It’s Not Known Just How Many Brits Live in Spain

It’s Not Known Just How Many Brits Live in Spain

There is now way of knowing the real number of Brits living in Spain

Many of the Brits who own holiday homes in Spain don’t live in the country on a permanent basis, but do still spend a lot of their time there. As a result it’s not known just how many Brits live in Spain.

It could be two million. It could be more or less. The fact is that there is no official number for the amount of Britons that currently live in Spain. This is according to official sources. They say that it is difficult to register and keep track of who is living where and for how long they do it.

When Labour leader Jeremy Corbin spoke about the EU referendum recently he claimed that there were around three quarter of a million Brits living in Spain. The BBC quickly questioned the figure and tried to find out for themselves just how many Brits could be found in Spain. The closest we can get to official data comes from Eurostat. Eurostat says that there are 306,000 UK-born people registered as permanent residents in Spain. Almost everyone else says the number is much higher.

A lot of people throw out the “750,000” figure but this is just an educated guess. There are also claims that twice this number actually spend a majority of their year in the country, especially on the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca.

The BBC also claim that one third of the Brits registered as residents of Spain claim their UK state pension. This is in line with claims that the majority of British expats are retired people who wanted to live the rest of their lives in the sun.

Brits also make up the majority of the holiday travel and property sector. Over six million Brits flocked to Spain last year. There are also plenty of Brits that live and work in the coats del sol an Spain but are yet to register as residents with their local town hall. There are some estimates that the number of unregistered Brits is higher than the number of registered ones.

Whatever the case may be Spain is still the most popular home away from home for Brits and it’s not hard to see why.

Spanish Holidays not Likely to Sell Out Despite Claims from Media

Spanish Holidays not Likely to Sell Out Despite Claims from Media

Costa del Sol is looking for another record breaking year

The British press are infamous for scare-mongering but every so often something comes along that people can’t help but believe because they’re so astonished by it.

This time the Daily Star was at the centre of the problem with their headlines about how apparently Spanish holidays are sold out after more people than ever booked a holiday.

Now it is true that Spain is seeing more holiday bookings and it’s also true that this is because British holidaymakers are going to Spain because more classic locations, such as Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt and Greece are becoming more unstable.

However it’s moronic to suggest that Spain could actually sell out and be unable to welcome any new tourists as part of the Easter holidays. Spain is great at bringing in millions more people in one go. They’ve always been good at handling the Easter surge as parts of the country are filled with Spanish tourists as well as European ones.

Hotels manage, roads manage, airports manage, and tour operators manage. Everything carries on. The only thing you’re likely to see is a small rise in prices during the really busy weeks. This is just how business works. Add in the extra space offered by services like AirBNB and private rentals and there’s really no truth behind the idea that a Spanish tourist shouldn’t be able to find a place in the sun.

The Daily Star managed to scare people even more by suggesting there was no more room on flights. They even had a RyanAir spokesperson suggest that they might potentially run out of seats. Do you really expect a company like RyanAir to actually say they have run out of seats and are not flying any more though?

The idea that there would be no more flights to Spain is ludicrous. There are plenty of good reasons that Spain is the top tourist destination. They have sun, sea, and a great lifestyle everyone enjoys. The reason that it’s stayed number one is because of how well it handles all these tourists. Spain may be busy but they always let anyone, no matter their age or background, come and find a piece of paradise.

It may get expensive to stay in Spain in the peak months but you’ll always find great value for money, security, convenience, great Beaches, peace of mind and you’ll be sure to find a lovely place in the sun. Spanish-Holidays-will-Sell-Out-2016