Unemployment in Spain Still Miserably High Despite Six Years of Economic Growth. Now it Ticked Up Again by Don Quijones • Apr 27, 2019 • 30 Comments “The worst labor market” on the planet: unemployment exceeded 20% in three downturns over the past 35 years.
Low-Cost Airlines Are Crashing into Bankruptcy One After the Other as Financial Conditions Tighten in Europe by MC01 • Jan 26, 2019 • 43 Comments But traffic is up, and these are still the good times.
Uber, Cabify “Evicted” from Barcelona as Turf War with Taxi Drivers Gets Ugly by Don Quijones • Jan 24, 2019 • 27 Comments Will Madrid be next?
Brexit’s Ironic Twists Hit Spain’s Biggest Industry by Don Quijones • Jan 20, 2019 • 60 Comments “Peak Tourism” has already set in. Brits account for 22% of tourists in Spain. Now add Brexit.
The Global Battle over Subsidies for Money-Losing Airlines by MC01 • Dec 23, 2018 • 24 Comments The US and EU slug it out with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Weak Mass-Tourism Threatens Spain’s Five-Year Economic Recovery by Don Quijones • Sep 6, 2018 • 53 Comments It is impossible to overstate the importance of tourism to Spain’s economy.
Spain’s Competition Commission Just Made Airbnb’s Day by Don Quijones • Aug 19, 2018 • 22 Comments To heck with the concerns of local citizens and city councils.
Multiyear, Job-Creating, Mass-Tourist Boom in Spain Runs Out of Steam by Don Quijones • Jul 17, 2018 • 26 Comments Tourism accounted for a quarter of the jobs created since 2013 — but mass-tourism of this type brings its own problems.
Three External Tailwinds Turn into Headwinds for Spain’s Economy by Don Quijones • May 17, 2018 • 11 Comments With impeccable timing, all at the same time.
Airbnb Turns to Brussels for Help as Anti-Tourist Backlash Intensifies in Europe by Don Quijones • May 9, 2018 • 33 Comments The trend in its European markets is not Airbnb’s friend.
