Javier Salvatierra

A total of 84,013 workers signed up with the Social Security system last month, while registered unemployment fell by 26,329 people. Around 700,000 employees remain on the government’s furlough scheme

The photo of a child's feet from the El Corte Inglés campaign evoked the image of a suicide for many members of the public

The sector has recorded its worst semester ever, with a 97% drop in visitors and 750,000 jobs at risk

EL PAÍS spoke to country manager Mariangela Marseglia about the “enormous” increase in demand due to the coronavirus crisis, and what it is doing to protect workers

Madrid premier Isabel Díaz Ayuso says that the region is not yet ready to move to the next confinement deescalation phase

Seat, Burger King and Iberia are among the companies that have so far filed what is known as an ‘ERTE,’ allowing them to suspend jobs “until normality is reestablished”

Customers have been lining up to stock up on supplies as tougher measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 come into effect in the region

Despite the overall drop in holidaymakers during the third quarter of last year, tourist spending continued to rise from the same period in 2018

After years of lobbying, Spain has finally been granted approval to export shoulders and legs of ‘jamón’ to the Asian country, which is the biggest global market for luxury goods

Despite evidence that these charges do not reduce visitor numbers, the sector says that the measure is coming at a bad time following the recent collapse of Thomas Cook

Industry minister sends letter to European Commission highlighting the “difficult situation” for the sector

The fall of the British travel group poses a major threat to the Spanish tourism industry, especially in the Balearic and Canary Islands

Fewer holidaymakers from the United Kingdom and Germany contributed to the slowdown, but it did not affect spending, which rose 2.2% on last year’s figure

According to a new report, sectors such as fashion, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics in Spain are losing more than 10% of turnover to counterfeiting

Small businesses are having trouble implementing the new rules, which force all companies, regardless of size, to keep track of worker schedules

Visitors spent €4.7 billion in the first month of the year, a 3.6% rise from the same period in 2018

Three island locations are among the top five in terms of revenue per available room

Eventbrite, which acquired Spanish firm Ticketea in 2018, hopes to triple its workforce in the country over the next three years

A total of 82.8 million people visited the country in 2018, and spent more on average than in 2017

A Spanish company is launching a scientific tourism project involving a mock-up of a Martian colony inside a cave in Cantabria

Statistics show that the number of drinks establishments has been declining in the country for seven years in a row

The proposed site in Casarrubios could open by 2023 and receive around 300,000 commercial passengers in its first year

A new report has forecast a fall in visits from the country’s main tourist markets, the UK, Germany and France

Susana Meseguer was working for tips via the GuruWalk app, but was warned by letter to cease her activity given that she had no official authorization

More than two million people are employed by the sector but many are on temporary contracts

In recent weeks police have seized thousands of kilos of ‘jamón’ and other products in several provinces