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A tourism boost is planned for Malaga and its surrounding areas with an investment worth billions of pounds. Malaga is already a popular holiday and city break destination for British tourists, and the addition of another 2,000 hotel beds over the next couple of years will help to increase its popularity.
The Spanish resort of Benidorm is has received high praise from a leading Geography Professor who believes the site should be recognised in the same vein as Stonehenge , the Acropolis and the Taj Mahal.
Thousands of tourists in the Costa del Sol found themselves stranded at the weekend as police searched for three ETA bombs.
Low-cost airlines were responsible for up to 2.7 million passengers to Spain throughout August, which meant an increase of 42.9% from the year before and accounting for a total of 40.2% of air passengers, according to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
Fires which have swept through the Canary Islands this week are said to be now under control. The fires in Tenerife and Gran Canaria have destroyed over 30,000 hectares of mostly pine forest on the islands’ volcanic peaks but have not affected beaches or holidaymakers.
In light of growing competition form rival countries, Spain is investing more than €2.7 million into promoting tourism to the Balearic Islands of Menorca, Majorca and Ibiza.
Major Spanish destinations are feeling the impact of a price drop for package holidays which has affected around half of the top 30 holiday destinations.
British Airways has joined a consortium led by Texas Pacific Group to make a bid for Iberia
Despite the bolder and brasher reputation of its Canary Island neighbours, Fuerteventura has edged ahead in the tourism battle by attracting more visitors, new figures reveal. In 2006, the number of visitors increased by 8% compared to 3.39% for Tenerife and 1.68% for Gran Canaria.
A recent report by the Balearic Centre of Investigation and Tourist Technology gives a clear insight into the importance of tourism to the Island of Ibiza.
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