{"id":2735,"date":"2011-01-12T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2017-02-22T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:46:54","slug":"andalucia-theres-only-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/andalucia-theres-only-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Andalucia. There\u2019s only one."},"content":{"rendered":"

THE number of foreign tourists visiting Andalucia rose by five per cent in 2010, despite slight falls seen in traditionally strong markets such as the UK and Germany.\u00a0According to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce, for the whole of Spain rose by 1.4 per cent after two consecutive years of falls. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was mainly thanks to two relatively new markets, Italy and Russia, as well as an increased number of visitors from Nordic countries and from France.<\/p>\n

The Minister, Miguel Sebastian, remarked that figures for most regions in Spain had been better than the previous year, with the exception of Valencia and Madrid.<\/p>\n

The official reports show that 53 million foreign tourists visited Spain in 2010, which the government sees as a sign that the tourism industry is on the road to recovery.<\/p>\n

The amount spent by tourists during their stays in Spain also rose by 2.5 per cent and amounted to \u20ac49,140m, which means an average of \u20ac98 per day.<\/p>\n

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The minister sustained that the new smoking ban will not affect hotels, and that is important that the administration and private sectors continue to collaborate in order to see better figures in 2011.<\/p>\n