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Issue No. 1925
26 May - 1 June 2022
COSTA DEL SOL • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
COSTA FLYING HIGH
THE Costa del Sol Tourism organisation has targeted the north of Spain with four workshops aimed at travel agents organised in Santander, Vitoria, San Se‐ bastian and Bilbao. The CEO of Tourism Cos‐ ta del Sol, Margarita Del Cid, positively valued the presence of the entity in this promotional action, “taking into account that we are targeting potential clients who are very inter‐ ested and loyal to the des‐ tination.” Some 115 independent travel agents attended the workshops with the largest numbers in Bilbao and Santander to discover
COSTA DEL SOL: Promoting attractive holiday destinations.
the benefits that their clients would enjoy by vis‐ iting any of the very attrac‐ tive holiday destinations
on the Costa del Sol. The tourist office en‐ sured that the agents were aware of the benefits of
TORREMOLINOS TOURISTS LATEST information from the Spanish National Institute (INE) shows that tourism in the first quarter of 2022 is looking up although in the case of Torremolinos, there were more Spanish than overseas visitors. The March figure accord‐ ing to the recently released Hotel Occupancy Survey de‐ tailed that Torremolinos wel‐ comed 51,123 tourists in March, who accounted for 262,174 overnight stays and
overall occupancy was just over 53 per cent, still below 2019 figures, but showing a positive increase. Just over 1,500 staff are currently employed in hotels in the municipality, but this is expected to increase espe‐ cially now that it is easier for British tourists to enter Spain. Broken down by nationali‐ ty, visitors included 19,724 from Spain, followed by 9,858 from the United King‐
dom, 3,997 from Belgium, 2,286 from Ireland, 2,277 from Germany, 2,179 from the Netherlands, 1,380 from France and 1,010 from Nor‐ way.
visitors taking advantage of the opening of numerous new luxury hotels in the area.
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