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PORTRÆTALBUM
Rasmus Wallbridge og C.V. Jørgensen ”Tidens Tern”

PORTRÆTALBUM

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 55:09


“Costa Del Sol er skrevet om en i min familie.” Komiker Rasmus Wallbridge afslører i ugens Portrætalbum, at C.V. Jørgensens kæmpehit ”Costa Del Sol” meget vel kan være skrevet om en mand, som Rasmus er i ret-så-langt-ude familie med. Men det er ikke det eneste kuriøse familiemedlem, der pryder grenene på komikeren stamtræ. Der er nemlig også en fjern onkel et sted, som måske har leveret ugler til Harry Potter filmene. Alt det kan du høre meget mere om i ugens Portrætalbum, hvor vi dykker ned i en meget lykkelig tid fra Rasmus' liv, hvor han fandt stærke venskaber til tonerne af C.V. Jørgensens bedst sælgende album ”Tiden Tern”. Du kan også blive klogere på hvilke to, meget forskellige, karriereveje som Rasmus blev nødt til at vælge imellem efter den fede gymnasietid. Udsendelse nr.: 164 Vært: Anders Bøtter Klip og lyddesign: Emil Germod Redaktør: Michelle Mølgaard Andersen Produceret af: Bowie-JettSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glitch Report - Video Game News and More
#131: I Got Costa del Sol But I'm Not A Costa del SOLDIER

Glitch Report - Video Game News and More

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 45:48


You gotta get up to get down. PSN was down last week and is back up, but let's talk about it anyways.This week we also talk about Grand Theft Auto 6 probably coming out in Fall of 2025, more game developer layoffs, the pitfalls of Steam Early Access, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PC, and more!Find GnittWitt on the net:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktree.com/gnittwitt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music: StreamBeats by Harris Heller⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.streambeats.com

SER Málaga
Una familia amenaza de muerte a médicos y enfermeros destrozando todo el mobiliario en el hospital Costa del Sol

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 2:36


Una familia amenaza de muerte a médicos y enfermeros destrozando todo el mobiliario en el hospital Costa del Sol

SER Málaga
‘Grupo Rolex', la unidad pionera de la Policía en la Costa del Sol que lucha contra el robo de relojes de lujo: 60 detenidos en un año

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 22:32


SER Málaga
El entrenador del Costa del Sol Suso Gallardo

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 0:52


Radio Elda
José Miguel Cantos, técnico del Elda Prestigio, tras perder contra el Costa del Sol Málaga

Radio Elda

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 1:26


De Koffiecorner
#268 (de Marbella Tapes): FC Groningen aan de Costa del Sol

De Koffiecorner

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 31:13


FC Groningen belegt tot dinsdag 7 januari een trainingskamp aan de Costa del Sol. Verslaggever Stefan Bleeker is de club achterna gereisd en houdt ons vier dagen op rij op de hoogte van alles wat er speelt tijdens het trainingskamp.Vrijdag trainde de ploeg van Dick Lukkien voor het eerst in de zon en kersverse aanwinst Mats Seuntjens deed tijdens de middagtraining voor het eerst mee. Een van zijn beste vrienden, Etienne Vaessen, legt uit wat de supporters van Seuntjens kunnen verwachten. 

Radio Elda
Vanesa Amorós, Ent. del Elda Prestigio, antes de recibir al Costa del Sol Málaga

Radio Elda

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 2:51


Se juega este sábado (19.00 h) en el Ciudad de Elda - Florentino Ibáñez

SER Málaga
"Finalmente han cerrado este invierno 25 hoteles en la Costa del Sol" José Luque, pte Aehcos

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 2:45


Preocupación de los hoteleros de Málaga tras una caída de cinco puntos en la ocupación de noviembre y diciembre

Radio Elda
Suso Gallardo, Ent. del Costa del Sol Málaga, antes de visitar al Elda Prestigio

Radio Elda

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 4:02


El partido se juega este miércoles (19.30 h) en el Ciudad de Elda - Florentino Ibáñez

Cloud Nine Spain - Prestige Spanish Properties
Costa del Sol Market Update November 2024 with Sean Woolley & Darren Simons

Cloud Nine Spain - Prestige Spanish Properties

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 9:26


From the Cloud Nine Spain studio, join Sean Woolley and Darren Simons for an update on the real estate market on the Costa del Sol. Get in touch with Cloud Nine Spain: Telephone: +34 951 203 808 Email: info@cloudninespain.com https://cloudninespain.com/ Follow us on Social: https://www.facebook.com/CloudNineSpain https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloud-nine-spain/ https://www.instagram.com/cloud_nine_spain/

SER Málaga
Los hoteles de la Costa del Sol prolongan el 'veroño' y confían en llegar al 63% de ocupación en noviembre

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 5:00


Los hoteles de la Costa del Sol prolongan el 'veroño' y confían en llegar al 63% de ocupación en noviembre

SER Málaga
La Costa del Sol se promociona en autobuses, metros y aeropuertos de Londres para atraer viajeros británicos

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 0:19


La Costa del Sol se promociona en autobuses, metros y aeropuertos de Londres para atraer viajeros británicos

SER Málaga
Las compañías áreas ofertan casi 720.000 plazas en aviones hacia la Costa del Sol hasta final de año

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 6:12


Las compañías áreas ofertan casi 720.000 plazas en aviones hacia la Costa del Sol hasta final de año

Hero with 1000 Potions
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 05: Costa Del Swole

Hero with 1000 Potions

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 82:35


Take the segue to horny jail at Rebirth's most glowed up town. We review our preconceptions of Rebirth's Costa Del Sol, make comparisons to the original game, review each mini game, and more. This episode covers Chapter 6: Fool's Paradise.

Las Mañanas KISS
Las Mañanas KISS desde MÁLAGA (31/10/2024)

Las Mañanas KISS

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 44:40


Este jueves nos hemos desplazado hasta Málaga para hacer nuestro programa en directo y mostrar también nuestro afecto y solidaridad con los afectados por la DANA en esta provincia andaluza y en el resto del país, especialmente con el corazón puesto en la Comunidad Valenciana.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KISS FM
Las Mañanas KISS desde MÁLAGA (31/10/2024)

KISS FM

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 44:40


Este jueves nos hemos desplazado hasta Málaga para hacer nuestro programa en directo y mostrar también nuestro afecto y solidaridad con los afectados por la DANA en esta provincia andaluza y en el resto del país, especialmente con el corazón puesto en la Comunidad Valenciana.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SER Málaga
Los hoteles de la Costa del Sol esperan una ocupación del 81% durante el puente de Todos los Santos

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 5:19


Marbella Property Podcast
#27: SQUEEZING SECRETS ON MAKING MONEY FROM KIAN BENNANI: HOW TO PROFIT IN COSTA DEL SOL'S REAL ESTATE

