24 Nov, 2010 @ 15:43
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Brits fall out of love with Andalucia

THE NUMBER of UK tourists in Spain fell by 6.2 per cent so far in 2010 compared with the same period last year.

Falling visits to Andalucia accounted for the majority of the overall decline, despite the rise in British tourism in the Canary Islands, official Frontur figures show.

Brits, however, remain the most ardent lovers of all things Spanish, with one in four holidaymakers in Spain coming from the UK.

Overall, tourist numbers in Andalucia were up 0.3 per cent in October and 0.9 up in the year so far.

Meanwhile, tourism throughout Spain rose last month by 4.2 per cent year-on-year, driven mostly by rising visits from Holland, Scandinavia and Italy.

Catalonia was the most popular destination, followed by the Canaries, the Balearic Islands and Andalucia.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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