Estate agents on the Costa del Sol

Good News For Spanish Property Buyers: Spain received more UK visitors in January than the previous year!

As Spain continues to regain its financial feet after the devastating crisis, the tourist sector is one that has enjoyed growth for the past few years and new figures show that this is also the case in 2017! The industry figures show that over 10% more tourists chose to travel to Spain in January of this year than in 2016, when almost 4 million people went to Spain on their holidays. This is an important factor to take into consideration if you are looking to buy a Spanish apartment on the Costa del Sol. Perhaps you'd want to target the UK market with a new business venture along with your property, so what are the figures for those?

The UK tourist market is undoubtedly huge along the Costa del Sol, with many businesses catering to it, but how can we expect it to grow? According to the data released last week, 15% more tourists from the UK visited Spain in January 2017 than in the same month last year. Almost 800,000 British people made their way to the sunny sparkling beaches we know well, as well as to historic pilgrimage sites and metropolitan party-towns. The number of UK citizens made up over 20% of all of the tourists in Spain.

Other countries are also traveling to Spain in spades - rates of tourist arrivals also rose by 23% and 35% for Ireland and the United States respectively. It is interesting to note the relative lack of growth in other EU tourist markets like German which only slightly rose and France, which dropped a little.

In the light of these new statistics, it seems like a great time to consider buying one of the gorgeous properties for sale on the Costa del Sol and start your business that may benefit from these booming tourist markets, that aren't set to slow down any time soon.