Marbella Property Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 57:15


Welcome back to one of our most popular guests, Kian Bennani from Hi Homes, also known as the “king of new developments.” Last time, we focused heavily on the opportunities and excitement around new developments. Today, I'm going to challenge Kian on this, especially since I've had my own doubts after seeing several properties. We'll also be digging deeper into Kian's personal portfolio and talking about the Calahonda Collection, a project he's involved with. Stay tuned—this one's going to be insightful!   In this episode, we sit down with Pablo Espejo Vergara, a seasoned legal expert in Spanish family and inheritance law from Martínez-Echevarría, to explore the unique challenges expats face when it comes to owning property and estate planning in Spain. From understanding forced heirship laws to navigating cross-border inheritance, Pablo answers crucial questions that every foreign property owner in Spain should know. Whether you're concerned about making a will, understanding inheritance tax implications, or simply want to avoid legal pitfalls, this episode offers valuable insights tailored for expats. Got questions about wills, inheritance, or marital property laws in Spain? Tune in to learn more insights about how to protect your assets and plan for the future.   Facebook:   www.facebook.com/groups/marbellapropertypodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marbellapropertypodcast/ Website: www.marbellapropertypodcast.com   Guest: Kian Bennani from https://hihomes.es/  Contact: info@hihomes.es / +34 645 58 60 63 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HiHomes  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hihomesmarbella/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hi_homes/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hi_homes

Radek Kobiałko Nadaje
Z powrotem na Costa del Sol! Nareszcie❤️

Radek Kobiałko Nadaje

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 22:28


Gorące, dosłownie i w przenośni, emocje po rozpoczęciu, ósmego już sezonu, na słonecznym wybrzeżu Andaluzji

SER Málaga
La Junta de Andalucía exige ya al Gobierno central el estudio informativo del Tren Litoral de la Costa del Sol

SER Málaga

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 10:02


La Junta de Andalucía exige ya al Gobierno central el estudio informativo del Tren Litoral de la Costa del Sol

Cloud Nine Spain - Prestige Spanish Properties
APARTHOTELS: The Next BIG Opportunity on the Costa del Sol?

Cloud Nine Spain - Prestige Spanish Properties

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 5:39


A discussion between Sean and Darren from Cloud Nine about the rising trend of Aparthotels, especially on the Costa del Sol. They highlight that Aparthotels are becoming increasingly popular due to restrictions on traditional tourist rentals like Airbnb. Aparthotels offer a solution by allowing owners to use the property for a limited period each year while the rest of the time, the property is rented out by a hotel operator, generating revenue for the owner. This model is prevalent in the U.S. and Europe, with major brands like Marriott and Wyndham entering the market. The speakers also emphasize the investment potential of Aparthotels, noting that these properties can fill a market gap for second homes that owners wish to monetize. They discuss the flexibility in usage terms and the potential for such investments to qualify for Golden Visas if they meet certain financial thresholds. Get in touch with Cloud Nine Spain: Telephone: +34 951 203 808 Email: info@cloudninespain.com https://cloudninespain.com/ Follow us on Social: https://www.facebook.com/CloudNineSpain https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloud-nine-spain/ https://www.instagram.com/cloud_nine_spain/

Es la Mañana de Federico
Tertulia de Federico especial desde Mijas: La Costa del Sol reivindica al Gobierno mejores infraestructuras

Es la Mañana de Federico

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 91:13


Federico habla de actualidad con Raúl Vilas y Alejandro Vara y cuenta con el presidente de la Diputación de Málaga y la alcaldesa de Mijas.

Tertulia de Federico
Tertulia de Federico especial desde Mijas: La Costa del Sol reivindica al Gobierno mejores infraestructuras

Tertulia de Federico

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 91:13


Federico habla de actualidad con Raúl Vilas y Alejandro Vara y cuenta con el presidente de la Diputación de Málaga y la alcaldesa de Mijas.

Radio Elda
Vanesa Amorós, Ent. del Elda Prestigio, valora el amistoso ante el Costa del Sol Málaga

Radio Elda

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 0:38


El equipo eldense sigue con su rodaje de pretemporada

Access Louisville
2 businesses for sale

Access Louisville

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 27:57


A couple of interesting businesses hit the market recently, which we talk about on this week's Access Louisville podcast.The first is Colonial Gardens, a South Louisville landmark that's home to four restaurants: Hokkaido Ramen & Sushi, Costa Del Sol, Craft House Pizza and The B.A. Colonial. It was redeveloped by Louisville-based Underhill Associates starting in 2017. LBF Senior Reporter Joel Stinnett spoke with Underhill Associates president Jeff Underhill about why now is the right time to sell. “We're developers. We're not buy and hold guys," he told Stinnett. The fact that the development is full with the four restaurants having strong leases is probably a strong selling point as well. After that, Reporter Michael L. Jones tells us about Third Street Dive being put on the market. He spoke with Lynne Frost, who's owned the establishment since 2010 about how the bar still does good business and has actually become a bit touristy in more recent years (it's close to several hotels) even while maintaining its punk rock identity. Later in the show we chat about the closure of Pivot Brewing, a visit by the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, a new "secret" garden speakeasy in Shelby Park and the latest on the redevelopment of Louisville Gardens. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Join us for Access Louisville's next live recording: Sept. 9 at JA BizTown, sponsored by Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana. Tickets and details here.

Cloud Nine Spain - Prestige Spanish Properties
Costa del Sol Market Update With Darren Simons August 2024 #realestate #marbella

Cloud Nine Spain - Prestige Spanish Properties

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 2:50


Cloud Nine Spain COO Darren Simons provides the latest updates on the Spanish property market, including recent trends in property prices and developments regarding the Golden Visa program. Key points covered: - Moderate growth in the Spanish property market, with a 3% increase in property sales and a 1.3% rise in average price per square meter - Regional focus on Andalucia's market performance - Record-breaking passenger numbers at Malaga Costa del Sol airport, indicating strong tourism demand -The rise of Branded Residences in Spain, featuring collaborations with luxury brands and fashion houses - Current status of the Spanish Golden Visa program and potential changes Get in touch: Telephone: +34 951 203 808 Email: info@cloudninespain.com https://cloudninespain.com/

Capital, la Bolsa y la Vida
"Grita mi Nombre" para redescubrir la Costa del Sol

Capital, la Bolsa y la Vida

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 18:49


Hablamos con Antonio Díaz, Director Gerente de Turismo Costa del Sol. Nos cuenta las claves de este verano en el que espera superar el récord de visitantes de 2023

Mystery Books Podcast

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! High Society Hijinks:  Discover the elaborate jokes that shocked and amused the London elite!From fake art exhibits to outrageous social stunts, the Bright Young People of the era knew how to make a statement.

