Tag: Tourism
Marina d’Or tourist complex cuts 2023 season short, cancelling reservations with no explanations
THE SUMMER season has ended abruptly, unexpectedly and without any explanation at the Marina d’Or tourist complex in Oropesa del Mar, Castellón province. The...
Cadiz’s successful summer season credited to its Spanish tourists and lack of ‘rowdy Brits’ jumping off balconies
A TOURISM chief in Cadiz has put the province’s hugely successful summer season down to one factor: Brits don’t go there.
Fresh off welcoming 600,000...
Historic visitor record at Spain’s Malaga Cathedral this summer
MALAGA Cathedral has achieved a historic milestone this summer by welcoming 110,606 visitors during the months of July and August.
This figure represents a 10%...
Spain welcomes 47.6 million tourists in first seven months of year, spending nearly €60 billion
SPAIN welcomed 47.6 million tourists to its shores in the year from January to July, an increase of 21% compared to the same period...
Spain’s tourism sector closes record summer season with average occupation of 93%
AFTER several years that were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Spain’s tourism sector has just closed a record summer season, with an average...
New data shows the cities in Spain oversaturated with tourists as holidaymakers outnumber locals.
A STUDY by the vacation rental search engine, Holidu, analysed the places in Europe where over-tourism is a major problem and three of Spain’s...
Benidorm’s busy roads suggest record-breaking summer season at resort popular with British holidaymakers in Spain
BENIDORM'S high tourist bookings are indicative of a busy summer season, but another positive sign is the number of motorists using local roads which...
Tourists return to Spain with a bang as passenger records for July are smashed at Costa del Sol and...
SPAIN'S airports saw the best-ever July for passenger numbers, as tourism continues to blossom following the Covid pandemic.
Operator Aena said on Monday that...
Brits remain the number one spenders in Spain – but latest tourism report is grim reading for the French
BRITS are still the big spenders of Spanish tourism, accounting for nearly one fifth of total tourist expenditures in the first half of 2023.
The...
Spain’s Andalucia welcomes over one million international tourists in June, 13.9% of national total
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ANDALUCIA has welcomed more than one million international tourists in June, making up 13.9% of the total tourists...
Number of US visitors to Spain rises 17% in a year
MORE AND MORE American tourists are choosing Spain for their vacation destination, with the number of visitors from the United States arriving on these...
RONDA recognised as ‘Tourist Destination of Excellence’ for 2023
RONDA, in Malaga, Spain, wins 2023 'Tourist Destination of Excellence' award for promoting tourism, preserving cultural heritage, and having great appeal.
Hero hotel security guard dubbed ‘Sheriff of Magaluf’ for giving rowdy teenage Brits a 7am ‘b****cking’
A HOTEL security guard has been hailed the ‘Sheriff of Magaluf’ by long-suffering mallorquins for giving a gang of rowdy Brits a 7am verbal...
WATCH: Mallorca locals struggle to get their heads around disgusting video of Dutch tourist defecating on sleeping man’s face
A NEW nadir was reached in Mallorca’s battle against drunk tourism when a Dutchman dropped his shorts and defecated on the cheek of a...
Employment in Spain’s tourism sector hits record high in June
THE NUMBER of workers from the tourism sector signed up to the Social Security system hit a record high in June, in line with...
Spain has ‘great potential’ to become major destination for sustainable tourism, says consultancy McKinsey
SPAIN has ‘great potential’ to become a major destination for travellers seeking sustainable tourism. That’s according to a report put together by global management...
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...
Nearly 4 million flight to Spain’s Costa del Sol up for sale this summer
AIRLINES are offering more seats to the Costa del Sol this summer than they did in 2022.
More flights are expected to touch down this...
13 tourists rescued in Spain’s Mijas after becoming trapped in overcrowded lift
THIRTEEN tourists have been rescued by the emergency services after they became trapped in a panoramic lift in Mijas.
The incident occurred last Sunday, June...
Sun-seekers crowd Malaga beaches on first Sunday of summer in Spain
BEACH-goers sunbathed and played in the sea along Malaga’s beaches yesterday, Sunday June 25—the first Sunday of summer.
Despite the fact that the peak tourist...
Mallorca residents complain German tourists now as boozy and awful as the Brits
EXASPERATED Mallorca residents are complaining that the ‘Brits abroad’ mentality has spread to Germans and other nationalities when they holiday on the island.
Locals residing...
Air passenger numbers break May record for Costa Blanca and Valencia airports in Spain
OVER 25 MILLION passengers used Spanish airports in May, a 3.4% increase on the previous 'record-breaking' May in 2019, with Alicante-Elche and Valencia airports...
Spain’s tourism minister predicts record summer for foreign visitors
SPAIN welcomed 7.2 million international tourists in April- a record for that month in figures published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics(INE).
Tourism...
easyJet to open fourth Spanish base at Costa Blanca airport in 2024
BUDGET air carrier easyJet will open a seasonal base at Alicante-Elche airport in 2024.
It will be the airline's fourth base in Spain with the...
Bouncing back: Spain’s tourism sector breaks 2019 records for hotel stays
WITH COVID-19 restrictions now a distant memory, the tourism sector in Spain is enjoying a bumper 2023. According to figures from the National Statistics...
200,000 fewer UK tourists predicted this summer compared to 2019 record levels on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FEWER UK tourists are expected to visit Alicante province this summer compared to the record-breaking 2019 season because there are not enough flights.
Costa Blanca...
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