Health and Wellness Tourism on the rise on the Costa del Sol

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The Costa del Sol is committed to the Health and Wellness Tourism, a segment on the rise and according to estimates is expected to attract about 40,000 tourists in the next three years, that would bring about 300 million euros in to the province.

This data is shown in the panel on Health Tourism organized by the University of Malaga that has participated in the CEO of the Board of the Costa del Sol, Arturo Bernal who has stressed the importance of branding Health & Wellness and the need to organize international forums on this segment to position itself as an international leader in the Health and Wellness tourism industry.

Thus stressed the appropriateness of combining the business sector under the Health & Wellness segment and the need to base its momentum in several aspects: the organization of international forums, the establishment of partnerships in health between different countries, loyalty prescribers who have tried the virtues of health tourism in the Costa del Sol and the creation of tourist packages that include treatments, along with a single platform that integrates supply of health clubs.

In this regard he referred in his speech to the strengths of the destination Málaga, such as accessibility, reputation of trademarks Spain and Costa del Sol..

The panel, moderated by journalist Angel Escalera, has attended the Dean of the Faculty of Tourism, Antonio Guevara the cluster manager & Health Tourism Spain, José Navas and the director of the department of Tourism Ricardo Pagan.

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Over the next three years health tourism on the Costa del Sol will rise

This type of tourism attracts every year worldwide about 70,000 million people. In Europe, about nine million tourists a year are recorded with these motivations and this is expected to grow by 90 percent by 2020.

The Costa del Sol, which has been recognized by the central government as one of the national centers of reference, has ” excellent facilities ” in these segments, as indicated from the County Council in a statement. Thus home to half of private hospital beds in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, in addition to that 90 percent of facilities are five star and and they have related facilities such as spas or spa facilities.

HEALTH PROFILE OF THE TOURIST

The profile of this type of tourist usually comes from Germany, UK, France and the Scandinavian countries this corresponds mostly with over 50 treatments that require surgery and also to younger people opting for cosmetic treatments and dental work.

Its average budget is a step up to 10 times higher than average, varying between 1,200 and 10,000 euros, depending on the type of treatment needed, and the tourists stay well beyond the average: 10 to 20 days.

Deutsche bank says property prices in Spain in 2014 will have hit lowest levels

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The fall of the housing market could touch down in 2014 if the Spanish economy continues to recover writes the German bank Deutsche Bank, in 2014 we will see an end to declines in both Spain and in Holland, this review adds to the BBVA and Goldman Sachs conclusion, they estimate that housing prices will further drop.

The number of experts who foresee the end of the adjustment of housing in Spain in the coming months is increasing, from the BBVA Javier Sainz, director of the developer of the bank Anida, he said in an interview recently that ” the price of home sales that are closing is the lowest we’ll see “, the reasons given were the reforms that have been made in Spain in recent years. For its part the bank Goldman Sachs in its latest report asserted that the stabilization of the unemployment rate in Spain would suggest that the bottoming out of the price of housing is close.

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Deutsche bank says prices in Spain have bottomed out

But not everyone is so optimistic, for example the U.S. bank Morgan Stanley said in its latest report on Spain that housing should drop by a further 30% to match families income, his conclusion is that the bursting of the housing bubble will still carry on.

Deutsche Bank catalogues Spain in the group of countries with a weak economy and falling house prices, included in this group is Holland, Ireland and Greece, according to the report drawn up on the housing markets in major countries of the eurozone, in recent years housing prices in these four countries have fallen and have become more affordable again, ie affordability ratios have fallen.