Travel with Rick Steves
757 Portugal's Algarve; Spain's Costa del Sol; Vanishing Traditions of Asia

Travel with Rick Steves

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2024 52:00


The Iberian Peninsula takes center stage as tour guides tell us what they like best about the scenic Algarve region of Portugal, and recommend where to find the charming parts of Spain's crowded and touristy Costa del Sol. Plus, futurist Kevin Kelly tells us what traditional aspects of Asia have impressed him the most over fifty years of photo journeys across the continent. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Hair of the Dogcast
Raw Dogs 102 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Pt. 2

Hair of the Dogcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 100:55


Raw Mogs returns as we continue our journey though Gaia. Rejoin our heroes Chadley and Mai as they seek to discover the secrets of moogle dentistry and teenage chocobos. Part 2 will take us from Kalm through the Grasslands and Junon before we cross the ocean to Costa Del Sol to discuss the swimsuits and Queen's Blood! Contact Us: Twitter: @HOTDogcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hairofthedogcast Instagram: hairofthedogcast To see how you can support us and access a bunch of cool, exclusive perks, visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hairofthedogcast We appreciate your support!

Fine Time
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | Postgame Show

Fine Time

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 139:00


After four long years, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is finally here, and it's everything we could have ever hoped for and so much more. Andre and Vin talk about key character moments, great music, favorite scenes, and of course those last two chapters in depth in this super-sized FF7 Rebirth blowout! FULL SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE - If you want to keep the experience fresh for yourself, DO NOT LISTEN until you've played the enitre game! Twitter: @FineTimePodcast Andre on Bluesky: @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me Vin on Bluesky: @lucentai.bsky.social [00:00] SPOILERS AHEAD!! [01:15] Intro and Thoughts  On Previous FF7 Games [09:33] Overarching Thoughts On Rebirth [16:26] Cloud and Sephiroth - Characterization and Voice Acting [23:32] Red XIII and Yuffie Chracter Interactions [28:13] Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith's relationship(s) [36:43] Cait Sith, Beachwear, and Vincent Valentine [41:25] Barret, Corel, and NPCs [47:08] Red XIII's Vocal Performance [49:58] The Turks (Fuck 'Em) [52:18] Music Direction and Key Music Moments [01:08:01] Loveless [01:12:24] Opening Scene with Zack, Junon, and The Bald Bar [01:17:07] Queen's Blood Tournament and Chadley [01:20:00] Back To Nibelheim, Dyne, and Marlene [01:24:17] Costa Del Sol [01:27:26] Gold Saucer Intro and Dio [01:29:44] Moogle Design and Cait Sith's Identity [01:32:26] The Last Two Chapters [02:08:23] The Future and Closing Thoughts [02:18:03] No Promises Await At Journey's End

Clare FM - Podcasts
The Marty Party On The Costa Del Sol

Clare FM - Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 13:14


Marty Morrissey is taking his Marty Party show to a fabulous hotel on the Costa Del Sol for a week of great fun, entertainment and plenty of laughs. Marty will be joined by a host of stars for lots of laughs and fun in the sun. To find out more, Alan Morrissey was joined by Marty to discuss the Marty Party on Monday's Morning Focus.

Guiri Guiri al aire
Secuelas de la jornada 14 del Clausura 2024. Gabriel Álvarez, DT del Firpo, contó sobre el buen momento del líder. Rudis González Gallo hizo balance de la labor de la Selecta de playa en el II Beach Soccer Cup 2024 celebrado en la Costa del Sol.

Guiri Guiri al aire

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 58:58


Guiri Guiri al aire
Charla con Edwin Jusino, periodista de Puerto Rico sobre lo que espera del duelo eliminatorio ante El Salvador el próximo 6 de junio y plática con Rudis González Gallo, DT de la Selecta Playera en el inicio del Beach Soccer Cup 2024 en la Costa del Sol

Guiri Guiri al aire

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 38:22


1LIVE Krimi
Marbella Hardcore (1/2): Angst und Schrecken in Spanien

1LIVE Krimi

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 51:37


Das andalusische Marbella: In den frühen Morgenstunden wird die Bürgermeisterin des Jetset-Städtchens, Marisol Yagüe, verhaftet. Im Pyjama und von der letzten Schönheits-OP noch sichtlich angeschlagen, wird die 54-jährige Lokalpolitikerin aus ihrer Prunkvilla am Rande der Küstenstadt abgeführt. // Von Philippe Bruehl / SWR/WDR 2008 // Endlich die Auflösung des Cliffhangers - GRËUL kehrt mit 4 neuen Folgen zurück: https://1.ard.de/greul-knallhart Von Philippe Bruehl.

1LIVE Krimi
Marbella Hardcore (2/2): Gonzo-Pornos und Mord in der Luxusvilla

1LIVE Krimi

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 53:03


Während der Dreharbeiten in einer luxuriösen Strandvilla wird die Pornodarstellerin Estrella Losano Zeugin eines gespenstischen Vorfalls: Ein Mann stürmt lauthals schreiend und mit blutverschmierten Händen in die Villa. // Von Philippe Bruehl / SWR/WDR 2008 // Die besten Politkrimis der ARD hier entlang: https://1.ard.de/schlechtegesellschaft Von Philippe Bruehl.

One-Quest
PodQuest 499 - Rooter Teeth, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

One-Quest

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 141:40


We're back this week to talk a bit about Rooster Teeth shutting down, our book club discussion on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), and a lengthy chat about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Check the timestamps for spoiler information! Droo also spends some time talking about Puttshack, and we have a brief chat on whether the cost of video games are a big deal compared to wrestling PPVs. Our next book club will be the 1996 film From Dusk Till Dawn on March 21. The new theme is modern fantasy / monster takes. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:31 - Rooster Teeth Shutdown 00:25:23 - Wrestling and Game Prices 00:30:08 - Agenda 00:32:26 - Puttshack 00:42:58 - Book Club Discussion - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) 01:01:36 - Next Book Club… 01:02:46 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth *Non-Spoiler through Costa Del Sol* 01:14:28 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth *Full Spoilers through Costa Del Sol* 02:20:06 - Outro Support One-Quest https://www.Patreon.com/OneQuest Follow Us Email - Social@one-quest.com Twitter - @One_Quest Instagram - @One_Quest Facebook - OneQuestOnline Follow Chris on Twitter - @Just_Cobb Follow Richie on Twitter - @B_Walnuts Follow Drootin on Twitter - @IamDroot Check out Richie's streaming and videos! Twitch b_walnuts YouTube BWalnuts TikTok b_walnuts Intro and Outro music Mega Man 2 'Project X2 - Title Screen' OC ReMix courtesy of Project X over at OCRemix

Chatzzz
Henry Berry: You MUST Do This Before You Buy Real Estate In Marbella! | Chatzzz Ep. 74

Chatzzz

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 65:34


Welcome back to another episode of Chatzzz! We're delighted to have Henry Berry, the Owner and Sales Director of BIG Marbella, return as our recurring guest. Henry has been on an incredible journey over the past year, and he's here to give us all the updates.One of the highlights of Henry's year has been his business venture into the world of Real Estate in Marbella. He's here to shed light on what it takes to make it in the competitive Spanish real estate industry, where climbing the ladder often starts from the ground up.Join us as we explore Henry's experiences and insights into the dynamic world of Marbella's real estate market. Discover how he's helping dreams meet reality in the heart of Costa Del Sol through his distinguished real estate company, with years of experience and a global clientele.Tune in to gain valuable industry knowledge and get inspired by Henry's journey from the bottom to the top in the world of Spanish real estate. Don't miss this episode of Chatzzz!

