Tag: tourism
Taxi strike threatens Costa tourism’s main showcase
TAXI drivers on strike in Madrid are jeopardising business for the Costa Blanca tourism sector, complain local delegates to Fitur tourism fair.
Cabbies in Madrid...
Britons return to boost Costa tourism
FOLLOWING a fall in the number of British visitors to the Valencia region earlier this year, the figure shot up in October to provide...
37million visited Spain until July
SPAIN'S tourism trade appears healthier than ever after figures from the first six months of 2018 show 37 million people visited the country on...
Award-winning British tourism
The importance British tourism has for the Costa Blanca in general was aknoweldged with an award on behalf of Benidorm on Monday.
British Consul Sarah-Jane...
Sun, sand and… airports
FOR decades Spain had thought tourists visited the country because of the sun, sand and paella...but a ground-breaking official survey has pointed out that...
Airport security upgrade
EL ALTET airport is set for a €2million investment by national airports authority AENA - mainly to be spent on further security measures.
Contracts have...
‘All-inclusive’ safe
HOTELIERS have rapidly put an end to doom-mongering forecasts this week saying that 'all-inclusive' holiday packages on the Costa Blanca will be scrapped because...
Sun, sand…and joining forces
Benidorm has joined forces with Salou (Costa Dorada), San Bartolomé de Tiraja (Gran Canaria), Lloret de Mar (Costa Brava), Torremolinos (Costa del Sol), Calvià (Mallorca),...
Hotels to consider punishing clients for false claims
Hosbec, Benidorm’s hotel association, will meet with Benidorm judicial authorities to examine the feasibility of "punishing" clients who present claims after their holidays with...
Brexit boosts Costa bookings
Fears that Brexit may have a serious negative impact on the number of bookings for Costa holidays this year were dismissed this week by...
Summer in December
AN increase in temperatures and the gradual disappearance of the clouds that covered most of the Costa Blanca at the start of the week...
Double or nothing
BENIDORM town hall this week relaunched its efforts to secure greater funding from the central government, following repeated and failed attempts to be declared...
The cost of Brexit
THE EU is set to impose new border controls which could affect British citizens travelling to Europe from a post-Brexit UK.
These include an entry-exit...
Winter campaign takes off
HIGH season at Alicante-Elche airport will continue until December, according to previsions by managing body Aena.
The boom in passengers registered recently has led the...
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Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
