€1 million to promote tourism in Spain

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Spain is preparing a €1 million advertising campaign to promote tourism in the country and will be targeting the UK, Germany and Russia with its campaign. The Institute of Tourism for Spain, Turespaña, has tendered its international advertising campaign for the UK, German and Russian markets ...

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Canary Islands lose 250,000 passengers in February 2013

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Air traffic in the Canary Islands fell by 8.87% (249,672 people) in February 2013 when compared to the same month in 2012 according to data released by AENA. Operations were also down last month by 15.6% totaling 23,097 take-offs and landings which is 4,285 less than the same month last ...

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German tourism expected to drop in 2013

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The regional government in the Canary Islands is expecting to see decrease of 3% in tourists from Germany this year (2013) which is the equivalent of 80,000 less visitors to the Canary Islands. This drop has been attributed to the cut in scheduled flights from Germany planned for this year. Air ...

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The Canaries start 2012 with increase in tourism

Tourism Canary Islands

The Canary Islands have started 2012 with continued with growth in the tourism sector. Just over 916,000 foreign tourists travelled to the Islands. So far this year there has been an increase of 5.6% (48,000 more visitors). Tenerife has seen the highest rise in tourism. The Deputy Minister for ...

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Ryanair threatens to cut flights if air tax benefits stop

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The airline company Ryanair is contemplating eliminating some of its routes to the Canary Islands in the event that the bonuses it receives disappear which is being proposed by the Minister of Energy, Industry and Tourism, José Manuel Soria. The Head of Marketing and Sales for Ryanair in Spain, ...

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