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Spain Goes For 12 month 2008
Travel internet sites in Europe have reported a surge of tourists
heading for Spain and the Spanish islands for
holidays and short breaks for the coming months - and this even
extended earlier in the year to Spain's ski areas.
Many people are surprised to learn that Spain has ski areas,
but when looked at on a map the less well known
tourist areas, away from the coastal regions,include the Pyrenees,
bordering ski country Andorra.
Spain's most successful ski resorts are in the Pyrenees, and
they did well with tourists taking a ski holiday for
the 2007/8 season with good snow from December through to April.
Another area of Spain good for ski holidays is the Sierra Nevada
area, not far from the Costa del Sol, and
despite the usually sunny climate of the Sierra Nevada, it has
hosted the World Alpine Ski Championships.
Other popular ski holiday spots in Spain include:
* Baqueira-Beret
* Boi-Taull
* La Molina
* Astun
* Candanchu
* Cerler
* Formigal
* Panticosa
The most recent predictions of a great ski season for later
this year and the 2008/9 ski holidays season are
based mainly on Spain's rise in tourism in the 2007 summer months.
Some popular holiday spots in Spain received as many as 560
per cent more tourists as the previous year.
The Canary Island of Tenerife (176 per cent rise), Gran Canaria
(244 per cent rise) and Lanzarote
(120% rise) base most of their economic growth on tourism. Their
dedication to holidaymakers has more
than paid off.
Other areas of Spain that saw a significant rise in tourism
include:
* Fuerteventura at 560 per cent
* Benidorm at 213 per cent
* The Malaga Province 329 per cent
The Algarve, Madeira, Marrakech and Sharm el Sheikh also report
rises in tourism last summer and look
forward to a good 2008 summer holidays season.
The Canary Islands are currently hosting the 24th Annual Music
Festival of the Canaries. This additional
boost in tourism will greatly benefit the tourism activities
promoted on the Canary Islands.
A very popular holiday destination for Brits in the summer
of 2007 was Menorca and sure to do well
for 2008.
Menorca is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean,
to the southeast of the Spanish
mainland.
Menorca is well known as a smaller, much more private holiday
spot than neighbouring Majorca.
Majorca is much more densely populated than Menorca with many
celebrities owning homes
there such as Michael Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta Jonesand
Antonio Banderas.
Both Majorca and Menorca have a lot to offer their annual visitors.
Where Majorca offers a bustling
night life, white beaches and celebrities, Menorca provides
more privacy, quiet coves and shaded areas.
And the good news is that while Majorca has had airlines offering
cheap flights to Palma Airport for
some time now, they are also now providing Menorca flights to
Mahon airport.
No matter what time of year you plan your holiday, Spain has
something to offer. Her islands offer summer
time fun, diving, boating and other water sports. The Mediterranean
is home to a whole new underwater world.
Divers from around the world enjoydiving off Menorca, Majorca
and the Canary Islands. Many of the island
resorts offer fun for the entire family and special organised
kids' fun clubs during the day.
Due to Spain having the second highest altitude in Europe,
more and more tourists see the country as the
perfect holiday destination for those who enjoy winter sports
such as skiing or snowboarding as well as the
traditional summer holidays time. With a wide selection of ski
resorts in the Pyrenees, Sierra Nevada andthe
Cantabrian Mountains Spain could see her tourismnumbers still
further in the years ahead.
About the Author: Menorca is a popular holidays destination,
and yourmenorca.net includes for those
who take Menorca holidays a choice of companies who include
Menorca holidays
in their brochures.
The guide also has villa holidays specialists with Minorca
holiday villas available.
