Business
Barcelona summer tourist season ends with positive numbers
International visitors spend 14% more than last year
expenditure
Politics
Parliament passes 2017 budget, which foresees allocation for the referendum
Business
Catalonia, the region in Spain where international tourists spend the most
Politics, Business
Budget for 2017 passes first hurdle but gets little support from CUP
Politics
“The time of cutbacks is over”, says Catalan Minister for Economy after presenting 2017 budget
Politics
Government to increase social spending and introduce tax reforms to obtain CUP's support to the budget
Politics
Draft budget for 2016 projects €23.7 billion in total expenditure, 1.5% higher than last year
Business
International tourists spent €713 million in Catalonia in January
Politics
Catalonia has 41 civil servants per 1,000 inhabitants while the Spanish average is 57
Business
Spending by tourists in Barcelona increases by 124 euros and is close to 2007 levels, with an average of 741 euros
Barcelona is overcoming the effects of the economic crisis. So says, the President of Tourism of Barcelona, Joan Gaspart, who revealed spending by tourists in Barcelona in 2011 came to on average 741 euros, 124 euros more than in 2010. In the first six months of 2012, the number of tourists has increased by 1.69%, overnight stays by 2.26%, and credit card spending has increased by 27.08%, compared to the same period of 2011. Gaspart stressed that these increases, although "modest", show that the industry "is doing a good job" to the point where predictions given for the second half of the year also indicate an improvement.
Politics
Catalonia misses 2011 public deficit target but Government confident will meet this year’s objective of 1.3%
The Catalan Government has announced the deficit for last year was 3.29%, short of the 2.66% target set by Barcelona. The Catalan Minister for the Economy, Andreu Mas-Colell, has praised citizens for having tightened their purse strings, and says Catalonia is on track to meet is 1.3% deficit objective in 2012
Business
Tourists have spent 1266 million euros in Catalonia during the month of June
Visitors from the United Kingdom were the highest contributors in June, spending 1229 million. Germans follow, with a total expenditure of 900 million euros while French tourists, with 514 million euros, increased their cumulative expenditure by a surprising 16.4%
Politics
Opposition criticises the Catalan Government’s budget and the Spanish Government warns of not meeting the deficit objective
After the presentation of the Catalan Government’s budget proposal at the Catalan Parliament, opposition parties criticised its content and the lack of debate on the subject. The Catalan Government needs support from opposition MPs or at least their abstention to approve the budget, which foresees a 2.66% deficit for 2011. The Spanish Vice President for Economy Elena Salgado insists that the mechanisms of deficit control “will be strictly implemented”.