FOREIGN buyers bought 3,260 properties on the Costa del Sol in the first six months of the year. According to the President of the Costa del Sol Tourism Board, Elias Bendodo, this is 33 per cent more than in the same period in 2012. UK buyers lead the way with 630 purchases, followed by the […]
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Foreign investors still love the Costa del Sol
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British Airways fly Heathrow to Malaga
MALAGA airport will be regaining its direct connection with Heathrow starting next March. British Airways confirmed this information during a meeting with Andalusia´s tourism and commerce councilor Rafael Rodriguez. There will be only two weekly flights in the beginning, but the plan in to reach four during the summer season. Rodriguez sees this as clear […]
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Open 24 hours : Museo Picasso Málaga celebrates its 10th anniversary
Participate, remember, and appreciate. Museo Picasso Málaga has organised a host of activities around these ideas to celebrate its 10th Anniversary, commemorating an entire decade of efforts and success and renewing its commitment to the diffusion of Pablo Picasso’s work, as well as all the art and culture of its city. Open 24 hours is […]
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Record Summer Predicted for Spanish Tourism
The President of the Spanish Federation of Travel Agencies (CEAV), Rafael Gallego, in a statement to Europa Press this week said that the tourism forecast for this summer, after one week into the season, is “pretty good”, with the number of domestic and international tourists in Spain expected to increase by an average of between […]
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Malaga on the up
Tourism numbers in Malaga, Spain, continue to grow in 2013. The latest data for the first five months of this year show an increase in overnight stays of 6.5 percent compared to the same period in 2012, with a total of 703 277. In June, the trend is likely to continue according to the Department […]
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Costa del Sol property market set to sizzle this summer!
Foreign buyers are now as important to the Spanish property market as they were in 2006, when the real estate boom was in full swing, with waves of “climate” migrants investing in the Spanish property dream once again. According to data from the Genera Council of Notaries, a total of 38,312 non-resident foreign citizens bought […]
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Andalucian airports offer more flights this year
New routes set to open this summer, along with the consolidation of some already operational during high season, offer Andalucians the chance to fly to dozens of of new destinations and encourage more visitors to come to the region. Low-cost carriers Ryanair and Vueling are the leaders of the new offer. Twenty-two new destinations are […]
