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June 17th, 2013
Spain’s Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria, together with the State Secretary for Tourism, Isabel Borrego, and the President of the Institute for Tourism Quality, Miguel Mirones, oversaw the presentation on Wednesday, of the "Q" for Tourism Quality Flags to Spain’s beaches and marinas. During the event, Soria ...
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June 14th, 2013
Demand for AVE services has risen since RENFE implemented a new sales policy four months ago aimed at lowering ticket prices. Between 8th February and 2nd June this year, 14% more passengers have travelled on AVE rail services than in the same period of 2012. Furthermore, ticket sales in this ...
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June 12th, 2013
The train is gaining ground in long-distance journeys, compared to other modes of transport. In April, the use of rail for longer journeys grew by 9.5% over the same month of 2012, while the number of travellers who chose the bus for such routes was down 13.5% and air passenger ...
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June 11th, 2013
According to a report released on Thursday by the State Meteorological Agency, Aemet, the month of May was the coldest since 1985, with an average temperature of 14.6ºC (around 1.3ºC below normal), and also somewhat drier than normal, registering average rainfall of around 47 litres, which is 25% less than ...
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June 4th, 2013
On Thursday last week the European Commission launched infringement proceedings against Spain for public hospitals in tourist areas not accepting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) and forcing European patients to pay for treatments which are free for Spanish citizens. The Brussels inquiry is as a result of the growing number ...
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May 31st, 2013
Spanish tourists travelled 10.9% less in the first quarter of this year, with 43.2 million trips made to the end of last month, according to data from the Familitur Survey of Tourist Movements (IET) published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. Domestic travel accounted for 93% of ...
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May 30th, 2013
According to the Tourist Expenditure Survey (EGATUR), drafted by the Institute for Tourism Studies of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, spending in Spain by inbound tourists in the first four months of the year amounted to 13.34 billion euros, which is an increase of 7.5% on the same ...
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May 27th, 2013
According to a report published on Thursday by the European Environment Agency, the water quality in the Spanish beaches is 'excellent' in 87.2% of the coastal areas under review in 2012, which is above the European average of 81%. The Agency also approved the majority of Spain’s rivers and other ...
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May 21st, 2013
Low cost airlines carried 8.1 million passengers up to the end of April, representing an increase of 0.2% over the same period last year, according to data released on Thursday by the Institute of Tourism Studies (IET) for the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. In contrast, traditional airline companies carried ...
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May 15th, 2013
Spanish airports registered 49,419,813 passengers in the first four months of 2013, representing a loss of 8% compared to the same period of 2012. According to data released on Friday by Aena, Madrid’s Barajas airport is one of the hardest hit by the loss of passengers, with a total of 11,967,642 ...
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