A study of World Assistance relating to the number of contracts of insurance subscribed until December 5, 2008 for flights bought on going Internet of December 15, 2008 to March 15, 2009 shows that Spain occupies, with England, the first tourist destination of Europeans.
Also, among the 7 European countries screened, Spain seems the first destination of many flights planned for the Dutchmen with 24% and the Germans with 18%.
19% of the British and 16% of the Italians also chose the Spanish sun for their winter vacation, even if the Iberian peninsula does not represent the first destination.
Another interesting phenomenon, that of the Spaniards whose crisis which strongly affects the country and its population necessitates less remote destinations. Thus, 43% of the flights are planned for the interior of the country.
These figures seem encouraging for a possible Spanish economic recovery strongly touched by the crisis which affects mainly the banking environment, of construction and the real estate. The arrival of foreign tourists thus perhaps will allow, by the system of the hiring, to deaden the crisis of the real estate and to start again the economy in Spain.
Moreover, if one judges some by the results of VacancesEspagne.fr, Internet site which proposes hirings of holidays in villas, houses and apartments to be rented directly near the owner in all Spain, there are reasons to be optimistic. Indeed, the frequentation of the site of January 1 to March 5, 2009 increased by 89,04% compared to the same period of the previous year and the number of requests for information sent by the potentials tenants to the owners increased to him by 48 points As for the number of houses proposed with the hiring, it knew a rise of 28% between 2008 and 2009, passing to more than 3200 hirings to Spain with the choice of the future holiday makers.
Remain to be seen if Europeans will choose also Spain for their summer holidays.
Thursday, March 24
Can tourism leave Spain the crisis?

