Matthew Bennett
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Tourism represents about 10% of Spanish GDP, and more than 60% of foreign tourism in Spain comes from just three countries: the UK, Germany and France. The UK alone represents about a third of the total – more than 16 million Brits visited Spain in 2006.
El turismo representa el 10% del PIB español y más del 60% del turismo extranjero en España proviene de tan sólo tres países: el Reino Unido, Alemania y Francia. Sólo el Reino Unido representa una tercera parte del total – en 2006, más de 16 millones de ingleses visitaron España.
Segunda entrevista-podcast con Edward Hugh sobre la economía española. Edward es economista independiente en Barcelona, además de bloguero prolífico. Se le cita con frecuencia en la prensa financiera anglosajona como una fuente fiable con respecto al desarrollo de la recesión en España.
Welcome to the second podcast interview with Edward Hugh about the Spanish economy. Edward is an independent economist based in Barcelona. He is also a prolific blogger and is frequently quoted in the English-speaking financial press as a reliable source on what’s going on in the Spanish economy.
¿De verdad nos sorprende que España y el Reino Unido estén como están ahora mismo a nivel económico? Tanto Zapatero en España como Brown en el Reino Unido – dos primeros ministros socialistas en medio de una crisis – han sido acusados por sus colegas políticos de inventárselo sobre la marcha.
Is it any wonder Spain and the UK are in the state they’re in right now economically? Zapatero, in Spain, and Brown, in the UK – two socialist prime ministers in the middle of a recession – have been accused by their political colleagues of making things up as they go along.
Britain’s financial press – with the FT and the Economist leading the way – has achieved something Spanish politicians haven’t managed since the start of the recession: to bring the Spanish media almost together in defence of Zapatero.
El alcalde socialista de Logroño ha decidido publicar el calendario anual de la ciudad para 2010 y celebrar el nacimiento de Mahoma y el día de la independencia pakistaní pero no la Navidad ni el Día del Pilar y de la Hispanidad.
The socialist mayor in the northern Spanish town of Logroño has decided to publish the town’s official 2010 calendar and celebrate the birth of Mohammed and Pakistan’s Independence day, but not Christmas or Spain’s national holiday.
El gobierno laborista del Reino Unido, como muchos otros alrededor del mundo, ha gastado ya miles de millones en rescatar a bancos y en intentar evitar que la economía busque pozos económicos todavía más profundos y oscuros. Pero, ¿cómo piensan devolverlo todo?
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