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Benidorm
120
30
100
25
80
20
60
15
40
10
20
0
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
August
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
1. Benidorm
has a very
mild weather
30%
50%
Benidorm companies
(regional scale)
Local companies
Independent hotels
12%
Source: Own elaboration with dat from (Vera, Rodrguez and Capdepn, 2010)
Theme
parks
Photos: courtesy of the Town Council of Benidorm
Powerful restaurant
industry
Units
600
500
570
400
Golf courses
300
303
200
157
100
133
0
Bars
Restaurants Disco-pubs
Source: www.realbenidorm.net
Cafeterias
Source: www.rh-hotels.co.uk
Leisure offer
Units
30
20
10
0
Disco
Gaming
rooms
Bingos
Cinemas
Theme
parks
Circus
Mini golf
Source: www.guadalest.es/
Source: http://www.lasfuentesdelalgar.com
Source: http://www.noticiasdot.com
Population
Number of
inhabitants
80.000
70.000
60.000
50.000
40.000
30.000
20.000
10.000
2.009
2.007
2.005
2.003
2.001
1.999
1.997
1.995
1.991
1.984
1.981
1.970
1.960
1.950
1.936
1.920
1.908
1.887
1.860
1.831
1.794
1.768
1.595
1939: End of
the Spanish
Civil War
Crisis of spa
tourism focused
on high classes
1950: National
tourism started in
the village
1939-1975:
Francos
Dictatorship in
Spain
1953:
Agreements
between Spain
and USA
1959: Agreement
between the Spanish
Office for the USA
relationships and the
US International
Cooperation
Administration.
In 3 years, USA
granted a loan of
more than 1.9 million
EUR for the
development of
tourism in Spain.
Hilton hotels entered
into the Spanish
market
Constructive
typology
proposed in
the First
General Urban
Development
Plan in
Benidorm
Courtesy of the Town
Council of Benidorm
10
20
30
40
Source: Own elaboration with data from (Vera, Rodrguez and Capdepn, 2010)
50
60
1962: Construction
of the bull fighting
square of
Benidorm.
1963: Second
General Urban
Development Plan
in Benidorm which
allowed higher
skyscrapers and a
low habitat density
in the town
1959: Stabilisation
Plan
- More economic
flexibility
- More real
exchange rate
mechanism
National tourism
was very scarce
due to the low
purchasing power of
the Spanish
population
Tourists from
Western Europe
arrived to Spain
with their own
cars
Due to the higher
proximity,
Catalonia was
the first region
being
consolidated as
a tourism area
1964: Spain
overcame Italy and
became the
worldwide tourism
leader
European tourists
enjoyed a very
good value for
money due to the
low prices of the
Spanish tourism
industry (lower
than the neighbor
countries)
Cheap houses
and land helped
foreign investors
to buy houses in
tourist areas
1985: Opening of
Aqualandia
amusement park
International
tourism
companies
cornered the
Spanish domestic
market
Tour operators
controlled a large
part of hotel offer
and services
(shows, theme
parks)
Spanish
people
Foreign
people
Source:
Benidorm
en cifras
2012
Total
National
tourists
Foreign
tourists
Source:
Benidorm
en cifras
2012
Source: https://maps.google.es
Source:
Benidorm
en cifras
2012
3***
4****
2**
5*****
1*
7.000
6.000
5.000
4.000
3.000
2.000
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Litres
1.400.000
1.200.000
1.000.000
800.000
600.000
Source:
Benidorm
en cifras
2012
400.000
200.000
0
Jan.
May
June
July
Aug.
sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
20
40
60
80
100
Barcelona
San
Benidorm
Bartolom
de Tirajana
2006
Source: www.ine.es
Adeje
2007
Calvi
2008
Palm a de
Mallorca
Pjara
Salou
2009
2010
2011
Arona
Campings
15%
Apartments
29%
Hotels
55%
Days of stay of
tourists
4
2006
2007
2008
Costa Blanca
Source: www.ine.es
2009
2010
Benidorm
2011