Malaga foreign visitors up 15%
According to official figures, the amount of foreign visitors to Malaga has risen by 15 per cent, to 51,680, in September this year.
Carolina España, Malaga’s Councillor for Economy and Tourism, said not only had the amount of visitors increased, but also the amount of overnight stays in Malaga hotels and the average time that visitors spend in the city.
The Malaga coastline - Picture Credit: tony.evans
However, it is still British nationals that take the lions share in visitor numbers to Malaga followed by the Germans, Italians and the French.
It has been revealed that 91,641 people visited the city of Malaga during the month of September, according to the National Institute of Statistics and was second only to Cordoba as the Spanish cities that had the biggest rise in visitor numbers compared to 2010.
To round off, the total number of visitors to Malaga in the first nine months of this year rose by 6 per cent to 702,000.
This is great news for Malaga who have worked hard to attract visitors to the city during these difficult economic times and with many more initiatives planned for 2012, hopefully that number will continue to increase.
About Explore Malaga
The city of Malaga in Andalucia, southern Spain is a city steeped in history and culture, sadly most travellers don't ever get to see it as they are whisked away from the airport by train or shuttle bus to their Costa del Sol resort destination, returning only to fly home.
Explore Malaga is written by young British expatriates (well young at heart!) that live and work full time in Malaga Province and love nothing more than spending their spare time in around the fabulous city of Malaga.