A new study of European golfers reveals that Spain remains the No.1 travel destination for visitors from the UK, France, Germany and Scandinavia, with more than 28% of respondents playing golf in the country over the past 12 months. The findings form part of a new research document entitled ‘European Spotlight on Golf Tourism to […]
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Spain still Europe’s No.1 golf destination
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Silver screen success in Marbella
A SELECTION of the best short and feature films plus documentaries were brought to Marbella for the city’s International Film Festival. A total of 800 films were whittled down to a selection of just 40 to showcase the talent of the world’s independent film makers. With two screens showing the films throughout the day at […]
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New property investment visa already boosting interest in Spanish property
Property experts are predicting a boost for the Spanish property market with the country’s new residency investment visa set to attract a lot of buyers from outside the European Union. The long anticipated legislation granting non-EU nationals automatic Spanish residency via property investments has now officially been made law after being published in the state […]
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Marbella and Benidorm top Twitter trends
MARBELLA and Benidorm are two of the three most ´tweeted about´ Spanish beach destinations this summer, according to a Boom Business survey. The group searched tweets mentioning more than 50 different Spanish beach resorts, and found the two resorts were the second and third most mentioned of all destinations. They accounted for a combined 18.7% […]
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Falling Prices of Spain’s Luxury Homes Attracting Foreign Buyers
Spain’s luxury real estate market has become a magnet for wealthy buyers, especially foreigners and investment funds, looking for opportunities to acquire choice properties selling at discounts of nearly 20 percent due to the economic meltdown. Foreign buyers are drawn by Spain’s climate and a change in government policy that allows investors acquiring real estate […]
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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 […]
