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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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tourism is big business in Spain: in fact it’s the biggest.<\/p>\n

The industry accounts for over 10 percent of Spain’s gross domestic product (GDP) and more than 11 percent of Spain’s workers.<\/p>\n

The sector has also appears to have something of a stellar year, with figures from the government’s Frontur tourism agency showing average spend was up 6 percent in the first half of 2013.<\/p>\n

There was also a bigger than expected rise \u2014 3.9 percent \u2014 in the number of foreign visitors to the country in that period.<\/p>\n

The summer has been “globally good” summer for Spanish tourism, Economics Professor Juan Antonio Duro told Spain’s 20 minutos newspaper on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Duro said the “Egypt effect” was partly responsible for this, a reference to the fact that political unrest had kept visitors away from the North African country.<\/p>\n

The professor also cited the strong growth among traditional holidaymakers to Spain including the British and the Germans.<\/p>\n

But Duro added that aggressive pricing policies \u2014 with prices either holding firm or falling \u2014 had kept people coming to Spain.<\/p>\n

“These indicators don’t have positive economic results,” said the professor.<\/p>\n

“French tourists are coming in the same numbers but they stay fewer days and look for cheaper options than in other years.”<\/p>\n

The other dark side of Spain’s tourism boom is the weakness of national market, says Manuel Sendino, spokesperson for the Balearic Islands hotel owners’ association.<\/p>\n

“The Spaniards are missing. We are in a crisis economy and it’s about surviving,” Sendino said.<\/p>\n

Indeed, a study conducted for Spain’s Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism shows Spaniards took 86.4 million trips between January and July, or 6.9 percent fewer than a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Particularly hard hit are “green” destinations like Galicia and Asturias and cities including Madrid.<\/p>\n

The capital saw a 10.7 percent drop in international visitor numbers in July compared to a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Rural tourism \u2014 a market dominated by domestic visitors \u2014 has also taken a beating during the crisis with the sector saying demand in July was very low.<\/p>\n

“It’s not going to be a good year because the crisis is very strong and there is too much supply,” said Jes\u00fas Marco, the president of rural tourism organization Asetur.<\/p>\n

In terms of general trends in tourism, hotels also appearing to be falling out of favour.<\/p>\n

Although Spain had received 34 million tourists to the end of July, the country’s hotels only clocked up 37.6 million hotel nights.<\/p>\n

That’s just over one night per visitor.<\/p>\n

Instead, people are opting to stay in private accommodation \u2014 a trend which worries both professor Duro and Asetur president Jes\u00fas Marco.<\/p>\n

Duro said Spain need to regulate this economic activity while Marco spoke of a system without “quality guarantees” where “people have to bring their own sheets with them”.<\/p>\n

George Mills (george.mills@thelocal.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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