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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social

Here's another one. Spain probably has the most full-spectrum tourism offer of any country, maybe even ahead of France. I stayed in a place a few years ago and it had three professional cycling teams doing training. There's boutique, or very high end, cities and city breaks, skiing, food, etc. 1

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social

And even for cheap holidays, the point isn't the low cost: the point is the damage to local society, and the associated bad behaviour. It's a great country for family hols, but I don't think I'd take the kids to Ibiza town. Ends

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social

Terrible takes, these people clearly have no idea what they are talking about They still think of Spain as Torremolonos, Magaluf or Lloret du Mar of the 1980’s Tourism in Spain has and is changing, far less low cost packages and far more high end tourists A record 55.5 million in the first 7

sep 3, 2025, 11:44 am • 7 1 • view
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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social

months of 2025, on course to beat the 2024 record of 94 million visitors

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Austen @austenpaulh.bsky.social

That's a lot of high end tourists

sep 3, 2025, 6:38 pm • 1 0 • view