Voucher system in Ronda

Ronda Council and the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Ronda, Campillos and Guadalteba (Apymer) have signed a collaboration agreement whereby vouchers will be handed out to visitors to certain monuments for spending in various local establishments.

Spain in trouble over EHIC

The European Commission is launching legal action against Spain over the refusal of some hospitals to recognise the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).

Semana Santa statistics for Andalucia

A total of 742,000 tourists visited Andalucia during Holy Week, a 4.4% increase compared to 2010, while spending remained roughly the same as last year at €358 million.

Falling tourist numbers

Figures just published relating to tourist visitors to Spain during the first five months of 2009 show an overall decline of 11.8% compared to last year.

Visitors to Andalucía down by 2.6%

Tourism figures for Andalucía for the third trimester show a decline in numbers of around 2.6%. There was a total of 9,020,000 visitors, of whom 61.6% were resident in Spain.