Millions of people- including Brits- visited Spain in 2023 to set a new tourist record
SPAIN set an all-time new record in 2023 for foreign tourists, logging 85.1 million visitors who spent over €108 billion. Arrivals were 1.6 million up
British tourists in Spain are increasingly booking all-inclusive stays in areas like Benidorm due to inflation – in bad news for local restaurants and bars
BRITISH tourists are booking more all-inclusive holidays to Benidorm as inflation continues to bite, according to UK tour operators and Benidorm hotel owners. Convenience as
British tourists boost Costa Blanca hotel occupancy in September
COSTA BLANCA hotels reported a busier September than last year with a tourist occupancy rate of 80%- according to the Alicante Province Hotel Association(APHA). It
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
Spain poised to allow unvaccinated tourists from outside EU (including UK) if they have negative test
SPAIN is preparing to lift the ban on unvaccinated tourists visiting from outside the EU and allow them entry if they have a negative Covid
Costa Blanca hotels in Spain report excellent April occupancy- just 6% down on pre-pandemic numbers
HOTEL occupancy for April on the Costa Blanca was just 6% down on the pre-pandemic year of 2019. Figures from the Alicante Province Association of
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.
Spain’s Costa Blanca targets more gay and lesbian tourists plus extra Brits and Germans
COSTA Blanca tourism bosses want the region acknowledged as a ‘high quality’ destination for gay and lesbian visitors. Kick-starting a promotional campaign ahead of this
Benidorm hotels predict another tricky year for bookings on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Benidorm-based Hosbec hotel association says there’s still a long way to go before hotel tourism on the Costa Blanca fully recovers from the effects
Benidorm mayor attacks COVID-19 ‘extreme risk’ branding for Costa Blanca resort as first Delta Plus cases appear in Valencia area of Spain
The first two cases of the coronavirus ‘Delta Plus/AY 4.2’ variant have been detected in the Valencian Community with Benidorm placed in an ‘extreme’ risk
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels will ‘close’ again if UK tourists do not return to Spain in August
BRITISH tourists will be the key to whether or not some recently-reopened Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels will have to shut their doors again. That’s
A third of Benidorm hotels are closed because UK tourists can’t go on holiday to Spain’s Costa Blanca
A third of Benidorm’s hotels are still shut because they depend on UK visitors, according to the Hosbec hotel association. 40% of Benidorm’s tourists come
Costa Blanca hoteliers hope that British tourists could arrive in Spain from August
A leading Valencia region hotel association has pencilled in August 10 as the earliest day that a major influx of British tourists could start arriving
UK sunseekers desperate for a holiday break in Spain may get a COVID cost-cutting bonus very soon
UK tourists could travel to Spain without having to produce a negative coronavirus test from as soon as May 20. Spain’s Tourist Minister, Reyes Maroto,
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels want same ‘green light’ deal from the UK as for Spain’s Canary Islands
HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca have demanded that the Valencian president ‘knock on the door of Downing Street’ to get the UK to lift travel
No UK tourists means many hotels in Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca will not reopen before July
HALF of Costa Blanca’s hotels are not going to reopen before July according to a leading hotel association. Benidorm-based Hosbec says that 50% of its