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05 16th, 2009| 
Spain is starting a strong promotional campaigns for Spain in Britain, becouse of a 15 percent fall in reservations for the summer from the British market. The promotions name ‘A Taste of Spain’ a cultural and gastronomic festival are going to be held in the open air in Regent Street in London from May 31 to June 3 and also in Edinburgh between July 17 and 19. ‘A Taste of Spain ‘menu will offer Spanish horses, artists, dancers, designers, musicians, cooks, and giant paella, plus a lot of information about what the wonderfull Spain has to offer.
The Frontur survey report that, over the first months of this year there was a 22% fall in the number of British tourists arriving in Spain compared to last year.
Ignacio Vasallo, the Director of the Spanish Tourism Office in London, have also confirm that numbers of british turists have going down and the worst numbers were seen in January, with February also poor and March less so, but he noted that Spain had not lost market share from the UK,which is Spain’s main tourist market for golf, culture, and the sun. He also noted that the main destinations of Marbella, Tenerife, Mallorca and Costa del Sol were seeing numbers similar to last year, and the number of plane seats available was the same as last year, which is very good for us working with tourists and I hope that the campaign “A Taste of Spain” will be a great success.