Tourism: A Great Business Opportunity In Spain
(PRWeb) February 24, 2007 -- Spain has been blessed by the increase in the world tourist demand, that as stated by the World Tourism Organization reached a 4,5% last year. In the year 2006 the arrival of foreign tourists to Spain exceeded the 58,5 Million which represented, according to the expenditure survey, an income for the country of 48.181 million euro.
Several businesses from different sectors get hold of the benefits, both in a direct and indirect way, provided by such a huge inflow of tourists taking into consideration that the average expenditure per traveler was 857 euros and the average daily expenditure 91 euros.
Studying the structure of such expenditure, the "Analysis and Segmentation of the Expense of the Foreign Tourists in Spain" made by the Institute of Tourism Studies, states that the main spending was done in transport, followed by accommodation, restaurants and food shops. Also, analyzing the type of businesses that have been founded in Spain during the last few years it is evident that most of them belong to the already mentioned fields.
In terms of transport, companies like Vueling Airlines came to life in the year 2002 taking advantage of the increasing tendency of Spain as a tourist destination. Clickair S.A. is another example; this company was founded in the year 2006 by Iberia and other Spanish organizations proving that there are still great business opportunities.
In the case of accommodation, every year new hotels and hostels are opened to the public in the main tourist destinations of the country. In addition, new accommodation alternatives are being born; For instance Holiday apartments and villas can now be found in almost every city of the country. A good example of this type of business is a company Called Barcelona Homes, S.L.
Barcelona Homes, S.L was founded in the year 2003 and started to operate just in Barcelona city taking into account that it was the main tourist destination of the country those days but nowadays it has moved operations to other regions of the country such as Seville and Costa del Sol through its web page www.getreadyrentals.com due to the fact that tourism is increasing everywhere in the country. As its founder Gaizka Pujana affirms, "Tourism in this country is offering huge business opportunities and we have to take advantage of them".
Finally, there are endless samples of new restaurants and stores, including non food shops, all over the country and it seems there is room for more.
Apparently the market for the businesses related to the tourism sector is not saturated yet in Spain and as tourists change constantly there are always new business opportunities.
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