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February 3rd, 2012
Overnight stays in non-hotel tourist accommodation (apartments, campsites and rural tourism) exceeded 102.8 million in 2011, representing an increase of 5.2% over 2010, according to figures released by the National Statistics Institute. The rise experienced in overnight stays in non-hotel accommodation last year was as a result of a 7.5% increase ...
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January 27th, 2012
The world's largest social network is more than entertainment for its users. According to a report by Deloitte, Facebook generates 232,000 jobs in the European Union. The same study, which measures the employment and economic impact of Mark Zuckerberg's company, said that this accounts for 15,300 million euros of the ...
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January 12th, 2012
Spain received about 56.9 million tourists in 2011, representing an increase of 8.1% compared to last year, when the figure was 52.6 million. In absolute terms, according to data presented on Tuesday by the Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria, Spain thus gained 4.3 million tourists last ...
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January 6th, 2012
The e-commerce portal Amazon.com has reported that during the month of December their sales of new Kindle models were boosted to over one million units each week, with the Kindle Fire, Amazon’s answer to the Apple iPad, being the item most demanded by customers, followed by the Kindle Touch and ...
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January 5th, 2012
Iberia airlines are to cancel a total of 266 flights, including 19 long-haul flights and 84 connections between the airports of Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat, between 8th and 11th January, in two new days of pilots' strikes, the airline announced on Wednesday. Specifically, the international long-haul flights which will be affected ...
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January 4th, 2012
Travel website TripAdvisor has revealed their ranking of the World's 15 top destinations to visit in 2012 as rated by users of their website. Within the list they have produced, Spain occupies 12th place, with the city of San Sebastian, reported Cinco Dias. Tallinn (Estonia) came in first place, followed by ...
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December 30th, 2011
Total spending by foreign tourists who were in Spain between January and November 2011 increased by 8.1% reaching 49,985 million euros, according to the tourism expenditure survey (Egatur) prepared by the Tourism Studies Institute of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. The average daily expenditure for that period was 102 ...
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December 22nd, 2011
Neighbours of the municipality of Júzcar in Malaga, voted on Monday in favour of preserving the characteristic colour of their homes, which has already attracted over 80,000 visitors to their hometown. Júzcar will remain painted blue, after it was declared the world’s first official Smurf Village for the global promotion of ...
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November 18th, 2011
Madrid and Barcelona occupy tied second place in the ranking drawn up by Global Blue, of best European cities for shopping. After London, the capital and Barcelona are listed as the second favourite destination for all travellers from outside the country. Oslo, Belgrade and Geneva come nearer the bottom of ...
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November 10th, 2011
In the coming months officials from Eurodisney are seeking, in Madrid and Alicante, to hire Spanish workers who have an intermediate level of English and French, for positions in the amusement park in Paris. The rate of pay will be around 1,378 euros per month, on a schedule of 35 ...
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