Spanish holidays
June 18th, 2013
The Spanish Minister of Tourism and Commerce, Rafael Rodriguez, announced last week that Andalusia plans to open a permanent office in Moscow in order to promote it as a tourist destination in the Russian market. He pointed out that the strong promotional commitment this year is already beginning to deliver ...
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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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May 13th, 2013
Vueling lost 19.7 million euros in the first quarter of the year, which is 19.8% more than in the same period of 2012, the airline reported to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) on Thursday. In the first three months of the year, the airline reduced its operating losses from 26.8 ...
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May 3rd, 2013
The Spanish restaurant 'El Celler de Can Roca', run by brothers Josep, Joan and Jordi Roca, has been named as the best restaurant in the world by the prestigious (but controversial) magazine 'Restaurant', in their list of 'The World's 50 Best Restaurants'. With three Michelin stars, Girona’s gastronomic temple has ...
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April 30th, 2013
According to the 2013 Global Holiday Costs Barometer prepared by Post Office Travel Money, which analyses the price of ten essential products for tourists in 20 destinations, the Costa del Sol and the Costa Blanca are positioned as the cheapest Spanish destinations to spend a holiday, due to falling prices ...
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April 23rd, 2013
According to the business study conducted by the Alliance for Excellence in Tourism (Exceltur), Spanish tourist activity declined by 3.2% in the first quarter of 2013, year-on-year, due to the continued contraction in domestic demand, which was only partially compensated by the international market. The weak results for Easter week, ...
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April 18th, 2013
According to a report released on Monday by the EU statistics office, Eurostat, based on data from 2011, Spain remains the top destination for holidays abroad for EU citizens (accounting for 13% of the trips abroad), followed by Italy and France (both 9%). The EU Member States which most prefer and ...
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April 8th, 2013
A total of 26 fatalities occurred on the Spanish roads during the Easter holy week, the lowest figure since the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) began keeping records in 1959, and 19 fewer deaths compared to last year, when 45 people died during the same holiday period, reported DGT Director, ...
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