From 1952, when the first tour arrived in Majorca from England, the island has set the template for modern package tourism: The one- or two-week stay at an all-inclusive resort holiday. As English academic R.J. Buswell wrote in his 2011 book, Majorca and Tourism, Majorca became a much-studied laboratory for postwar mass tourism, the “Balearic […]
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Calling the culturati: Palma is hoping you’ll drop by
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Norwegian launches new flights to Spain
From 30 April, two weekly flights will take off from Manchester to Barcelona, offering nearly 20,000 seats for the summer season. From 2 June, four weekly flights will depart from Manchester to Malaga, while two weekly flights to Alicante will commence from 3 June. Meanwhile, from 15 June, new flights from Edinburgh to Barcelona will be available, adding 15,000 seats this summer. […]
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Mallorca emerges as this year’s summer hotspot as British buyers return to Spain in their masses
Having always been a favourite second home destination, early 2016 figures from leading Spanish homebuilder, , confirm that British buyers are firmly back in Spain and account for a quarter of the company’s 2016’s January and February sales. Overall, the total YTD sales as of February 2016 have risen dramatically in comparison to last year, […]
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Tourism in Spain recorded 11.2% growth in January.
Spain started the year by breaking another tourism record. In January, traditionally one of the low-season months in Spain (except for the Canary Islands), there were 3.5 million international tourist arrivals, 11.2% more than in the same month in 2015. Tourism in Spain increased mainly thanks to the British who traveled to Spain 16% more […]
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KLM expands routes to Spain, adds direct flights to Alicante
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will start direct scheduled service to Alicante this summer. Alicante is KLM’s sixth Spanish destination after Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao, with direct flights from Amsterdam to Valencia and Ibiza already planned. KLM will offer sixteen flights to Spain each day. All KLM flights to Spain offer customers from other points of origin […]
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Sun shines on Spain as Taylor Wimpey España reports double operating profit for 2015
Leading Spanish homebuilder, Taylor Wimpey España has released end of year results for 2015 that highlight the significant progress being made in the Spanish property market. The most recent figures show Taylor Wimpey España delivered an improved operating profit of £10.0 million for 2015, an impressive 138.1% growth on 2014’s £4.2 million, and an operating profit margin of 17.2%. […]
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Mallorca set for a hole in one as the island emerges as top European golf destination
The beautiful Balearic island of Mallorca is preparing to set the golf world alight as it plays host to the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) this November. Emerging as a leading European golf destination, this international event will attract a global audience who will come to discover all that Mallorca has to offer, from the […]
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Spanish tourism: Holiday prices soar due to increased demand
Holiday prices to Spain are soaring as travellers switch to the “reserve currency” of tourism: the Spanish Costas, long seen as a safe bet, the Independent reports. According to the British newspaper, fares for directly comparable flights are up to 80 per cent higher to Spain than to Turkey, according to research by The Independent. […]
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Completed 3 bed Spanish properties emerge as ideal holiday home for 2016
The ideal holiday home for 2016 has been revealed with the release of new Spanish market analysis by Aliseda Inmobiliaria. The company, experts in the management of Spanish real estate assets, have shown that 2016 will be the year for the three bed property, as part of their ’10 Real Estate Trends for 2016′. The […]
