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Post subject: Spain to lose 10 pct of summer tourists -govt  Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:50 am |
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MADRID, (Reuters) - Spanish resorts should brace themselves for a 10 percent fall in foreign visitor numbers this summer but will receive more than double the public funds originally earmarked to rebuild infrastructure, the government said on Friday. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said 23.3 million holidaymakers would travel to Spain this summer, which is defined by the tourism ministry as July, August and September.
"Although it's not a good figure, if we hit this estimate it would be 2 points better than the first four months of the year," de la Vega told reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting.
"You have to remember that the unemployment rate has increased sharply in European Union countries," she said.
De la Vega said that cabinet had voted to spend an extra 600 million euros on improving tourist infrastructure on top of the 400 million euros already promised for this year. The plan is part of an additional 150 billion euros the government forecasts it will spend up to the end of 2010 to stimulate the economy and create jobs.
Spain lost its place as the second-most visited destination in the world to the United States last year, according to preliminary data. France is the most popular holiday spot.
The tourism ministry said tourist spending fell 7.3 percent in the first four months of 2009.
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Post subject: Re: Spain to lose 10 pct of summer tourists -govt Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:31 am |
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Post subject: Re: Spain to lose 10 pct of summer tourists -govt Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:57 am |
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