Costa Tropical Blog

Salobreña tourism statistics have just been released for the 2007 year. These figures are based on the number of people visiting the tourist information centres either at the entrance to the town or on the beachfront during the summer months. In total, twenty six thousand four hundred and fifty five people visited the offices during 2007 and a further one thousand and forty nine people consulted the offices through fax, email or telephone. The figures show an increase of 5.8% over the same period in 2006, with thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy coming from different points in Spain followed by the United Kingdom and Germany and then by forty other nationalities. A whopping 45% of the tourists arrive over the July, August and September months although there has been an increase in visitors outside these periods as travel agencies and tour operators (mainly Spanish) are now beginning to include Salobreña as a stopping off point. It will be interesting to see if the 2008 figures overtake 2007 with the removal of Monarch flights in to Granada and the general downturn in the economy.