Malaga town hall rejects tax for overnight tourists
BY Livia Cockerell
MALAGA town hall has rejected proposals for a tourist tax in the city.
Podemos, who fronted the plans, claimed a tax on tourists...
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Reduced EMT bus passes in Spain’s Malaga come into force this Thursday
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Rock around the shops in Gibraltar
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Whale of a time
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Airlines increase number of seats to Spain to 205 million for booster summer
Brits account for a huge 18% of seats taken up on airlines flying to Spain
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Whale of a time in the deepest part of the Straits of Gibraltar
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Spain tourism chiefs call for alcohol ban in airports and say British police ‘have power’ to stop boozing on...
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British mother shocked after being quoted €35,000 for 3-star hotel stay on Spain’s Costa del Sol
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Thomas Cook collapse and Brexit threaten tourism CRISIS for Spain’s Mallorca and Canary Islands as 500 hotels face closure...
THE Canary Islands are facing a tourism crisis as more than 500 hotels are facing closure following the collapse of Thomas Cook.
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189-seat passenger plane makes emergency landing on Spain’s Costa del Sol after its engine shuts down mid-flight
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EXCLUSIVE: Spaniards abroad fear for their loved ones back in Spain amid coronavirus lockdown
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