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Málaga Airport’s More Than Two Million Passengers In July Shows A Continued Rebound For Costa Del Sol Tourism

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  If there’s one thing that consistently serves as a good bellwether for the state of a country or region’s tourist industry, it is the measure of the numbers of travellers passing through nearby airports. And that’s great news for the Costa del Sol area of Spain, given a recent report suggesting that Málaga Airport transfers was used by over two million passengers during July.  To be exact, the figure was 2,064,856, as reported by SUR in English . It’s a significant milestone, not least because this number is just 7% shy of that seen in the July immediately before the COVID-19 pandemic started – a firm signal that tourism here is back on the way up.  Indications of a fruitful and encouraging summer after the coronavirus crisis  By this point, it scarcely needs to be said to anyone that the pandemic exerted considerable pressure on tourism across Europe, and that was certainly the case in Spain.  It is therefore greatly heartening to hear that, accord...