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ISSUE NO. 1478
31 OCTOBER - 6 NOVEMBER 2013
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Becoming Spanish THE region’s registry offices have handled 48,564 naturalisation requests since late 2012. Seventy-eight per cent of requests were approved and 22 per cent rejected.
Empty seats CALLS to increase the train service between San Vicente and Alicante City have been rejected. Only 25 passengers use the trains each way, said operator RENFE.
Hungry cats FINES of €750 await Alcoy residents who feed stray cats. Periodically rounding up the cats has done nothing to reduce the town’s feline population, the town hall has explained.
Big-spending Brits Foreign tourists bring €579m September boost INTERNATIONAL tourist spending increased by 9.4 per cent in September in the Valencian Community to reach €579 million. According to the Egatur tourist expenditure survey conducted by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, in the first nine months of the year spending reached €47 billion in the country, an increase of
7.3 per cent over the same period in 2012. Average daily spending through September went up by 2.2 per cent to €108, with British tourists spending the most; 20.7 per cent of the total, followed by German tourists, up 4 per cent compared to the same period last year. Spending across the border in Murcia also
rose with foreign visitors handing over €506 million so far this year; an increase of 1.2 per cent over the same period last year. Visitors to the region spent an average €74.10 per person per day, below the national average, but the lower spend was made up for by tourists staying longer; an average of 13.1 days.
Bricks and mortar: Spanish piggy banks MORE houses were sold in Campello than any other L’Alacanti town between January and July. A total of 202 sales were finalised during this period, according to
Ministry of Public Works statistics. This was 6.3 per cent more than the 190 sales registered in 2012. Most of the properties were acquired as second residents by
foreign buyers, revealed Campello real estate sources. The majority were Russian although some buyers came from Algeria, France and Belgium.
Others were Spanish clients, the estate agents said, often buying as an investment because they do not trust the country’s banks.