So the summer has finished for another year and taken the tourist trade along with it… Or has it? According to the Airports authority AENA, airlines are expecting a bumper winter season and have already increased their schedule by 8.5 per cent from last year to accommodate for the increase in passengers. It’s not only […]
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Winter boost for Malaga airport
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Alicante Elche airport breaks more records
More records have been broken at El Altet airport in Alicante-Elche after passenger numbers rose by 300,000 last month. The increase has been welcomed by airport operators and airlines, with this being the highest number of passengers in September on record. Top of the passenger nationalities continued to be British, with nearly half a million […]
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Foreign tourism spending in Spain increases 6.3 pct up until Sept.
The amount of money spent by foreign tourists in Spain rose by 6.3 percent to a total of 53.793 billion euros (about 59.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first nine months of the year when compared with the same period of a year earlier, the Spanish Ministry of Tourism reported on Tuesday. Average spending per […]
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Head to the Costa del Sol for sand, sunshine… and high adrenaline thrills
Conjure up an image of the Costa del Sol and sunshine, sand and sangria no doubt leap to mind. Yet behind the idyllic beaches, bustling towns and tantalising local cuisine lies an altogether more dangerous feature: the Caminito del Rey. The Caminito del Rey has served to highlight the year-round appeal of the region, which […]
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Spain Sets All-Time Record Of 54.4 Million Inbound Tourists Between January And September
Spain has set an all-time record in terms of inbound tourists with 54.4 million visiting Spain in the first nine months of the year, in other words, 2 million additional tourists, posting growth of 3.8% on the same period last year, according to FRONTUR – the Inbound Tourism Survey, drafted by the General Sub-directorate of […]
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Ryanair expands flights from Alicante
Ryanair has unveiled its 2016 summer schedule for Alicante, which comes into force next April. The company will offer five new routes to Berlin, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Newcastle and Rome, reaching a total of 48 connections between April and November. These new services will allow a total of 3.5 million passengers per year to travel through […]
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Spain top value travel destination this half-term: report
British holidaymakers will get the most value for their money in Spain this half term – even though sterling is not quite as strong against the euro as it was during the summer, a new report from Post Office Travel Money has revealed. The Half Term Holiday Costs Barometer found Spain’s Costa del Sol to […]
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Record numbers of visitors head to Spain – and many of them are looking to stay long-term
According to the latest World Health Organisation findings, the Spanish have the best health and life expectancy of any country in Europe. Plentiful sunshine and fresh air, a Mediterranean diet and fabulous local wine (the Spanish consume 11.2 litres of alcohol per person per year, against a world average of 6.2 litres) are all likely […]
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Spain’s Tourism Enjoys Best Summer in 10 Years
2015 summer, from July to September, was the best summer in 10 years for Spain’s tourism, according to Exceltur, the association that encompasses big companies of the sector in Spain. Local media in Spain last week quoted Exceltur executives as saying that that the sector performance between July and September was “excellent”, highlighting that the […]
