It seems that tourists everywhere have been packing their sun cream and heading off to Spain this year for some summer beach time. 2014 has seen millions of foreign visitors flock to Spanish shores, with a record 8.3 million in July alone – up 5.9% year on year, according to the country’s tourism ministry. Industry […]
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There’s more to Mallorca than Magaluf, as record numbers of tourists are discovering
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Mallorca : On the Up !
MALLORCA welcomed more than 3.7 million passengers through Palma de Mallorca airport last month. The record number of passengers is a 5.5 per cent increase compared to August 2013, with 5.6 per cent more operations carried out; a total of 25,592 flights. The domestic market continued its recovery with a growth of 11.1 per cent […]
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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 […]
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All aboard! World’s largest cruise liner set to visit Malaga amid soaring Andalucía tourist figures
The gateway to Spain’s Costa del Sol, the municipality of Malaga is steeped in culture and history, from its contemporary art centre to its two Moorish castles and museum dedicated to the city’s most famous son – Pablo Picasso. It is also home to some of Spain’s finest beaches, with wide expanses of sand at […]
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Malaga art boom draws ‘pop-up Pompidou’
The southern Spanish city of Malaga is set to be the home of the first ever Pompidou museum outside of France, a further boost to the city’s growing reputation as a hub for the arts. The custom ‘Cube’ construction, designed as the first-ever satellite museum of Paris’s famous Pompidou Centre, will open in March 2015. […]
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Building a better future – Spanish construction sector is fastest growing in Europe
Spain has had enough of economic doom and gloom. The sun-kissed Iberian country has put its economic troubles behind it and is now leading Europe in the race to build a better and brighter future. Figures from EU statistics office Eurostat have shown that the Spanish construction sector has registered a massive year on year […]
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Keeping Malaga’s beaches clean.
A CAMPAIGN to keep Malaga’s beaches clean launched by the city council early in June has been gathering momentum. Entitled ‘Málaga, ¡cómo te quiero!'(Malaga, oh how I love you!), the movement has already reached more than 18,000 people with its message to keep Malaga’s beaches clean and free from litter. In particular, the council is […]
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Bye bye Belgium, hello Spain! Belgian buyers race to pick up a Spanish second home
Spain’s property market is roaring back to life, with sales climbing 8.8% in June according to figures from Spain’s national statistics institute, the INE. It is the fourth consecutive month of rising sales numbers that the Iberian country has reported. Spain’s central bank also has positive news to report, announcing recently that the country’s economy […]
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Property sales in Spain up 8.8% boosted by foreign buyers
Residential property sales in Spain increased by 8.8% in June compared to the same month a year ago, the latest data from the National Statistics Institute shows. The year on year increase in June is the fourth consecutive monthly rise following those experienced in March, April and May, when home sales rose by 22%, 5% […]