Mt Mamas Misadventures Podcast
Episode 113: Elisa - Traveling Europe with 7 Kids - Spain

Mt Mamas Misadventures Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 31:13


Elisa dreamed of "world-schooling" with her family. She shares her adventures from Barcelona to the Costa Del Sol and navigating funiculars to being chased through desereted beaches. Traveling with a larger family has it's tricks, learned through trial and error and a wing of luck. Check us out at: mtmamas.org                            @mtmamasutah  @utahadventuremamas                            mtnmamasutah@gmail.com   Thanks as always to Sara, the Instrumentalist, for our music, "Salamanca" ----more----

The End of Tourism
S4 #6 - Decoding Degrowth & Boosterism in the Balearics w/ Macia Blazquez

The End of Tourism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 57:55


On this episode of The End of Tourism Podcast, my guest is Macià Blázquez-Salom, a professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, who specializes in the Geography of Tourism, Territorial Planning, Sustainability and Degrowth. He utilizes his teaching and research activity in the environmental movement (and vice versa), and through his activism in the Grupo Balear de Ornitología y Defensa de la Naturaleza (GOB) and Alba Sud.Show NotesMacia's Journey in the BalearicsThe Beginning of Mass Tourism through Currency DevaluationContradictions in MallorcaCocoon Tourism in SpainYou Want to Work in the Balearics, You Have to Sleep in a TentBoosterism and Green BoosterismDegrowth Definitions and ContradictionsImagining Other Modes of TravelImagining Other Modes of ResistanceHomeworkGoogle Scholar: Macia BlasquezOrcid: Connecting Researchers with ResearchersMacia Blasquez's UIB SiteTranscript[00:00:00] Chris: Welcome Macia, to the podcast. From what I've been able to dig up around your life and work that you've been studying, tourism and its contradictions for a very long time. Now, I'd like to ask you what drove you towards a career as a professor and critic of the tourism industry?[00:00:24] Macia: Well, in fact, even before finishing my degree, I was involved in social movements here in the Balearics, in Mallorca, particularly. I was member of the committee of the volunteers collaborating with the GOB, which is the biggest ecologist group. Then by the eighties and perhaps influenced by this collaboration, I decided to study geography and to analyze the relation in between tourism and natural conservation, because by then we had promotion after the tourism boom in the sixties and seventies.The eighties Spain became member of the European Union and some of our politicians, they decided and they were promoting the Balearics as second residents destination for north European people, and this means that investment in the real estate market even increased with foreign people buying second residencies and promoting as well the promotion of more urban development for this purpose.And that was written in the natural areas due to what we call "green" or "gray-grabbing" with new facilitation of land here in the Balearics. And this was the main aim I had to develop my research on this topic, with special planning and natural conservation in the Balearics.Afterwards we had what we called the real estate bubble that began in the nineties and burst in 2008. And that was a period when I was more involved, particularly in the social movements. In fact I feel more related with activism than with academia. After the crisis with my age, I took the decision of giving support to younger people in the social movements and devote more time to the academia with colleagues Ivan Murray or Ernest Canada or Robert Fletcher or Nora Muller, other people who are working in this research group in the University of the Balearics Islands. But I still working with the NGOs Alba Sud, particularly the GOB, and other social movements in this region in the Western Mediterranean region particularly. [00:03:03] Chris: I have some questions regarding these social movements that I think maybe we'll get to in just a bit.But, I'd like to try to offer a bit of context for our listeners in part because before I heard of your name and before I interviewed our mutual friend Ivan, for the first episode of the podcast, I don't think I had ever heard of Palma or Mallorca before, even as someone who had traveled through Europe and many other parts of the Mediterranean.And so I'm curious if you could give us a bit of background on how Palma came to be over touristed, or at the very least, what you've seen come to pass in your time there. I mean, I know it's, it is also historically has a lot of deep importance for the Spanish state and Mediterranean history culture.[00:03:55] Macia: I'm sure you have heard about the dictatorship of Franco in the forties, fifties. Mm-hmm. Fifties. He was given support to the Luther in the second World War. And after the defeat, the technical support he had was coming from Opus Dei, was introducing tourism and real estate business as a way to have foreign direct investment.And as a result, Spain had a very important development of, of real estate business in this new areas particularly related with sun and sea tourist resorts. Perhaps you have heard about Costa Del Sol, Benidorm in Costa Blanca, or Costa Brava in Catalonia. And the same for the Balearic Islands. During that period, in the case of of M we had a huge amount of new hotels being double developed.And they were financed partly by people coming from North Europe, particularly from Germany. There was a novel accumulation of capital in that, in those regions that have had industrial development and investors realized that tourism could be a good business, introducing this way of consuming savings, consuming income for working class people in the UK, in Germany, and this is how in the Balearics we had the development of what we call the tourist boom in the sixties with hundreds of hotel being built up every month really in Mallorca, in Ibiza. Perhaps you have heard about Ibiza, right? [00:05:52] Chris: And this is just to be clear, this is in the first decade of international mass tourism post-war, correct?[00:06:01] Macia: In the Sixties, because the two first decades after the war, our regime, the dictatorship of Franco was defeated. I mean, they were given support to Hitler and Mussolini and Spain was set aside. And the model they were following was self-sufficiency. We became members of the UN United Nations by the end of the Fifties when Franco decided to take this option of promoting foreign investment, making the change of currency with the foreign currencies possible.And it was through devaluation of the peseta, this means that investing from the UK, Germany, or even the United States, or for tourists coming to Spain, visiting our country, was so cheap due to this devaluation of the currency. And this way we had that mass tourism development and mass foreign investment, foreign investment and flows of people coming here for holidays and enterprises developing their activities for profit.This was the beginning and the result were that after all those years, we now have eight hundred thousand tourist beds in the B alearics and we had 16.5 million tourists last year in the Balearics, 2022. And this is a huge amount of tourists for an archipelago that just has. 5,000 square kilometers, 1.1 million inhabitants.Most of our tourists are coming from the UK. Let's say 25%. Germany, another 25%. This means 8 million tourists coming from Germany. Then we have 13% coming from mainland to Spain. And then we have people from Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden Denmark, the Netherlands. They come here looking for sun warm weather conditions during the summertime, particularly during the high season.This is July, August, September. This is when we are having more over crowded beaches, traffic jams in the roads and the touristification of every single place in our islands. Because by the beginning, tourists were going particularly to the tourist resorts. But nowadays the countryside, natural areas, villages and, and even the historical center of the cities is being touristified.You can find boutiques, you can find terraces of bars and restaurants, all of them changing very quickly, the landscape and the way of life of our places. [00:09:17] Chris: At what point in your life did you arrive in the Balearics, in Mallorca, or are you from there?[00:09:23] Macia: I'm from the Balearics. The mother of my father Fr was from Palma. And the parents of my mother were from M and I was grown here. It's quite common in places like Balearics to have roots, to have grown people is not moving that much. Right. I attended my degree and I finished my PhD thesis, and now I have my job here and this is common. We're not moving that much. [00:09:54] Chris: Well, it's a bit of a blessing to hear that there are people in the world still who live in the same place they were born, which is more and more rare. I guess I'm curious, you know, over the course of your life then, in Palma, is there one thing that you might be able to single out as perhaps the most startling or biggest or devastating change that you've seen there?