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...people, especially via social media. The aim is to attract more tourism, not only to the port but to Marbella as a whole, says CEO Juan Nuñez Insausti. Puerto Banús has always been popular with jet setters, but the 50th anniversary is seen as a turning
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...the acting Spanish minister for Tourism, Reyes Maroto, and the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, was held at The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in central London. Group photo after the dinner.S. SALAS Among the guests were the ... Carlos Maldonado; the executive director of the World Tourism Organisation, Manuel Butler, former British ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley; the president of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the UK, Eduardo Barrachina; as well as representatives of ... hoteliers and business owners on the Costa del Sol. The significance of the tourism industry for Andalucía as well as Brexit were recurring themes in the speeches made by the authorities and SUR and Unicaja representatives.
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An issue affecting Spanish tourism in general is the situation of instability and violence in Catalonia following prison sentences handed to pro-independence politicians for their role in organising an illegal referendum in 2017. Spain's acting ... minister for Tourism, Reyes Maroto, who visited the WTM this week, admitted that the situation is likely to have had an adverse effect on tourism in Catalonia. Exact figures to reveal the extent of the damage will not be available for another few weeks, ... although the final quarter of this year is expected to curb the upward trend registered during the period between January and September, which saw a 2.6% increase in visitor figures. "We can't ignore the huge importance of Catalonia for tourism in Spain,
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The sparklingly new ocean liner Sky Princess commenced its inaugural cruise around the Iberian peninsula this week. On Tuesday it docked at the Levante quayside of Malaga's cruise liner port and was welcomed by city and regional tourism officials. ... Class' cruise liners launching over the coming years, which are hoped to visit the Costa del Sol's capital. The value of cruise tourism remains controversial, with some cities across the world attempting to reduce the impact of short-term visitors. Yet ... Rosa Sánchez, Malaga's Councillor for Tourism, who was among those who welcomed Sky Princess to the city, said that these premium cruise ships represented a valuable opportunity for visitors to discover Malaga, the city's art, history, gastronomy and
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The annual World Travel Market is an event where trends are set in terms of the tourism industry. This year the Costa del Sol hopes to improve the focus of its tourism promotion thanks to a more precise tourist profile provided by big data, through
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The eyes of the tourism industry are on London's ExCeL centre this week with the annual World Travel Market. The huge trade fair from 4 to 6 November is one of the most important globally and is especially important to the Costa del Sol and the ... remain nervous as to what the effects will be of both events on the area's economy. New faces on the Junta stand This year, a change in the parties governing the Junta de Andalucía regional government, that is responsible for overall tourism strategy, ... sees many new faces on the large regional stand at the exhibition. On Thursday this week, Juan Marín, regional vice-president as well as regional Tourism minister, outlined the Junta's objectives for the three energetic days in London. He said the
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The feeling you get on the streets that property is dearer has just been confirmed with hard data; Malaga province, including the Costa del Sol, has seen the biggest increase in the price of housing in the country. According to Pisos.com, a home se
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The World Travel Market in London has always been an important event for the tourism industry in Malaga and Andalucía. This year's fair, however, which starts next Monday 4 November, will be vital. Out of all the international visitors to ... Andalucía, the British are the most important for the tourism industry. Now though, cracks are appearing on all sides of what has always been a strong, resolute and loyal origin market, due to the uncertainties it is going through. They might be in a mess ... in the United Kingdom, but we've got one ourselves here in Spain, so we can't talk. This WTM, which is in its 40th year, arrives in the middle of a storm called Brexit, which is a headache not just for Andalusian tourism and the Costa del Sol in
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PILAR MARTÍNEZ
Malaga has been chosen as the European Capital of Intelligent Tourism for 2020 - a title granted by the European Commission to celebrate destinations that have chosen to innovate to make tourism more sustainable. The city saw off competition from ... categories, but also for the impressive programme of activities they intend to carry out during 2020," read the final verdict. The decision was taken on Wednesday in Helsinki (Finland), where Malaga councillor for Tourism, Rosa Sánchez, had gone to back the ... said: "This designation, in addition to being a motive for immense joy, can be a powerful stimulus for us to continue working towards being a technologically advanced city." The two European Intelligent Tourism Capitals will benefit from communications
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Tourism nowadays is no longer just about exploring new horizons on the Earth's surface. The latest frontiers to be explored were brought into focus in Marbella on Monday and Tuesday as Les Roches hospitality school hosted the first ever Space & ... Underwater Tourism universal Summit (SUTUS). The two-day event welcomed an array of distinguished speakers including Sam Scimemi, director of the International Space Station (ISS) at the NASA headquarters; Tony Gannon, vice-president of Investigation and ... are the next major challenges for luxury tourism: space and the sea. In his opening speech, Scimemi outlined the cost of a trip to space: 80 million dollars, plus 35,000 dollars a night at the ISS. He said that space travel was possible despite the