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The project, which will be completed in three months, will include touch screens and personalized attention.

The Ministry of Tourism will renew in a period of approximately three months the information office at Malaga airport, which will become a space for a pilot promotion.

According to the responsible of the area, the new unit will be renovated dramatically with the premise of innovation, present in the image and the way how the centre will operate.

The office will be equipped with technological tools and will focus on the brand Andalusia. Its aim is to become an area close to the concept of leisure and adapted to the needs of every tourist.

The offices, located in the new terminal, will be served by specialized staff. In addition, points will enable immediate download of material and maps to meet the demand of travelers who have less time.

The room will be equipped with computers, touch screens and resources to provide quickly and conveniently all the details likely to interest the tourist, including the program of entertainment and the list of establishments.

The idea is that travelers who are increasingly likely to organize their holidays through the internet, can access the full range of destination services including reservations for restaurants and accommodation.

The new terminal at Malaga Airport receives the first waves of tourists.
The new T-3 is only four months old, but appears to be running since years. This is the sensation of many passengers passing through the new terminal at Malaga Airport, which this weekend has lived it´s second major summer flood of tourists. During the first, at the beginning of July, the airports installations exceeded during the task.

According to Aena (Spanish Airports) sources, there was no major incident, nor in the T-3 or in the rest of the facilities.
So far, “operational normality reigns not only in the new terminal, but throughout the airport.” To keep things like this “we continue to work daily, with the aim that the first or last image that has the visitor retains on his retina of this splendid destination is one of satisfying and unforgettable memories.”

Between the 1st and the 4th of July, the first major holiday output operation, passed through Malaga Airport 239.850 passengers on 1.434 flights operated in this period, representing a 11.76% more landings and takeoffs that in the same period of last year, and a increase of 12% in the number of users, according to forecasts by the airlines.

Not surprisingly, the airport Malaga this summer will offer direct connections to 24 more destinations than last season and airlines have announced a 10.6% increase in the number of seats.

The tourist visiting the city of Malaga could be defined as a farsighted tourist, since 50 percent of visitors arriving in the capital of the Costa del Sol planned their trip more than two months in advance, compared to 18.8 percent who did more than a month before, as contained in the report prepared by the Tourism Observatory of Málaga City on data from 2009.

However, there are those who spend less time on organizing the trip, as 13.1 percent decided by seven to 15 days before departure, while the remaining 1.1 percent did so in less than 24 hours.

Once organized the trip, tourists are interested in knowing the destination to be visited and to this end, 45.9 percent of respondents used the Internet, 26.4 percent made use of recommendations from friends and family and 23.6 percent used the guidebooks. The remaining 34.4 percent used their own experience, gained in earlier visits.

However, as shown by the document drawn up following 4000 surveys, the network is used not only to know the destination, but also use it to make appropriate reservations for hotels in Malaga and car rental at Malaga airport. Thus, 60.2 percent of tourists who visited Malaga and the Costa del Sol did through the network, while 56.6 used it as means of payment.

This reflects a growing familiarity and confidence on the Internet as a means to make arrangements for the holidays. In this way, by planning our vacations in advance and conveniently from home, we can also save a lot of money.

The High Speed and Long Distance Train Services with higher demand are those that are destined for the Spanish coast and in a special way, the trains that connect the interior with the Costa del Sol.

Months for tourism, increase of seats. This is the proportional rule put in practice in Renfe, the Spanish railway, coinciding with the start of Summer.

The AVE services connecting Madrid to the Costa del Sol and Malaga are among the most demanded by customers, which will have 33.500 additional places for travel between Madrid and Malaga during the summer months.

The total number of seats offered for sale by Renfe for all services provided between Madrid and various cities in Andalusia is 1.4 million over the summer.

The direct AVE trains linking both Malaga and Seville with Barcelona will also have reinforcements.

The reinforcement in trains also attends the traditional mobility that occurs at this time in Andalusia, on trains connecting Seville, with Cadiz, Cordoba and Almeria and the connection Granada-Algeciras.

Moreover, Renfe offers several beach trains in its Middle Distance service to facilitate transportation between inland locations and different beaches during July and August. In the south it reinforces the connection from Cadiz to Seville with an additional train all weekends and public holidays.

Located between Genal Valley and the Costa del Sol, the village of Casares is one of the Andalusian white villages that definitely deserve a visit. Historic monuments, museums, typically Andalusian streets, ecological sites, beaches and local cuisine are some the offers of this beautiful municipality.

Casares retains many more monuments and remains of interest in the town itself, which is distinguished since three decades as a Historic-Artistic Site. To that nomination contributed largely the whitewashed houses, which fit neatly onto the rugged hillside on which the village is situated, crowned by the remains of what was an Arab castle.

Precisely in this historic setting takes place this weekend a new edition of the Artisan Market. Considered one of the most important and ancient markets in Andalusia, this event offers visitors one of the best medieval atmospheres amid the walls of the castle. From today until Sunday you can see and buy crafts and sample traditional cuisine. There have been as well organized workshops, musical performances and other leisure activities for the occasion.

Casares is situated close to Estepona on the western Costa del Sol, 55 km from Marbella.