretentious, moi? World’s most expensive hamburger served at Spanish restaurant with a 3.7-star TripAdvisor rating

ASADOR Aupa in Cabrera de Mar, Catalunya, has decided it’s time to change the burger game by slapping an eye-watering €9,450 price tag on their

16 Oct, 2025 @ 09:45

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Cordoba’s famous Flora festival returns as teams duke it out to transform courtyards into dazzling displays of colour

CORDOBA’S streets have exploded into colour as the Flora festival returns to the city, bringing with it over 20,000 flower stems and 5,000 plants. The

14 Oct, 2025 @ 14:45

Cordoba·Day Trips·Don't Miss·Exploring Spain·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport continued to break monthly passenger records with just over 1.9 million people using the facility in September. Over a third of travellers came

13 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Tripadvisor Best of the Best restaurants list in Spain features SIX from Malaga province out of just 25

WHEN it comes to dining on the Costa del Sol, the fancy Michelin-starred venues get the headlines, but this year Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice ‘Lo mejor

12 Oct, 2025 @ 10:28

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News·Travel News

The big EES digital border system rolls out on Sunday to great fanfare… at just one airport in Spain

MADRID airport will this Sunday be the first place in Spain to use the new European biometric and automated border control system for non-EU citizens-

11 Oct, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead·Madrid·Travel News

Ryanair bumps up the number of seats to Spain it is slashing next summer to 1.2m – and kills off Asturias completely

RYANAIR’S boss, Michael O’Leary has announced the budget airline will cut 1.2 million seats at Spain’s regional airports for the 2026 summer season- including the

8 Oct, 2025 @ 18:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

‘Tourism is no longer the main driver of the Spanish economy’ as growth figures are halved

SPAIN’S tourist industry growth has slowed down significantly according to sector group Exceltur which claims it is no longer the ‘main driver of the country’s

8 Oct, 2025 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Brussels bureaucrats set to shoot down Spain’s €179m fine against airlines over charging extra for hand luggage

THE European Commission has launched legal action against Spain over a €179 million penalty imposed on budget airlines for charging passengers extra for hand luggage

8 Oct, 2025 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

‘Wake-up call’ for Brits: Second homeowners in Spain face travel bans when 90/180 ‘blind eye’ regime ends next week

BRITS are facing a clamp down on access to their second homes in Spain when the EU’s new digital border system starts next week. From

7 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Luxury British cruise ship loaded up with thousands of high-paying passengers pulls into port in northern Spain

THIS is the moment the cruise liner Silver Dawn manoeuvres into Vigo port loaded up with thousands of well-heeled British visitors yesterday. The Silver Dawn

7 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Galicia·Lead·Travel News

Magaluf nightclub bouncer arrested for assaulting two British tourists- one of whom could lose their sight in one eye

British tourism industry chooses Magaluf as the venue for its annual conference – ‘it’s changed’

THE UK’s leading travel association has raised a few eyebrows by choosing the Mallorca resort of Magaluf as the setting for its annual industry conference.

7 Oct, 2025 @ 14:45

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Ryanair threatens more cuts in Spain if government does not block proposed 21% airport tax hike

Ryanair adds new flights to Malaga – including two from Teesside – after slashing millions of seats to Spain

RYANAIR has strengthened its winter schedule to and from Malaga airport after slashing services to some regional airports. The Irish carrier has boosted flights between

6 Oct, 2025 @ 16:47

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Night at the Bernabeu or big business deal? Why Madrid’s Westin Cuzco must be your first choice in the capital

IT has for decades been the Madrid hotel for anyone flying in for a spot of business, or a big game at the nearby Bernabeu.

5 Oct, 2025 @ 17:25

Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

This town is home to a free wine fountain during one of Andalucia’s most popular festivals – here’s what you need to know

ENSCONCED in a sleepy valley among Granada’s Alpujarra mountains, the town of Cadiar is a cluster of quaint, whitewashed buildings where the air is crisp

1 Oct, 2025 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

EXPLAINER: Here’s how the new EES border system will work for Brits entering Spain and other EU countries from next month

BRITISH travellers will face fingerprinting, photos and binding questions at EU borders from October once the new Entry/Exit System (EES) comes into force on October

1 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

EXPLAINER·Lead·Travel News

Arnie and Jared Leto draw 120,000 fans to the Costa del Sol for Malaga’s first Comic-Con spectacular

HOLLYWOOD heavyweights Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jared Leto helped Malaga’s debut Comic-Con smash all expectations. The four-day extravaganza at the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos, which

30 Sep, 2025 @ 09:36

Business & Finance·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

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Foreign tourist numbers in Spain rose by just 0.8% in September but UK visitors go up higher

SEEING DOUBLE: But one of two identically named restaurants in Marbella must cease trading after legal battle

EXPLAINER: Which queue should British residents with a TIE card join to enter Spain now that the EES is here?

Blast off with Da Vinci and dinosaurs as Valencia’s Museu de les Ciències turns 25

Here are the start dates for the EES border system at key Spanish airports popular with British tourists – travellers to Malaga beware

Heartbreak for owner of dog lost while being loaded onto Iberia flight to Barcelona as EU court rules it is worth the same as a suitcase

Winner of Spain’s ‘top coastal destination 2024’ to clean up its beaches by banning smoking and music

Fresh crackdown on youth hostels and party boats as Mallorca targets a different profile of visitor

Investigation underway after drone sighting grounds flights at Mallorca’s Palma airport

What Spain’s ‘Tourism Strategy 2030’ really means — from a new tourist rental watchdog to billions for small businesses

Pretentious, moi? World’s most expensive hamburger served at Spanish restaurant with a 3.7-star TripAdvisor rating

Cordoba’s famous Flora festival returns as teams duke it out to transform courtyards into dazzling displays of colour

Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK

Tripadvisor Best of the Best restaurants list in Spain features SIX from Malaga province out of just 25

The big EES digital border system rolls out on Sunday to great fanfare… at just one airport in Spain

Ryanair bumps up the number of seats to Spain it is slashing next summer to 1.2m – and kills off Asturias completely

‘Tourism is no longer the main driver of the Spanish economy’ as growth figures are halved

Brussels bureaucrats set to shoot down Spain’s €179m fine against airlines over charging extra for hand luggage

‘Wake-up call’ for Brits: Second homeowners in Spain face travel bans when 90/180 ‘blind eye’ regime ends next week

WATCH: Luxury British cruise ship loaded up with thousands of high-paying passengers pulls into port in northern Spain

British tourism industry chooses Magaluf as the venue for its annual conference – ‘it’s changed’

Ryanair adds new flights to Malaga – including two from Teesside – after slashing millions of seats to Spain

Night at the Bernabeu or big business deal? Why Madrid’s Westin Cuzco must be your first choice in the capital

This town is home to a free wine fountain during one of Andalucia’s most popular festivals – here’s what you need to know

EXPLAINER: Here’s how the new EES border system will work for Brits entering Spain and other EU countries from next month

Arnie and Jared Leto draw 120,000 fans to the Costa del Sol for Malaga’s first Comic-Con spectacular

Revealed: More than 700,000 homes were bought in Spain in 2025 – the highest figure in 18 years

Man arrested in Andalucia on suspicion of animal cruelty after ‘pet dog is found hanging from a bridge’

Spain’s usually conservative supermarkets are branching out to target fast-growing ‘expat’ market

The Olive Press slips inside Spain’s ski property hotspots: from Sierra Nevada to the Pyrenees

OPINION: Spain’s Muslim community is more right-wing than you think – and has little tolerance for squatters or high taxes