Spain And The Canary Islands Are the UK's Favourite Holiday Destination

Fly to let owners with properties in Spain have seen an increase in tourism during the first three months of this year although those using privately owned or family homes fell by 0.5 percent according to figures from the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade.

The statistics published by the Frontur opinion poll showed that nine million international tourists visited the country in Q1 which represents an increase of 2.9 percent over the same period last year.

Property website kyero.com reports that particularly noticeable were the increases in tourists from the Netherlands (22.3 percent), Belgium (20 percent), Switzerland (14.8 percent), Scandinavia (11.7 percent) and Italy (10.9 percent).

However, the UK remained Spain’s number one market, with 1.8 million tourists (albeit a decrease of 4.8 percent from 2010), followed by Germany with 1.47 million (3.7 percent less), and France with 1.2 million (2.7 percent more than last year).

The Canary Islands was the most popular destination and attracted 2.7 million of all international tourists in the first quarter, an increase of 15.2 percent over the same period last year. Fuerteventura showed the largest increase in visitors of all the Canarian islands

This was followed by Catalonia, with just over two million tourists, or 22.9 percent of all arrivals, but still a decrease of 1.1 percent over the first quarter of 2010.
Andalusia, in third place, accounted for 13.6 percent of arrivals, or 1.23 million passengers, and 0.9 percent less than last year.

The popular city of Madrid attracted 894,628 tourists, a 0.1 percent increase, while Valencia recorded an increase of 3 percent, to 825,403 tourists.

The Balearic Islands, another popular destination for Brits, registered a decrease in tourist visits of 11.8 percent.

Most travellers (79.9 percent) chose to fly to Spain, which was 3.4 percent more than in the first quarter from the same period of 2010, while tourists travelling by road increased by 1.3 percent to 17.4 percent.

Source Fly2let

http://www.worldmarineguide.com

Spanish And Canary Island Property Continues to Regain Popularity in 2011

The number of searches for Spanish property in January this year was 37.05% higher than last year according to overseas property portal Homesgofast.

According to the portal the trend that has been noted since the Spanish property market imploded; namely the dominance of the Balearics and Canary Islands, property market not only continued in January but became even more pronounced. One third of all enquiries into Spanish properties were for those islands according to the portal.

"It's interesting to see how Spain despite the bad press is still very attractive to overseas buyers considering retiring or buying a second home abroad," said Nick Marr, director of the portal.

"The change towards the Balearic and Canary Islands property may be a result of the bad press that the Spanish property market has received," he continued. "People looking to get away from the UK winters still see Spain as a great place to holiday. The Canary Islands offer winter sun and a housing market that has not received the negative press that mainland Spain has endured."

"House values in Spain are at an all time low and the increase searches may be a result of both buyers and sellers researching the market."

Nick is right about the British aspect. According to the Association of British Travel Agents, Spain is still the number one holiday destination for Brits, with over 11 million British visitors gracing the shores every year.

This combined with the fact that Brits bought more overseas property per head of population than any other nationality during the boom and you can easily see why the Spanish property market's boom was one of the biggest in the world.

According to many overseas agents, Brits are now being outnumbered by Eastern Europeans, and this is likely at least a part of the reason why the Spanish islands are more popular, because they have traditionally been favoured by Eastern European buyers, according to real estate agents.

This is simply the latest in a succession of reports that Spanish property is regaining popularity with overseas property buyers -- starting from as early as the first quarter of last year. During the last 12-18 months almost all of the UK's top property portals have revealed growth in the popularity of Spanish property, with many of them featuring the country in first or second place on one or more occasions.

The aforementioned ABTA data was in an interview aimed at promoting Turkey, and the fact that British tourism to Turkey is growing at about 20% per year for the last few years, while Spain is stagnating.

However, stagnating is not falling, and with Turkey currently receiving 2 million British visitors per year (German is dominant market), it will be some time before Spain is knocked off the top spot. With Spanish property prices at between 20 and 40 percent below boom levels, and now thought to have bottomed, one must expect its popularity with foreign buyers (especially Brits) to see continued growth this year. .

The Canary Islands consist of Tenerife, Las Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and several smaller islands.

Source Homesgofast

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Beds : 3 Baths: 2

PriceEuros : 188500 €






A large, well furnished townhouse with its own garage in the centre of Caleta de Fuste. Well maintained gardens and a large communal swimming pool are included.
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Beds : 2 Baths: 1

Built : 58 m2 Plot : 58 m2

PriceEuros : 108000 €

A spacious 2nd floor apartment with a large private roof terrace enjoying views to the sea , and the Canarinan islands of Lanzarote and Isla de Lobos. The property for sale comes partly furnished and with fitted kitchen. Communal swimming pool.

The apartment is in Corralejo in the north of Fuerteventura and close to all facilities, the beaches and is just a short walk to the shopping mall and supermarket.

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Price 80,000 Euros

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The house has a build size of 60 square metres on a plot of 90 square meteres.

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