Nerja Museum enjoys its best summer

The Nerja Museum has had its best summer to date, much of this due to the introduction of the Cuevatren which reportedly carried around 10,500 people during July and August.

Talking points…

Quite a few different talking points in recent days, or even weeks. While queuing in the post office, a discussion began about Christmas decorations and before long there were quite a few people chipping in, all Spanish – well, the queues are so long at the moment, it’s a good way to pass the hours for anyone who forgot to …

Record visitor numbers at Isla Magica

Over 20,000 people visited the Isla Magica theme park in Sevilla at the weekend for the Halloween Weekend Party, setting new records for attendance. In addition, around 80% of visitors turned up suitably ghoulishly dressed.

Over 4,000 viewed the World Cup

According to the Council, over 4,000 people took the opportunity to see or have their photograph taken with the World Cup on Tuesday. Quite a few of the visitors came from neighbouring areas, particularly Torrox.

Tourist Office statistics

The Council statisticians have been working overtime to bring us the news that 834 people visited the Tourist Office during the ‘puente’ with 559 of them being Spanish and with the busiest day being Monday December 6th with 216 visitors.

More flights between Málaga and Scandinavia

The number of direct flights between Málaga and the Scandinavian countries is on the increase, with over one hundred now in operation. In the first quarter of 2010, the number of visitors from Sweden has increased by 20% when compared to 2009.

Nerja Caves visitors 2009

The number of visitors to the Nerja Caves fell by 4% during 2009 to 390,000. As many national monuments suffered double figure decreases, these results are being considered as ‘not bad’ under the circumstances.