[00:10:19] Macia: Yeah. Well in fact it has to do with my political position during that moment because we had a right wing go government from 2003 to 2007 with Lots of cases of corruption related with mega pr This means projects with a budget higher to 1000 million euros. They were projects to promote highways, to promote big infrastructure, transport infrastructure, a new harbors, enlarging the airport equipment.Instead of refurbishing the hospital, they decided to build a new hospital. And this is nice, but at the same time, they were meeting and we have collected information about those meetings to arrange, Communicating in between big entrepreneurs and politicians. Where and how was that development going to be?And they were changing this information to give advantage to the investors in a way which is nowadays considered as corruption. Many of those politicians are even nowadays in jail because of those cases. And during that period I was involved as a representative, as a volunteer giving support to the campaigns for the right to the island, demanding the politicians and the public institutions and the entrepreneurs not to follow with that promotion which was jeopardizing our land promoting socio-spatial segregation destroying natural habitats. That was the peak of the real estate bubble. Just before 2008 when I was involved. We were preparing something which is called a popular initiative to the parliament.I was myself defending the initiative in the regional parliament which was in fact making a proposal not to allow more enlargement of the transport infrastructure, enlargement of the urban for instance, protection of natural areas. And that moment was particularly stressing, even violent with lots of discussions and pressures with people lobbying.But now I feel I did something nice. We have some successes, therefore it was worth doing that. [00:12:58] Chris: Beautiful. And I'm, I'm curious as well, I guess on a general scale on the island, how has civil society begun to respond? And I mean, we're talking about 60, 70 years now, so, you know, of, of tourism development there.How has civil society, how has the government, the NGOs responded to this over tourism, and what, if any, contradictions do you see in those responses? You've already spoken a little bit about the corruption. [00:13:33] Macia: Yeah, you're right. This is a very good question because I was a young guy perhaps having looked to the situation from an naive point of view.And now that I see it after some time, I understand some contradictions. Perhaps the biggest contradictions that I see now is that, Fighting to promote natural artist protections, for instance, or fighting for a better environment. They took profit of our campaigns to find new ways to earn money, to take profit from the situation. This is to say that nowadays we see how what was the biggest threat, the gray grabbing, is now becoming another model to exploit the land and the people, which is what we call "green grabbing."Capital and entrepreneurs and investors are taking profit of the land that was protected, setting aside urban development to promote a new image of the Balearics as a good refuge for capital investment and for the elites, and this is not that nice. After the time you realized that you were instrumentalized to promote the business of those that are nowadays refurbishing the hotels, a lot of investment is being devoted to the built environment.Because the real estate business is even more profitable nowadays. And as it is becoming scarred because we have stopped the urban growth these houses and these buildings, whatever they will be, perhaps hotels, are becoming more and more expensive and people is being fired. The people is not any long being able to live in the villages because they are becoming too expensive or in the Catholic shelter of the city and people is not being able to follow living in the Balearics and they have to go to live mainland.And this is a contradiction of the natural environment and the quality of life. It's becoming more exclusive. [00:15:59] Chris: Yeah, this was something that our mutual colleague, Ivan, had mentioned to me at some point. He was referring to the way that after the lockdowns, during the pandemic, once the government travel restrictions were dropped, that there was this pattern emerging or seeming to emerge around the stratification of tourism towards elite either travel or investment.So we could call maybe the elitification of tourism and tourism investment. And I imagine that's kind of what you're speaking to now. Is that correct? [00:16:41] Macia: Yeah. they were talking about cocoon tourism. People looking for a secure place to spend their holidays.At the same time, it has to be accessible. At the same time, it has to be sustainable. Now they are talking about circular economy, and the Balearics are leading this labeling, this branding, you know? Mm-hmm. It, it's like we, we are the best in the world to innovate in these terms.We were defending the natural areas. Afterwards, there was a limit of the number of tourists beds. We have eco-tax cuts for the accommodation, which is then invested in mitigating the problems that tourism is provoking. Now we have this circular economy system applied to the hotels that are having public support to invest in energy efficiency.And the result is that we have an elitization, we have elites grabbing built environment, grabbing land. And this promotes socio-spatial segregation in the islands. I imagine that it's the same that has happened in Bahamas or in Hawaii. It's like refugee for capitals and elites looking for security, looking for profitability, away from migration from the south because not that much migration is arriving to the Balearics.The mainland spain is closer to Africa or the Canary Islands. They are much more closer to Senegal, for instance, but not that much amount of boats coming from Africa with migrants looking for better living conditions are coming to the We have many, many marinas with huge yachts, very expensive.And this is another icon, you know, another example of the gentrification of the islands is a tourist gentrification. Second residences, good airport connections. The airport is growing and growing, that they are promoting more enlargement of the airport capacity, highways, rent al car and the local population is being set aside even more if you are not local, if you want to come to the Balearics to work during the high season, perhaps you have to sleep in a balcony or in a tent or in a car.Because it's so difficult to find dwelling, to find, to find accommodation if you are working. Wow. Yeah. Prices are increasing so quickly. Hmm. [00:19:38] Chris: On that note and in the context of these eco taxes and the island becoming a destination for this certain type of elitism I'm also curious about this term that Ivan introduced me to, that precedes a question that he actually wrote in for me to ask you. And the term that he mentioned, which I had never heard of before, is green boosterism or boosterism in general. Perhaps first you might be able to explain what Boosterism is for our listeners.And then secondly Ivan was mentioning this in the context of Spain receiving public funds from the EU in order to redevelop the tourism sector. And so the second question, then what do you think the trajectory of tourism is in Spain with this extra money?[00:20:36] Macia: The original government that allowed different ways to have new incomes coming from the tourist activity. One of them was tourist which is paid by those tourists using legal accommodation in hotels or in short term rental.And they have another way to have this. Income in the regional government, which is if you want to open a new hotel or to create a new short term rental in your house, there you have to pay to have the license. 3,500 Euros per bed is now what it is. With this money, regional government has income, which is not controlled by the central government.Perhaps you have to imagine that Spain is a federal nation, and it has a state, and our state, which is the Balearics is having control over this amount of money which is being collected through this status. In addition to this, as you said, European Union is giving support to the recovery of the Spanish economy with a budget, which is known as next generation.Is the way in which the European Union is promoting boosterism to recover the activity, the intensity I mentioned you before. In 2019, we had 16 and a half million tourists coming to the Balearics, and the result of this boostering after the COVID pandemics was successful as far as we had again, 16 million and a half tourists come to the Balearics in 2022.Therefore, they succeeded in boosting, recovering tourism as the most important activity in the Balearics. Half of our economy is based on tourism, 54% of our GDP. And this is as Ivan told you, something that our authorities are promoting. This is a way in which our politicians have decided to govern, to steer our economy, our society, going back to over tourism, going back to promoting the real estate business related with tourism as many tourists as possible.Promotion in the places where tourists are coming from, particularly Germany, the uk, Scandinavia, or nowadays in the States because we have a new direct fl from Palma to New York since half a year ago. Therefore, boosterism is in this way understood promoting growth. And green boosterism is, related with dressing it with sustainability, with circularity, with security, accessibility and natural areas protection.Greening that is increasing prices for people in Europe. Perhaps Magaluf is well known because it's a tourism destination for spring breakers, as you will say in the states. And nowadays, investment in hotels, refurbishing hotels is multiplying the price of the accommodation per 10. If you paid 40 euros before per night, now you have to pay 400.And this is a mass tourism destination that was popular among hooligans coming from England and nowadays is being gentrified. Through this process of elitifcation. [00:24:36] Chris: It's something that I wonder about from time to time, the increasing costs of travel and tourism being ways of certainly propping up the tourist economy or tourist economies, and then the real costs of tourism and how much of a discrepancy or a difference there is between those two things, right?Because so many of these tourist bureaus and governments and hotels and businesses are claiming that they are now, or at least moving towards charging people this kind of true cost, but certainly the true cost of these things goes well beyond our ability to pay for them in money, in cash, right?There are certain things someone, I think it was Deborah McLaren, someone who's been dealing with these