Alicante-Elche airport has served a total of 8,954,841 passengers so far this year, 4.7% more than the same period in 2013, after October brought 966,287 travellers through the facility. According to a report issued this week, domestic traffic increased by 23.9% compared with October 2013, with an additional 99,117 passengers, with the accumulated number of […]
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Alicante-Elche airport serves almost 9 million so far
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Silver travellers and golden oldies feel the force of Spain’s allure
With 95% of the UK’s housing stock not fully accessible for older people, according to IPPR North, it’s perhaps unsurprising that increasing numbers of individuals are setting their sights on overseas properties in which to spend their golden years. Spain is an extremely popular choice of both holiday and retirement destination for UK citizens. The […]
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New Spanish government figures point to gentle housing market recovery
Figures released by the Housing Department within the Ministry of Public Works show that expats living in Spain spent 36% more on property in the first half of the year than they did in the same period last year. According to the same source, foreign residents buying homes in Spain spent a total of €4.2 […]
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Don’t put it on your Christmas list – treat yourself to a bargain Spanish apartment this Black Friday
The end of this month will see Americans hit the stores in a shopping frenzy as Black Friday – the day when the Christmas shopping season officially begins – sees stores across the country offer impressive discounts in order to kick start the traditional holiday spend-a-thon. According to Statistic Brain, a staggering 25% of all […]
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The Russians are on the move… from the cold of Moscow to the warmth of the Costa Blanca
There’s no questioning the attractions of the Spanish Costas. With sea, sand and sunshine, they make the perfect location for everything from a quick weekend break to a permanent move overseas. While Brits and Germans have been heading to Spain for decades, Russian property investors and tourists have been a more recent addition. Russian buyers […]
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Monarch Airlines announces Summer 2015 flights to Alicante
Monarch Airlines has announced the launch of a new route from its summer 2015 schedule direct to Alicante from Leeds Bradford Airport. The schedule for summer 2015 from Leeds Bradford Airport includes flights to 10 sun and city destinations across Europe, with the introduction of new routes to Alicante and Naples. This is in addition […]
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Spanish property on the up as penthouses command 30% price premiums
Spain’s property market is on the up, as a flood of foreign investors are snapping up bargain properties following years of tumbling prices. Provisional July figures from the National Statistics Institute have indicated that home sales increased by 10.7% compared with the same month in 2013, with 28,583 transactions in total. The July figures mark […]
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Beat the hotel price rises by buying your own pad in Spain’s sun-kissed Costa Blanca
This summer has seen Brits heading abroad in their droves to take advantage of cheap sunshine breaks in the Costas. But it seems that Spain isn’t the cheap holiday destination that once it was, with recent data from the National Statistics Institute revealing that the price of hotels in the Iberian country has risen by […]
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Tourist figures up again in Torreveija
While July and August water consumption increased in Torrevieja by 1.08% over those recorded last summer, hotel occupancy during July exceeded 80%, while in August the figure reached 85%. That figure increased to over 90% occupancy during the August Assumption weekend. The statistics were released last week by Councillor for Tourism, Luis María Pizana. The […]
