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Tourism in Spain - why aren't they thinking ahead.

A rant about tourism
I received an official looking letter through the post this week. You know the sort, covered in barcodes and government logos. Roughly translating the label on the outside of envelope, it was from "The Institute of Statistics and Maps of Andalusia Council of Economic Transformation, Knowledge and Universities'. While mouthing the words represented by the three letter abbreviation 'WTF' to myself, I opened it up to find I'd been one of 5000 lucky people to be selected to take part in a... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, October 4, 2020 2:13:00 PM Categories: Andalusia Economy Electric Vehicles Envrionment Spain Spanish Spanish culture Sustainability Technology
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Spain's problem with rural depopulation

Solutions for small towns with an exodus of people
I mentioned in a previous blog post (the Gargoyle Folk), that I'd been lucky enough to cadge a ride with a local vet into the wild mountains of Albacete while he visited remote farms to inspect their goat herds. One of the eye-opening revelations of this visit was that one of the farmers offered me a house for 8000 euros. It was a big house and not in a bad state of repair! The problem is that it was so remote it would have been difficult to live there. How folk survived there in the old ... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, August 16, 2020 1:03:00 PM Categories: Economy Electric Vehicles Spain
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