issues for as long as you some, some 20 or 30 years. She said on that episode that there are things that you can sell that you can never buy back.So I'm always wondering about, it's like, okay, well we have these eco taxes and you know, surely, a lot of them just go into the pockets of the rich or the government. But even if they are being spent in good ways is that really a way of being able to measure the consequences and the cost of tourism?And so I wanted to take this opportunity to move a little bit towards the social movements that you've also been a part of there on the island. And to start with this notion of de-growth that seems to usually be set up in opposition to sustainability.Sustainability at the end of the day is really only trying to sustain the industry. You can say that, oh yeah, we're sustaining people and the planet, but insofar as the industry succeeds and then so de-growth a term that in my part of the world. And I think among most tourists is, is kind of a stranger.I think most people have still yet to really understand the depths of this term outside of perhaps over touristed places. But essentially, this manner of considering sustainability as keeping things where they are now, not reducing, not really changing anything, just giving the industry a more long-term success route.I know there's a lot of definitions and opinions on this, so I'll turn it over to you momentarily. But this willingness to shrink the tourist economy, whether it be just a little bit or whether it be to an incredible degree. But there's a lot of different opinions on this.And so de-growth becomes, in the last few years, in the last 10 years, something that really becomes a necessary possibility in the context of over tourism. I consistently come across reports and definitions that kind of vary in extreme degrees from what you've written as being neo Malthusian ideas, all the way to kind of post capitalist goals.And so I'm curious, why do you think there is all of this confusion in regards to the definitions of de-growth, and how much of it do you think is, again, just another form of greenwashing a way of saying, okay, so actually we're gonna change things dramatically on a systemic level, but we're only gonna do so insofar as it serves the industry.[00:28:16] Macia: Well, as you say it's so easy and it's so common greening the industry, the tourism industry, and giving support to those who have the power. And to those who get the benefits in economic terms. You can easily apply many different concepts, sustainability, circularity, or even degrowth.I will say degrowth in terms of having less people traveling, but with higher income. And you can say, okay, this is degrowth. This is fake because it's not considering the roots of the problem. It is perhaps solving environmental problems. This is greening, but i t is increasing inequality.Therefore, how can we make a definition of degrowth in a more appropriate way. There is another author in Barcelona, which is Giorgos Kallis. He's from Greece. He has been working in Barcelona for a long time. He has made a very good definition of degrowth. And he's establishing three particular characteristics of degrowing or degrowth political project.First of all, looking for decreasing the amount of energy and materials per capital. They call it "throughput." Is the amount of materials and energy that you use for your everyday life, or in this case for your tourist activity. This means that if you are traveling with a private jet or you are spending 10 times more water gardening, this is the kind of tourist behavior that has to degrow.This means contraction of the amount of energy and materials, but towards convergence because you cannot ask those not spending big amounts of energy and materials to contract. Those who are more guilty are the richest, you know, those who are spending more. This is the first characteristic.The second characteristic of this, degrowth political project, is that it has to promote redistribution and equity. You cannot consider a solution for tourist destination degrowing in the number of tourists if working class, middle class is being set aside, is being displaced, dispossessed.Therefore, this is the second characteristics. And the third one it is that the political project has to be planned and has to be democratic. People has to agree. Therefore, what is more important perhaps is awareness, the public debate, as you are doing with your podcast.Chris, congratulations. I like it a lot and changing opinions and talking about it and promoting thinking in the long term, not today, for tomorrow, but Jorge Riechmann in Spain is talking about precaution principle, because if you just think about your everyday life and don't consider future generations and people in the south and animals, plants, beings in the world.Therefore, the result is that we are behaving in an unsustainable way. And instead of degrowth, what we are going to have is recession without warning, directly to the collapse. [00:32:08] Chris: Yeah. Or end without end. de-growth, while it's something that you can look up and you can find in academic journals and articles and books, that it also shows up in the social movements. I think most famously among the Association of Neighborhoods for Tourism de-Growth in Barcelona. Barcelona, yeah. Right. And so we interviewed Daniel Pardo, one of the representatives of that group early on in the first season.And just so our listeners know, Spain is by far one of the most overt touristed countries in the world. And so we see, generally, in places like this, in overt Touristed places, a huge amount of backlash, protest, and as well alternatives against or in the face of the tourist industry.And so I'm curious Maia, about what kinds of social movements have risen up in Palma and what shape or form they take and what place you've played in them. [00:33:13] Macia: We like defining that movement in terms of right to the city or right to the land, or right to the island because it's, it is the movement of residents who are defending our rights. Going to the beach or just having access to housing is becoming so difficult. And in Palma there is a movement called Ciutat Por La Vida, the City for Those Who Are Living There. Like in Barcelona, they have trade union of people renting housing because they have organized an association to defend the rights.These are social struggles and we are also including the less favored people. I mean particularly people coming from Latin America or coming from Africa who are suffering the worst working conditions. And you can compare how those moving migrating, because they are looking for better living conditions are considering are considered by the system as those who have not right to do it.And at the same time, the system in this case capitalism is promoting tourists which consists of people who is also moving and perhaps they are even looking for a place to live as well because they are looking for the sun or looking for the culture or the hospitality of Latin community in Catalonia or in And this is not just environmental, it's not just being possible to be solved through greening. It has a social meaning. And it has to do with the system. It has to do with the salaries. It has to do with the model that is being applied to solve the problems. And the model the capitalist system is growth.The model in places such as Spain is more real estate development, more tourists coming. And we are seeing with phenomena such as the climate change or the rising prices of energy and the problems with migration, inequalities, growing inequality, the solution have to be perhaps out of the system looking for post capitalist solutions.And in this terms, degrowth and degrowing tourism.[00:35:52] Chris: Yeah. Sometimes I'll be talking to people here in Oaxaca or in other places regarding tourism and over tourism and what I think the end of tourism is or looks like, right? And certainly towards a certain degree of de-growth. And then I would, you know, also add for me personally abolition. Maybe I don't get that far. Maybe I do. And then someone often says " yeah, but what would we do without tourism," in a kind of angry, knee-jerk response? Right? And the question is always asked as if it's rhetorical, as if the question doesn't actually need to be posed, and if the answer doesn't actually need to be wondered about, right?What would we do without tourism? And I mean mm-hmm. You know, I have to ask the person why that isn't the real question, why you aren't asking yourself, really, what would you and your family and your community dream into the world without having this kind of dependency on this economy that is essentially, extremely precarious and exponentially damaging and destructive.So, in places like the Centro Historical of Oaxaca. And I'm sure in places like Paloma, 50%, over 50% of the economy is tourism. It is extremely difficult for people to imagine things otherwise. But you did mention there are groups in Mallorca that are actively engaging and fighting the tourist economy.GOB, I think one was you mentioned. Yeah. And Alba Sud, which is a little more on the academic side, I think. [00:37:44] Macia: We have designed research projects and they are looking for these bottom proposals from social movements, not that much u p-down from public institutions or entrepreneurs, and establishing as a goal different steps towards a better future. First of all, we decided to talk about a social transformation of the currently assisting tourism.This means that once you identify, for instance, low salaries in the tourism industry, or long day working conditions too much activity demanded to those, for instance, cleaning the rooms of the hotels. That is something that Ernest Canada has been analyzing in Spain in terms of "Kellys" the hotel maids. Therefore, social transformation on tourism, of tourism, of the currently assisting tourism means solving these problems.Or the same with energy consumption. The "throughput" we were mentioning before. It's like being pragmatic with the solutions is looking for short-term solutions to the problem. And then well, the same with biodiversity, for instance, or the same with climate change. But then the question is what about the future?What about he best of the scenarios you can imagine. Your utopia, right? Because I think we will agree with most of the people who is hearing your podcast that a better scenario for the future is having more leisure time. Mm. And leisure means we say cultivating yourself, reading, perhaps listening podcast or cooking for your friends, relatives, taking care of the children, the elderly people.This means some kind of wave that is improving the wellbeing of yourself and those around you. But at the same time, perhaps you are also willing to move and spend the night of out of your everyday life place. Therefore you visit relatives in another city or you spend days still walking for enjoying sports or perhaps sailing.I dunno. And this is tourism and this is improving your health, is improving your image of other places. Mm-hmm. When you were backpacker, you were traveling and that activity gave you a broader view of the world. Mm-hmm. You saw people, you met people in Mexico, for instance, and you decided to change your life and to take another position, political position, giving support to other ways of life. And the situation that the people in Oaxaca is having or had then before this. In this terms, tourism can give us opportunity to improve our life and the life of other people. We have to consider it, for instance, in the case of, imagine or teenager visiting places different to where they have grown and this is the way in which they develop alterity.Mm-hmm. They recognize what they are ,understanding what other people is. Mm-hmm. What are their living conditions and perhaps you see that they have a bathroom which is so different to the one you have at home, and therefore you appreciate the conditions you have at home. You have never thought how nice is the place where I am living the sanitary conditions?But if you visit, for instance, the case of Spain, wherever in Africa, you think, "okay, now I understand what is happening with those people who is even losing their life trying to cross the Mediterranean to come to the, to to Spain." I think that introducing this traveling is something that belongs to the culture in terms, for instance of pilgriming.People was visiting other places because it was a duty they had according to their religion. But it was also a way of becoming mature, realizing, being aware of what are the privilege you have and how valuable is your family? Once you see it from abroad, you think, okay, what you want to do is go back home because I feel unsafe.And this is a feeling that is helping you to improve, to become mature, to improve your understanding of the world. Therefore, we have to find the balance and perhaps not doing short breaks to spend a lot of energy in a weekend. But considering how much transformative is this kind of experience for teenagers, for instance. Therefore, perhaps as you said in your podcast, we are not anti-tourism.We want to find a way in which we can transform tourism in a social term and perhaps identify the way in which more leisure time can have as an small part of it, tourism as a way in which we become aware and we can help other people and we change things in the world. Mm-hmm. [00:43:53] Chris: And so on those lines, perhaps that would be some of the advice that you might have for our listeners or other people who might consider visiting Palma one day is go slow, pilgrimage. What would the end or transformation of tourism look like to you as an individual, as a resident of that place for people visiting?You know, it's, it's a little bit of a way of saying what kind of advice would you have for people who wanted to visit, but perhaps also taking into consideration what that world would look like.[00:44:33] Macia: Well, giving support to the social movements that are defending the right to the land, to the island, not interfering. And having in consideration social class struggles the environmental conflicts, dealing with pollution. Not coming to the Balearics for a short break, which means spending a lot of energy and polluting or short period of time not going into conflict with housing, using short term rentals, you have many, many important things to do. And perhaps a good way to do it is doing it from home beforehand. And promoting the networking in between people who has this awareness. This is why I think that, for instance, your podcast, another journalist activities is so important.Solving the problem of the language. I'm sorry for my English. Bridging the cultures and bridging the continents and the places that are so similar. I'm sure that in Mexico, in the Caribbean, in South America, in the United States, many places have problems which are so similar to those we are having in Spain or in the Balearics, in Mallorca or in Ibiza.Therefore networking is so nice. Mm. [00:46:11] Chris: Excellent. Thank you Maia. You were mentioning for a worthy traveler mm-hmm. Who might arrive on your shores is someone who is willing to engage and meet and know of the issues and the social movements and the activists and the activism in a particular place, and to be a guest as opposed to a tourist perhaps. And these social movements that exist in Spain, not necessarily against tourism, but in the context of tourism, most often, have a lot of time in. They usually have been around for years, if not decades, and the consequences of over tourism are now starting to reach other places much more quickly.I think Mexico is one of them. Mexico City, Oaxaca, certainly the obvious beach resorts. But in cities where people are starting to mobilize against] Airbnb gentrification pollution, as you said, among other issues. But these struggles and these movements are very young.Okay. And I'm wondering what kind of advice you might have for these grassroots movements that are just beginning. Coming from the point of view of grassroots movements that have been undertaken for years, if not decades now. [00:47:45] Macia: In my personal experience, what is more profitable perhaps is the link with the academia.Because nowadays it's so difficult to find independent, rigorous thinkers, let's say, people willing to contribute from an independent and rigorous point of view. I mean, in the case of Spain, we are lucky because most of the universities are public universities. And we still have most of the staff at university, we who are civil servants.In my case, we are working for the public administration and we are paid to think and teach and write to do this research. And this has been very profitable for the social movements in my opinion. This is my personal experience. You can also find other scientists in the society not related with the public institutions, not related with the academia.For instance, in the case of Alba Sud, we call it a post capitalist popular university because they, they don't depend on. Public funds, but they develop a very important, independent, rigorous research trying to establish these kind of foundations strong, very well based on writings of people that you have heard about them and you know, perfectly David Harvey from the City University of New York, for instance, or Jason Moore who works on Capitalism as well, or Silvia Federici, many other authors reading them and establishing the links.You have many, many good researchers, scientists in the States and in Canada and also in Mexico. Daniel nearly. For instance, in Mexico, you can use their writings and in this way develop the discourse with this strong foundations. This is what I will suggest. Perhaps it's, it's my own, you know, way the way in which I have done it.I suppose that you can find others, but if you maintain this independency and you work in a rigorous way, I always think that perhaps we won't win, but we will do what our conscience will mark, you know, as we have what we have to do. And this is a good enough for me. I dunno if we will stop the struggle with climate change and over tourism, migratory conflicts, people just dying while they are willing to cross towards the north. But we have to do all what we can, this is what can make us happy. [00:50:54] Chris: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Thank you, Macia. It's been a pleasure.Yeah. And you know, I'd like to thank you on behalf of our listeners for joining us on the pod today, and being willing to speak in a language that is not your mother tongue for our Anglophone listeners. And before we depart today, I'd just like to ask for them on behalf of them once more.How might they find out more about you and your work? How might they read your writings and what you've put yourself to? [00:51:29] Macia: We have just finished a research project entitled Overtourism and Degrowth and you relate it with the University of the Balearic Islands?We have designed a webpage where we offer downloading papers, books. We have translated them to English, some of them, or we have published them. If not, if you cannot download them because some journals are asking you to pay, never do it because knowledge has to be free of charge, in my opinion, unless that knowledge that is being developed in the public institutions such as our university. Therefore write us message, you will find a way in which you can count at me or Ivan or Ernest, and we will send the documents in a digital way.And in this terms, I think that you can find whatever. And I am available for anyone who will want to know more about the topics we have been researching and welcome them. Welcome you as well to Mallorca whenever. Mm. [00:52:46] Chris: Beautiful. Thank you, Macia, once again. You're welcome for joining us today.[00:52:50] Macia: Thanks, salud. Get full access to ⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ at chrischristou.substack.com/subscribe

