The Tourist Accomodation Consortium plans to invest €3.6 million to improve tourism infrastructures and beat seasonality in Mallorca. Towns which are interested in carrying out projects have a month to present them, and they will have to pay 20% of the budget. Tourists stayed an average of 4.91 days in Mallorca in February this year, […]
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Mallorca investment to attract more tourists
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Foreigners save Spain’s tourism summer
Spain’s tourism sector is talking up a bumper summer helped along by the presence of foreign guests in the country but experts warn it’s not all good news for the industry. Tourism is big business in Spain: in fact it’s the biggest. The industry accounts for over 10 percent of Spain’s gross domestic product (GDP) […]
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Mallorca tourism in 2013 to be as good as 2012
The domestic tourism market in Spain has been subdued in recent years because of the ecomonic crisis and many coastal resorts in Spain have suffered as a result. Whilst Mallorca has not escaped this decrease in Spanish visitors, the growing numbers of international tourists has helped to balance this. The popularity of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza […]
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Spain: Inbound Tourists Spend 49.87 Billion Euros In Year To Date Up 6.4%
In the first ten months of the year, spending by inbound tourists in Spain amounted to 49.87 billion euros, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%. Increases were also recorded in average spending per tourist, of 3.2%, and in average daily spending, of 6.8%, according to the Tourist Expenditure Survey (EGATUR), drafted by the Institute for Tourism […]
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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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Making history in 2012! Spain on track for best year ever in tourism revenues
In spite of concerns surrounding the Spanish economy this year, the nation has bounced back once again with 2012 predicted to be the best year ever in tourism revenues and second best in visitor numbers according to recent data. According to the Bank of Spain, from January to July 2012 the resilient Iberian nation saw […]