Hi all
I get copies of Spanish online newspapers sent to my work email each day, along with other Countries, as I use them for my job. This article was posted today showing how the recession is having an impact on the number of Hotels that will possibly close over the Winter. Some Hotels have always closed during this period of course - but the majority on the Costa´s usually stay open.
I highighted another thing to me - I have seen a lot of posts in recent months, on the Spain forum and others where people are asking "has the recession reached Spain / Italy / Cyprus yet"? or ... "because of the recession in the UK we are thikning of moving overseas" .....Im surprised sometimes that people in the UK dont always seem to be aware that the recession is Worldwide and not just in the UK! it made me wonder if we could consider a Thread specific to the recession here in spain, with articles, figures, comments on the employment / house prices / changes to usual policy such as the article below.
Im conscious that we wouldnt want to create a huge negative thread here! but a realistic one that we could perhaps direct people to for specific facts on the recession??
Any thoughts
Sue xxx
Unions fear that lay offs and closures could be even greater
The Costa del Sol Hoteliers Association, AEHCOS, has said it expects a quarter of the hotels on the coast to close over the winter, while the union CCOO fears that temporary ERE lay-offs in the sector could lead to 35% of hotels closing. Most are expected to do so from November until just before Easter.
AEHCOS represents 350 hotels on the coast with some 88,000 beds.
The fall is expected despite the efforts of the Junta de Andalucía to make the Costa del Sol a less-seasonal destination for tourists.
One bright spark for tourism came yesterday when 8,000 tourists poured off four large cruise liners in Málaga port.
Most of the tourists remained in Málaga, while a reduced number took off on coach trips to Marbella, Granada, Mijas and Nerja. It has been calculated that 400,000 € was spent on the coast in just a few hours, at an average spend of 50 € per head. TypicallySpanish 23.09.09
I get copies of Spanish online newspapers sent to my work email each day, along with other Countries, as I use them for my job. This article was posted today showing how the recession is having an impact on the number of Hotels that will possibly close over the Winter. Some Hotels have always closed during this period of course - but the majority on the Costa´s usually stay open.
I highighted another thing to me - I have seen a lot of posts in recent months, on the Spain forum and others where people are asking "has the recession reached Spain / Italy / Cyprus yet"? or ... "because of the recession in the UK we are thikning of moving overseas" .....Im surprised sometimes that people in the UK dont always seem to be aware that the recession is Worldwide and not just in the UK! it made me wonder if we could consider a Thread specific to the recession here in spain, with articles, figures, comments on the employment / house prices / changes to usual policy such as the article below.
Im conscious that we wouldnt want to create a huge negative thread here! but a realistic one that we could perhaps direct people to for specific facts on the recession??
Any thoughts
Sue xxx
Unions fear that lay offs and closures could be even greater
The Costa del Sol Hoteliers Association, AEHCOS, has said it expects a quarter of the hotels on the coast to close over the winter, while the union CCOO fears that temporary ERE lay-offs in the sector could lead to 35% of hotels closing. Most are expected to do so from November until just before Easter.
AEHCOS represents 350 hotels on the coast with some 88,000 beds.
The fall is expected despite the efforts of the Junta de Andalucía to make the Costa del Sol a less-seasonal destination for tourists.
One bright spark for tourism came yesterday when 8,000 tourists poured off four large cruise liners in Málaga port.
Most of the tourists remained in Málaga, while a reduced number took off on coach trips to Marbella, Granada, Mijas and Nerja. It has been calculated that 400,000 € was spent on the coast in just a few hours, at an average spend of 50 € per head. TypicallySpanish 23.09.09