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Bedlam in Benidorm as Costa Blanca town braces for a stag and hen do tsunami worth €40 million

BENIDORM’S street cleaners and doormen are bracing themselves for an avalanche of Brits running amok on stag and hen do’s next year. Recent data suggests

19 May, 2023 @ 09:15

Benidorm·Lead·Travel News

EXPLAINER: Find out the summer beaches to enjoy with your dog in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

IF you are a dog owner and fancy taking your pet out for a trip to the seaside and a run along the beach, you

12 May, 2023 @ 13:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Valencia·Valencian Community

Hotel occupancy levels in Spain’s Andalucia hit record highs over long weekend break

ANDALUCIAN hotels have registered their best ever results in terms of occupancy over the Labour day break. All Andalucian provinces have exceeded 75% occupancy of

3 May, 2023 @ 08:45

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

As Spain’s La Palma Canary Island recovers from volcanic eruption, tourist board puts 8,000 tourism vouchers up for grabs

Stunning waterfalls and springs, natural parks and deserted beaches, well-preserved cultural heritage and local cuisine, and star-dotted night skies. Anyone who has visited the Canary

21 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Canary Islands·Lead·Travel News

Malaga Airport third busiest in Spain

MALAGA airport saw 3.7 million passengers during the first quarter of 2023. This is a 9% increase compared to the same period in 2019, the

14 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Spain will become the number one tourist destination in the world by this date, according to report by Google and Deloitte

Spain’s tourism sector hopeful of record-breaking Easter

SPAIN’S Easter break, which officially got underway at 3pm on Friday, is set to be a record-breaking one for the tourism sector, as the coronavirus

1 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Travel News

Picturesque Street Of Mijas With Flower Pots In Facades, A Tradi

Mijas named as one of the prettiest villages in Spain to visit in Spring

SPRING in Spain is a time when temperatures become milder, blossoms colour the land in a picture-perfect sequence and the terraces of bars start to

29 Mar, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Spain’s tourism sector looking forward to bumper Easter break

SPAIN’S tourism sector is expecting to do big business this Easter, with forecasts suggesting that visitor numbers and spending will break records of recent years.

23 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Madrid tops ranking of most competitive tourist cities

Madrid has overtaken Barcelona as the most competitive in tourism according to the Urbantur 2022 report carried out by Exceltur, which analyses 22 urban tourist

15 Mar, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Travel News

Airline seats on offer to Spain’s Costa del Sol grow by 14.5% this spring

AIRLINES are offering more seats to the Costa del Sol this spring than they did in 2022. The supply of airline seats to Malaga during

15 Mar, 2023 @ 10:15

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spain’s Andalucia set to sizzle in hottest day of the year, predicted for August 6

Spain’s Andalucia seeks to attract long-haul tourism with cultural and sporting events and improved air connections

ANDALUCIA plans more than 40 actions in 2023 to make headway in distant markets. Southern Spain is committed to offering a host of cultural and

13 Mar, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

Tourism operators expect 300,000 more Germans to travel to Mallorca this year

Tourism operators are predicting that an extra 300,000 German tourists will travel to the Balearic Islands this year. German tour operators met with representatives of

10 Mar, 2023 @ 11:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

Lanzarote joins the Balearics in seeking to shut out Brit tourists in favour of Germans

Lanzarote has become the latest sun-soaked Spanish island to complain about low-spending Brit tourists and court the Germans instead. The Canary Island joins the Balearic

8 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Museums and statue of Pablo Picasso lead tourist enquiries in Spain’s Malaga

IN 2022, the tourist offices in Malaga attended almost 700,000 visitors, whose queries were monopolised by the cultural and museum offer of the capital. As

7 Mar, 2023 @ 09:15

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Malagueta Beach In Malaga. Andalusia, Costa Del Sol, Spain

Costa del Sol can accommodate more than half a million tourists each day

The Costa del Sol can accommodate more than half a million tourists each day, according to new figures. The Malaga province alone has a staggering

6 Mar, 2023 @ 17:45

Lead·Malaga·National News

September tourist numbers set for record high on Spain's Mallorca

Mallorca’s plans to reduce visitors this summer crashes head first into airline plans to fly 30 million people to the island

Airlines are planning for a blockbuster 30 million passengers to visit Mallorca this summer, smashing the pre-Covid record set in 2019 by one million. They

23 Feb, 2023 @ 12:29

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Spain’s Malaga to host Seatrade Cruise Med Fair again in 2024

MSC Cruises to bring more than 100,000 tourists to Spain’s Malaga this summer

MSC CRUISES, the third largest cruise company in the world by number of passengers, expects to bring more than 100,000 cruise passengers to the port

15 Feb, 2023 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

71.6 million tourists visited Spain in 2022

THE number of tourists visiting Spain rebounded by 130% to 71.6 million in 2022, compared to the previous Covid-hit year. According to the Spanish statistics

2 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Travel News

Cruise ship passengers reveal what they like most about Spain’s Alicante

FOOD, safety, and weather are the three things about Alicante that cruise ship passengers are most impressed by. The findings came in a survey conducted

30 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

UK and foreign holidaymakers boost overnight hotel stays on Spain's Costa Blanca

Overnight hotel stays in Spain were just 6.5% down last year on record 2019 numbers

OVERNIGHT hotel stays in Spain reached 320.7 million last year- up by 85.6% on 2021, according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE). Stays were just

24 Jan, 2023 @ 17:45

Lead·National News

Tourism in Spain ‘totally recovered’ after pandemic, says industry study

TOURIST industry body Exceltur says that the sector has ‘totally recovered’ in Spain after the Covid pandemic and has predicted a bumper year for revenues.

17 Jan, 2023 @ 13:50

Lead·National News

Spain’s Malaga port to kick-start the year with eight cruise ship calls

THE international seaport of Malaga will welcome eight cruise ship calls during the first month of 2023. January is a typically quiet month for cruise

11 Jan, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Tourist spending in Spain’s Balearic Islands in 2022 smashes pre-pandemic levels

VISITORS to the Balearic Islands in the first 11 months of 2022 spent €800 million more than the whole of the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

4 Jan, 2023 @ 17:19

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca

Spain’s Malaga Port witnesses busy September with increased cruise ship activity

Cruise ships set to pump over €30 million into Alicante economy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE tourist officials are predicting another record-breaking year for cruise ships with an estimated €30 million pumped into the local economy. Passenger numbers totalled an

4 Jan, 2023 @ 16:14

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Three hidden gems inland from Spain’s Costa del Sol to escape to for a peaceful New Year

THREE quiet destinations located off the beaten path in Malaga, ideal to spend a peaceful New Year. Malaga has plenty of hidden gems located in

26 Dec, 2022 @ 16:15

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

Landslides cause part of Caminito del Rey to collapse as storms lash Costa del Sol

Landslides have forced the closure of the popular tourist Caminito del Rey walkway in Malaga. The tourist attraction’s official website announced the site would be

14 Dec, 2022 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·National News·Weather

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