11 Jan, 2018 @ 14:50
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Costa del Sol sets new record as official tourism numbers revealed

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THE Costa del Sol has officially set a new tourism record, new figures have revealed. 

The holiday hotspot received 12.5 million international tourists last year, 6.42% than 2016.

It also bucked the trend when it comes to national tourists, receiving 5.1 million last year, 4% more than last year.

The domestic market alone brought €4.3 billion and 52,813 jobs to the Costa del Sol last year.

SIZZLING: Benalmadena beach during summer

Overall the region raked in €13.8 billion in 2017, a 9.5% increase on the year before.

The tourism sector employed 8.8% more people than in 2016, with 111,172 finding work last year.

“With these figures there is no doubt that the main international markets are clearly betting on the Costa del Sol,” said Costa del Sol tourism boss Elias Bendodo.

Passengers from the top 20 countries visiting Malaga have also grown, especially Holland and Sweden, which have grown a lot, and also Italy and Denmark, which have seen ‘significant growth’, according to Bendodo..

The president added that 2018 is set to break all records again with an increase in tourism of 2.5% forecast for the first quarter.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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