UK heatwave is causing Brits to last-minute cancel holidays to ‘too hot’ Spain
BRITS are sweating under the summer sun – not in Spain, but on the shores of their own isle, as the United Kingdom is hit
Police quickly find missing autistic son of distraught British tourists in Alicante
THE Policia Nacional helped a distraught British couple on holiday in Alicante City by finding their missing autistic son within minutes of him wandering off.
Bars closed in Benidorm’s ‘English zone’ after police purge against drug trafficking
FOUR bars have been closed in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ after police discovered drugs inside them. Seven people of British, Pakistani, and Moroccan nationalities have been
Six arrests as fight breaks out on tarmac as Ryanair flight arrives Spain’s Tenerife from London Stansted
A MAJOR fight broke out on a Ryanair flight that had arrived at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia Airport in the Canary Islands, after departing from
British tourist, 20, is beaten unconscious in Spain’s Mallorca: Police hunt six-foot attacker
POLICE on the Balearic Island of Mallorca are seeking a man described as blond, six-foot tall and stocky after he allegedly doled out an extremely
‘We’re not coming back’: British tourists blast drink prices in Mallorca for being ‘much more expensive’ following the Covid pandemic
EVER since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Spaniards have been complaining about a serious cost-of-living hike in their day-to-day lives. But British tourists are also
Benidorm legend Sticky Vicky dead at 80: Tributes pour in for X-rated performer loved by British tourists
LEGENDARY Benidorm performer, Sticky Vicky, died on Wednesday at the age of 80, her daughter has announced on social media. The Tenerife-born entertainer became famous
Brits will continue flocking to Spain’s Benidorm ‘despite the negative press coverage in UK tabloids’, say tourism experts
BENIDORM is gearing up for a bumper 2024 for tourism with the UK its biggest international market, despite negative tabloid stories that city officials have
Huge surge in Brits visiting Spain’s Costa del Sol: New all-time record for October sees more than 500,000 UK arrivals at Malaga
MALAGA AIRPORT recorded 2.2 million passengers in October- 17.1% more than a year ago, according to airport operator Aena. For the first ten months of
‘Hippy crack seller’ is arrested while offering laughing gas to four British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf
POLICE have arrested a man for selling laughing gas to young British tourists in Mallorca, as a gang distributing the gas on the mainland has
Watch: Spanish streamer ‘is groped by a British man in Benidorm’ while broadcasting live
THIS is the moment a Spanish streamer appears to be groped live on air by a British man in Benidorm this week. The female streamer
British tourists help secure record-breaking August in Valencia after filling up hotels in Benidorm and along the Costa Blanca
HOTEL OCCUPANCY topped 90% in the Valencian Community in August, according to the Benidorm-based Hosbec hoteliers association. The figures though were not a record which
SUNBED WARS: Hot-heads on Costa del Sol
A LEADING Costa del Sol hotel has hired a bouncer to prevent Brits and other tourists from fighting over sunbeds. Sunset Beach Club, a four-star
British holidaymakers boost June foreign tourist figures for Spain
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN welcomed 8.3 million foreign tourists in June- 10.9% more than in the same month last year according
Two British tourists beat up Magaluf hotel security guard in Spain’s Mallorca
A MAGALUF hotel security guard was beaten up by two British tourists after refusing them entry in the early hours of Friday morning. The men
Malaga Airport third busiest in Spain
MALAGA airport saw 3.7 million passengers during the first quarter of 2023. This is a 9% increase compared to the same period in 2019, the
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
British woman fatally mowed down by car on Spain’s Mallorca with driver claiming a puncture
A British woman died and a man- also British- suffered serious injuries in Palma on Wednesday when a vehicle hit them while waiting to use
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Tourist train flips over injuring 11 holidaymakers including four children on Spain’s Mallorca
AN EYEWITNESS has told the Olive Press that a tourist train crossing the resort of Santanyl on Mallorca was going too fast when it flipped
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels in Spain cheer August return to pre-pandemic occupancy
FIRST half of August hotel stays are back to 2019 pre-pandemic levels in Benidorm and the Costa Blanca with an average occupancy figure of 92.5%.
British tourist arrested over rape of UK holidaymaker on Spain’s Mallorca
A British man in his early 20’s has been arrested over the alleged rape of a female UK holidaymaker at a Magaluf hotel. Calvia’s Guardia
Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee
BENIDORM has congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on her 70 years as British monarch ahead of this weekend’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. From Thursday, the Costa Blanca
Foreign tourists flooding back to Spain with spending close to pre-pandemic levels
SPAIN welcomed 6.1 million international tourists in April who spent €6.9 billion on their holidays. Figures published on Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute show
Spain’s Valencia to invest €1.5 million to attract British tourists
VALENCIA leader Ximo Puig has announced a plan worth €1.5 million designed to attract more British tourists to the region. He announced his “impact plan”
British tourists ‘blamed’ for high COVID-19 rate in Benidorm area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
RISING British visitor numbers in the Benidorm area could be causing a big spike in local COVID-19 cases according to some Spanish media reports. The
Spanish minister calls for UK to ‘green list’ regions in Spain with lowest infection rates
SPAIN has called on the British government to relax Covid-19 restrictions for regions with low contagion rates, the country’s secretary of state for tourism said.