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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

REVEALED: Favourite Spanish holiday destinations by nationality (and what it says about them)

EVER wondered where your fellow countrymen flock to when they land in Spain for summer? Thanks to a new interactive map based on tourist overnight

5 Aug, 2025 @ 12:17

Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Where the tourists really go: the surprising Spanish hidden gems loved by Brits, Germans, and beyond

FORGET Benidorm or Barcelona – a new interactive map by RTVE reveals that some of Spain’s tiniest towns and most unexpected spots are seeing a

5 Aug, 2025 @ 11:31

Lead·Travel News

COSTA Blanca tourist chiefs spent three days last week wooing its biggest foreign visitor base

Costa Blanca tourist chiefs want even more UK visitors plus long-haul travellers from America and China

COSTA Blanca tourist chiefs spent last week wooing its biggest foreign visitor base- the UK- plus countries much further away at London’s World Travel Market.

10 Nov, 2024 @ 13:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mercadona reveals its summer hours: This is when Spain’s favourite supermarket will open until 10pm and on Sundays

MERCADONA, everyone’s favourite Spanish supermarket, has announced new summer hours that will expand access to visitors and locals alike. The Spanish grocery giant now under

8 Jun, 2024 @ 17:34

Food & Drink

Spain breaks all-time tourism record in the first quarter of 2024

FOREIGN holidaymakers in Spain reached a record high for the first quarter of a year with UK arrivals accounting for 18.4% of the market. The

3 May, 2024 @ 17:15

Lead·National News

Revealed: These are all the national holidays in Spain next year as the 2024 calendar is released

SPANISH officials have finalised the dates of next year’s national holidays. Together with regional holidays, people working in Spain will get an average of 16

27 Oct, 2023 @ 13:43

Lead

Petrol and diesel prices in Spain fall by 11% since June record highs

Petrol prices at their highest this year after August’s latest hikes

PETROL prices are at their highest in 2023 after the latest increases this early August. The new hikes come as millions of Spaniards and tourists

4 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Tourist spending rockets upwards in Spain's Balearic Islands

Tourist spending soars to new records in Spain’s Balearic Islands

TOURIST spending in the Balearic Islands soared to €4.5 billion over the first five months of 2023- €500 million more than in the same period

5 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca

Benidorm police use famous Shakespeare line to discourage Brit tourists from buying drinks from illegal beach sellers

Hotel stays expected to beat 2022 levels in July and August in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE HOSBEC hoteliers association has predicted that summer season hotel stays across the Valencian Community will be higher than last year. The Benidorm-based group says

1 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

HI DE HI! The rise of Spain’s resort campsites – ‘hotel-like’ facilities without the lows of mounting your own tent

THESE DAYS, camping isn’t about just ‘a tent’, where the trip can be spoiled by rain, wind, or too many baked beans by torchlight. With

18 Jun, 2023 @ 23:54

Lead·Olive Press Travel

VIDEO: Young British tourist rescued from underground rubbish bin

A VIDEO of the young British tourist who was rescued by firefighters after plummeting into an underground rubbish bin on the Costa del Sol has

11 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Two beaches in Spain’s Malaga among top 20 most instagrammed in Europe

SUMMER is fast approaching which means its that time of the year to plan your next beach holiday. With Google searches in Germany for the

7 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

May 1 and 2: Spain’s public holidays explained

IF YOU didn’t know already, this weekend will last three days, thanks to International Workers’ Day falling on May 1. That means a bank holiday,

30 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain’s foreign tourist revival continues with bigger spending than in 2019

SPAIN welcomed 4.3 million foreign tourists in February, 35.9% more than in the same month last year. Data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE)

3 Apr, 2023 @ 15:15

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·National News·Valencian Community

Spain's airports report record six-month passenger totals, surpassing 2019 figures

Spain had more foreign tourists in January than three years earlier- just before Covid pandemic

SPAIN welcomed 4.1 million foreign tourists in January to slightly beat the total three years earlier- weeks before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The

3 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News

Bornean Orangutan At Bioparc Fuengirola In Malaga, Spain 14 Aug 2021

Bioparc in Spain’s Fuengirola opens registration period for its White Week children’s camp

THE last week of February is synonymous in the province of Malaga with school holidays to celebrate the Day of Andalucia (Dia de Andalucia), which

6 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

Malaga·Nature·Other News

Benidorm hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca welcomed over two million people in 2022

BENIDORM got over two million hotel bookings last year according to the city-based Hosbec hoteliers association. The Hosbec Monitor report for 2022 says bookings were

25 Jan, 2023 @ 19:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Hotels·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Valencian Community

Grand Hyatt will open its first hotel in Spain this spring in Mar Menor area

The Grand Hyatt group will open its first hotel in Spain following a franchise agreement with the La Manga Club and Resort in the Mar

10 Jan, 2023 @ 16:15

Hotels·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Olive Press Travel

Tourism injected €187 BILLION into Spain’s economy last year, new figures show

Spain’s tourism rejoices with hotels filling up to 2019 levels

TOURISM in July returned to almost the same levels seen before the Covid pandemic in 2019. Figures from the National Statistics Institute show overnight hotel

24 Aug, 2022 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News·Valencian Community

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Love island villa in Spain now available to rent

FANS of the ITV series Love Island can rent the villa Sa Vinyasssa located in Sant Llorenc in Mallorca from September 24. The villa boasts

11 Jul, 2022 @ 13:51

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Travel News

Foreign Tourists Flood Back To Spain With Spending Almost The Same As Before Covid 19 Pandemic

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

1 Jun, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

Spain’s Malaga recieves 1.2 million tourists in first quarter of 2022—four times more than last year

Travel against Putin: Germany encourages pensioners to holiday in Spain to save on household fuel bills

A GERMAN travel association has come up with a wheeze to reduce its country’s reliance on Russian gas – give pensioners cash for an extended

13 May, 2022 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Tourist app for Spain's Alicante area reaches over 100,000 downloads

Tourist app for Spain’s Alicante area reaches landmark of over 100,000 downloads

A multi-lingual Alicante City tourist app has notched up over 100,000 downloads since being launched in May last year. The Passporter app allows easy access

19 Apr, 2022 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Fears over new tourist tax 'driving away' British tourists from Spain's Costa Blanca, despite Alicante and Benidorm councils refusing to charge it

Planned tourist tax ‘driving away’ British tourists from Spain’s Costa Blanca, despite Alicante and Benidorm councils refusing to charge it

A Valencian tourist tax proposal has been slammed by an Alicante Province small business federation, despite no plans for any local council to implement it.

19 Apr, 2022 @ 17:12

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Record Easter for tourist bookings claimed by Spain’s Murcia region

MURCIA is claiming a record high for Easter tourist accommodation bookings, following two years of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. Regional President, Fernando Lopez Miras, said: “Preliminary

19 Apr, 2022 @ 12:05

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia