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Tourism Record Ever Broken in Costa del Sol
2016 was certainly a bumper year for tourism in Spain and
nowhere was this more evident than in the Costa del Sol. There was so much
tourism, in fact, that the president of the Turismo Costa del Sol tourism
authority Elías Bendodo announced in a press confidence
that the province saw their highest visitor numbers ever. To put it into actual figures there were 10.2% more visitors to the region in 2016 compared to 2015, which was itself a year record. It boils down to 12,000,000 visitors, 26,000,000 overnight stays, and a grand total of €11.1 billion spent.
that the province saw their highest visitor numbers ever. To put it into actual figures there were 10.2% more visitors to the region in 2016 compared to 2015, which was itself a year record. It boils down to 12,000,000 visitors, 26,000,000 overnight stays, and a grand total of €11.1 billion spent.
The amount of domestic tourists to the Costa del Sol was up3% year-on-year, while foreign tourism increased by the much more impressive
figure of 15.7%. As has become tradition, British tourists made up the bulk of
Spanish tourism; accounting for 2.6 million arrivals; which is up 16.6% over
2015. Overall visitors came from 19 different countries including Poland,
Russia, Sweden, Romania and Hungary.
Bendodo believes that, just as 2016 broke all the records of
2015, 2017 could break all the records of 2016. In order or this to happen
things have to be handled just right. The true challenge will be to retain
these record breaking numbers for the years to come.
