Torrevieja council has released provisional population figures for the municipality which show that Britons still make up the largest foreign community in the town – and the numbers have gone up over the last three years.
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Restaurants and hotels packed in Benidorm for a record-breaking holiday bridge in December
The city hangs the entire poster in some establishments, which plan to equal or exceed the historic figures for 2019. The December Bridge is one of the most anticipated of the year. And more, as it happens in 2021, if five days come together. A date that has caused many Benidorm hotels to put up the full poster for these dates (among those that are still open) and that the hotel business has a large number of reservations until Wednesday.
Spain will only allow vaccinated British tourists to enter from December 1
British tourists can only enter if they are fully vaccinated. Until now travelers with negative CPR or who had passed the disease could enter. In order for a British tourist to travel from Bristol to Alicante to spend the Christmas holidays in Benidorm, they must be vaccinated against the covid. As of next December 1, Spain will only allow the entry of people from the United Kingdom with a vaccination certificate and not with negative diagnostic tests or having overcome the disease as it admitted until now.
Hotels on the Costa Blanca launch their own “Imserso” to attract and attract retirees from all over Europe
Businessmen improve prices and benefits to avoid closures when they find that there is demand.
Hotels on the Costa Blanca have decided to stand up to Imserso and have launched their own vacation programs that are marketed on their websites through the internet. The Servigroup chain, which has launched an offer whereby you can spend a week’s vacation from October 1 in a four-star hotel with full board, free parking and, among other benefits, free transfer to the airport or the station from Alicante AVE from 260 euros. Other groups such as Poseidon Hotels will also make this type of offers
Mundosenior (touristic operator) launches offers trips for retirees on the Costa Blanca from 260 euros
Eight-day holidays on the Costa Blanca from 260 euros (full board and transport included). The program is made up of cultural circuits in Spain, circuits in Europe, trips to the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, trips to the mainland coast and stays of five days in European capitals.
The cheapest options are the Spanish coast, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands. Customers can book trips from 230 euros without transport (260 with transport) to Andalucia (Malaga) and Costa Blanca. The other option is Salou, in Cataluña, with prices starting at 295 without transport and 325 with transport.
Alicante Airport (El Altet) borders on the figures of the prepandemic by recovering 76% of the operability
The elimination of the obligation of the PCR makes the holidays of British tourists cheaper from next October by 200 euros, which already cover 50% of the places in many hotels
British tourism fills 16% of the hotel beds in Benidorm
The hotels in Benidorm and other destinations on the Costa Blanca closed last week with an average occupancy of over 70%. Thanks to tourism from the United Kingdom that adds two consecutive weeks of continuous growth and already represents 16% of all tourists who stay in the tourist capital of the province of Alicante.
Rebound British tourism in Benidorm town
Travelers from the United Kingdom grew to 11.2% after the whole summer without exceeding 5% – Hotels manage to fill seven out of ten beds and Hosbec considers that it could end up being “a good month”.