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By Adam Woodward • Published: 06 Oct 2024 • 16:07 • 1 minute read
Beaches full, spending little. Credit: Stefano Guzzetti - Shutterstock
There were 150 thousand fewer Spanish tourists visiting the Costa del Sol in summer 2024, marking a worrying summer trend.
Figures show that Spaniards are turning away from their own south coast, opting for less pricey beach holidays, and even travelling abroad rather than fork out on the elevated accommodation prices demanded on the Malaga coastline.
Despite the figures showing record numbers of tourists on the Costa, those who have come from abroad this year have tended to spend less cash than the Spanish, meaning it’s not all good news for the tourist industry.
‘We are concerned about the rise in prices,’ confesses Francisco Salado, president of the Provincial Council. Spanish holidaymakers, who traditionally filled the beaches and chiringuito bars of the Costa del Sol, are looking for more value for money when it comes to their summer getaways. While the spin coming from Salado’s own office is that it’s been better than ever this year, the statistics paint another side of the coin.
The tourist industry on the Costa del Sol has some tough issues to deal with in the coming years: Firstly, maintaining the perennial visitors, who are still mostly the Spanish. Then, there is the issue of water management, given the excesses of use tourism generally generates. After that, mobility and the high cost of housing, not least for service workers, the tourist industry desperately depends upon.
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There may also be an additional sting in the tail as entry requirements for none EU citizens through the authoritarian scan and fingerprint date taken on entry. It may be the case that when people learn of this breach to there civil liberties being infringed (passport states unhindered travel) then they may decide on alternative destinations, we will watch and wait to see?
Britain actually voted for these changes whilst in the EU they have just taken an v long time to come about. Anti terrorist and some of those undesirable third countries….
Honestly as a New Zealand visitor I don’t care about finger prints and scanning…..the warmth of LGBTI Torremolinos is just fantastic.
The prices across the board have been hiked to a different level. Chiringuitos usually a great place for a fabulous food experience at value for money prices are now on a par with any restaurant……& then there´s the incredible rise in property prices completely pricing the majority out of the ball park.
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