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IGNACIO LILLO
...investigations, another bidder will be the company that currently runs Puerto Banús in Marbella. Bidders expert in luxury marinas in the Balearic Islands are also expected to take part. All participants appear to be eyeing up the luxury tourism market in their
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ANDREW FORBES
...or for the resort's tennis club that's home not only to top tournaments like this season's Marbella Open ATP Challenger, but legendary summer concerts too. Here the recent decline in international tourism has been offset by a greater number of ... an active staycation. I'll try and keep up some of my new healthy habits and might just add tai chi to my morning ritual (and maybe, with the way things are going with travel and tourism, a few drops of CBD oil in my evening cocoa too!)
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Jesús HINOJOSA
We love Malaga, can see its tourism potential and acted accordingly. But what if the tourism crisis goes on longer than expected? All our projects are designed so they can be converted for residential use if necessary, and they are complete
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Debbie Bartlett
Most of Gibraltar's attractions reopened last week following the coronavirus lockdown, including the famous cable car. The Nature Reserve and Upper Rock attractions are open from 9am to 7.15pm, and the Skywalk is open from 9am to 9pm. Visitors
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ISABEL MÉNDEZ
"Malaga is one of the Spanish destinations with the greatest growth in tourism."
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Tourism may be the industry that has suffered most from the devastating effects of the pandemic, but it is also set to be the key sector in the recovery of the Spanish economy and the creation of employment. In Malaga province and on the Costa del ... Sol more than 117,000 families and 16,000 businesses depend on the tourism industry which represents 15% of the local GDP. Their survival in the industry that will lever Spain into positive figures, however, needs some input from the authorities: The ... creation of safe travel corridors for tourism coming by sea or air; extending the government’s ERTE furloughing scheme until 30 June 2021 at least; reducing IVA (value added tax) on the industry to 7% as other European countries have done; extending the
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
The famous Skywalk is due to be closed from Monday 29 June until 8 July so repairs to the glass platform can be carried out. Douglas Path will also be closed during the same period. The Skywalk is 340 metres directly above sea level with breathtak
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Pilar Martínez
The Costa del Sol tourism industry hopes that the restrictions introduced on Wednesday by Andalusian president Juanma Moreno will come with an aid package for businesses. The president of the Costa del Sol hoteliers association (Aehcos), Luis ... All Saints holiday weekend. Saying the situation was "unsustainable", Callejón Suñé called for urgent aid: "We hope they realise what we're going through and that we can't cope any longer." The president of the Andalusian Confederation of Tourism ... disaster," said Sánchez, demanding a clearly defined rescue plan for the tourism industry.
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PILAR MARTÍNEZ
The tourism industry has fallen into a coma on the Costa del Sol. The sector has failed to recover its pulse after 100 days of forced closure during the Covid-19 lockdown. The state of alarm declared by the Spanish government in mid-March came after ... in 2019. Those 1.8 million visitors checked in for 6.5 million nights, far from the 20.5 million registered in the same period of 2019, according to figures from Spain's National Institute of Statistics (INE) quoted by the Costa del Sol tourism ... port, far from the 278 registered in 2019. Cruise passenger figures have plummeted 90% to 40,172 in the first quarter of the year, according to figures provided by the port. The crisis has been felt more by the tourism industry on the Costa del Sol
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ignacio lillo
Malaga's town planning department has rejected most complaints about the planned tower block in the port and the project is likely to go ahead in its original form. Many of the concerns were over the height of the 135 metre luxury hotel, but the c