Property sales in the Balearic islands are increasing and are up by 9.1% from September 2011. The property market in the Balearics is performing much better than that of mainland Spain where the year-on-year increase to September 2012 was only 0.9%. Mallorca is the largest and most popular destination in the Balearics and has seen […]
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House Prices begin to rise in Mallorca
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Foreign tourists in Spain spend more
Foreign tourists visiting Spain between January and September spent 45.1 billion euros , some 7.2 per cent more than in the same period of 2011, authorities said on Monday. In September alone, international tourists spent 6.24 billion euros, about 13.4 per cent more than in the same month of 2011, thanks to a 51 per […]
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Balearic property sales soar by 32.3% according to recent report
Property sales in the Balearics grew by 32.3% in August this year compared to the same month in 2011, reaching a total of 901 transactions according to a recent report by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Further data shows that of the 901 property sales made in August, 56% were for previously owned homes representing […]
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Spain enjoys record tourist numbers in July
Holidaymakers headed to recession-hit Spain in record numbers in July, official data showed Wednesday, propelled in particular by a boom in the number of German tourists. Foreign tourist numbers surged by 328,000, or 4.4 percent, from last year to an unprecedented 7.7 million in July, said a tourism survey released by the government. Tourism is […]
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Viva España! Brits continue to book holidays to Spain in spite of economic concerns
In spite of economic concerns and bailout murmurs, it seems that high spirited British travellers are overlooking the doom and gloom across Spain and other Euro nations by continuing to book holidays to the Iberian land according to Multicom’s travel booking platform FindandBook. The findings which highlight the number of bookings made in June this […]
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Palma the most popular search destination
Some 60% of Internet users searching for flights this summer decided to travel abroad whilst 40% opted for destinations within Spain. These figures come from a study of more than two and a half million searches carried out on Vuelos Baratos during the summer months. Nevertheless, among the ten most searched-for destinations, six were still […]
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Spain’s dedicated to being a record breaker with 7.64 million foreign visitors last month
In August this year 7.64 million foreign tourists visited Spain, a 9.4% increase over the same month in 2010, with data from the survey of tourist movements at FRONTUR indicating that this marked an all-time monthly high for the country. Since the beginning of 2011, 40 million tourists have visited Spain, representing a 7.8% increase […]
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Spain a Natural Choice for September Holidays
As the summer season draws to a close, On the Beach is experiencing a surge of bookings for holidays to Spain- On the Beach, the UK’s leading online travel agency, is experiencing a surge of interest in holidays to Spain for the month of September. Many tourists are jumping at the opportunity to seize one last break before […]
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Balearic Islands property market faring better than rest of Spain
Residential property prices in Spain are still falling with overall values down 5.2% over the 12 months to the end of June but the figures reveal that some locations such as Mallorca are faring better than others, reports Property Wire. Most notable the Balearic Islands are proving to be more resilient than the Spanish mainland. […]