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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 16th, 2013
In five years, the economic crisis has caused the loss of over 600,000 jobs in tourism, a sector considered to be Spain’s economic engine, and where the unemployment rate already reached 21.4% in the first quarter of the year. In the first quarter of 2008, when the Spanish economy was still ...
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May 1st, 2013
Marbella has been voted Spain’s most-valued beach destination in a study by the firm Oak Power Communication (OPC) which surveyed 630 journalists from around the world - mostly from Germany, England, Eastern European countries, Latin America, France and the United States – who specialise in tourism or who write regularly ...
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April 29th, 2013
The number of foreign citizens registered with the Spanish Social Security system rose by 7,746 in March 2013 (up 0.49%). In year-on-year terms, the number of foreign citizens registered with the system continues to fall and at a faster pace than the downward trend shown overall. The year-on-year decline in the ...
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April 25th, 2013
The registered population in Spain has fallen for the first time since 1996, the first year for which official data exists, and at 1st January, 2013 there were 47,059,533 people registered as resident in Spain. This figure is 205,788 less than recorded the previous year, and is the result of ...
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April 3rd, 2013
According to the Tourist Expenditure Survey, Egatur, published last week by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, spending by international tourists in Spain increased by 5.1% in January and February, to 5.58 billion euros. In addition, the average spend per person and the average spend per day in the ...
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March 28th, 2013
The number of foreign citizens registered with the Spanish Social Security system fell by 3,964 in February 2013 (-0.25%). In year-on-year terms, the number of foreign citizens registered with the system continues to fall and at a faster pace than the downward trend shown overall. The year-on-year decline in the number ...
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March 4th, 2013
Overnight stays in Spanish hotels totalled 11.9 million in January, which is 5.2% less than for the same month of 2012, and is mainly due to the 12.4% drop in domestic tourism to 4.4 million overnight stays. The number of overnight stays by foreign tourists fell by 0.4% and stood ...
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February 4th, 2013
International tourists spent a total of 55.59 billion euros in 2012, which is a year-on-year increase of 5.7%. According to the Tourist Expenditure Survey (EGATUR) drafted by the Institute for Tourism Studies of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, increases were recorded in both the average expenditure per person ...
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January 31st, 2013
The XXXIII edition of the FITUR international tourism fair was inaugurated yesterday by the Prince of Asturias. Marking the second consecutive year of regional cutbacks, the fair opened with an exhibition area of 56,500 square metres, which is 9.6% less than in 2012. Running through to Sunday 3rd February, the fair ...
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