The residential property market in Spain is set to bottom out next year and see a 2% rise in prices in 2016, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s. It is well documented that the fall in prices has been slowing in recent months and the agency is predicting that prices will fall overall by […]
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Spanish property prices set to recover in 2016 with 2% rise
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UK tourism visits to Spain up 5.8%
More than 6.5 million British visitors headed to Spain in the first six months of the year, up 5.8%. The UK remains the country’s strongest inbound market and accounts for 23.3% of international tourists going to Spain, with expenditure from UK visitors making up 19.8% of tourism spend. In the first half of the year […]
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Spain’s visitor figures up 7.3% year on year
Statistics compiled by EGATUR / FRONTUR: Ministry of Industry, Energy & Tourism Summary The first six months of 2014 saw a 7.3% increase compared to 2013, with over 28 million international visitors to Spain In June alone, Spain welcomed 6.6 million international visitors, up 4.5% year on year and tourism expenditure grew by 3.9% year […]
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Palma de Mallorca Airport looking to smaller markets to drive growth
The fastest-growing segment of the Palma de Mallorca market is from routes outside of the ‘big 3’ markets of Germany, Spain and UK. An example of this is the new weekly service from Riga in Latvia which launched on 1 June. At almost 2,500 kilometres it is the longest new route at the airport launched […]
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Spain: Motorists warned about new driving laws
Harsher penalties for speeding were introduced on Spanish roads in May, coming into effect in June. Those found to be driving too fast could face fines of up to €500, and the loss of six licence points, for being just 1km per hour above the speed limit. “Very serious” speeding offences will result in up […]
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Schools out – for summer !
More than two million British holidaymakers are expected to head overseas on summer holidays this weekend as the majority of schools break up for summer. Nearly half a million (450,000) will fly out of Heathrow while 295,000 are set to go from Gatwick; 140,000 from Stansted and 79,000 from Luton. That’s in addition to 162,000 […]
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Spain gets ready for Fiesta Season !
August is almost upon us and anyone planning to visit Spain next month may find themselves immersed in some of the most fun and wacky fiestas on earth. Most towns hold their own fiestas, and cities like Madrid have different neighbourhood fiestas each week, so there is always something exciting going on. Here’s a selection […]
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Tourism on the rise in Malaga province
INTERNATIONAL tourism is on the rise in Malaga with an 8 per cent rise in the number of Europeans choosing the Costa del Sol as their favourite summer destination. So far this year 2.3 million Europeans have passed through the arrival gates of Malaga airport. There has been an even bigger increase in the number […]
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New apartments on Mallorca