The LET Golf Podcast
Episode 29: Trish Johnson

The LET Golf Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 67:53


With 19 wins to her name, there are few bigger legends on the Ladies European Tour (LET) than England's Trish Johnson, and the lifetime member joins us this week fresh off a huge victory at the US Senior Women's Open.After clinching her inaugural USGA title in Portland, Trish breaks down her battle with fellow Brit Catriona Matthew before deep diving into her illustrious LET career - one which sees her third on the all-time winners' list.The Englishwoman then reviews the upcoming Solheim Cup as well as this season's Race to Costa Del Sol, and our gruelling quiz attempts to take its latest victim as we pick Johnson's brain back to 1987... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A vivir que son dos días
Detrás de la postal | De la Costa Cálida a la Costa del Sol: las vidas de los que trabajan para que tú disfrutes

A vivir que son dos días

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2023 22:58


Los 7.900 kilómetros de litoral español están llenos de chiringuitos que en verano no paran nunca. Conocemos la historia de Ali, un senegalés que llegó en patera y ahora es la clave del éxito del 'Bangalore' en Puerto de Mazarrón y charlamos con Ana Geranios, autora de 'Verano sin vacaciones. Las hijas de la Costa del Sol'.Detrás de la postal | Solo son conocidos por estar abarrotados de turistas que buscan sol y playa, pero estos pueblos y ciudades masificados durante el verano son habitados por gente también durante el resto del año. Sus habitantes tienen una vida de cara al turismo y luego la suya propia. Junto al periodista de EL PAÍS Audio Dani Sousa y a través de pequeñas historias y proyectos locales, relacionados con las tradiciones, lo social y lo cultural, ahondaremos en la identidad de estos lugares como sitios habitables, más allá de su explotación turística y reivindicando su lado más humano.

That 80s Show SA - The Podcast
That 80s Show | Pee Wee's Hoff House | Zepotha got us | Fritz the Cat and a rabbit hole | Luke Combs has a Fast Car

That 80s Show SA - The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 50:48


Paul Reuben passes away and Paulo links it to the Hoff - and honestly, truth is stranger than the fictional reality show we created. Tik Tok has been duped by Zepotha, we're just here for the promise of Synth-Wave. Dori visits the Costa Del Sol and finds a Town Called Malice, Paulo heads down a Fritz the Cat rabbit hole - which wasn't part of the sequel - and our new favourite song about a Fast Car, is our old favourite song about a Fast Car. Everything we discuss in this show can be found on @That80sShowSA on Facebook. This show originally plays out with music that we have to remove from the podcast - here are the songs we spoke about and played: Respectable - Mel & Kim Fast Car - Tracey Chapman

RTÉ - Morning Ireland
Record-breaking temperatures in various European countries

RTÉ - Morning Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 6:08


Jospehine McKenna, Rome-based journalist and Gerard Couzens, reporter in Marbella on Spain's Costa Del Sol, disucss the record-breaking temperatures that are being seen across Europe.

Morgonpasset i P3
Patrik Arve, Mange Schmidt och Linneas Costa del Sol-ASMR

Morgonpasset i P3

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 94:09


Festivalrävarna Mange Schmidt och Patrik Arve tar oss tillbaka till leriga festivaler och knäckta Bertils! Linnea Wikblad tar oss till Costa del Sol och AC-kylda supermercados. Mellanösternkorrespondenten Johan Mathias Sommarström är tillbaka i Sverige, vi pratar såklart Turkiet och Nato! Linnea Beijer på P3 Nyheter om reaktionerna efter ny koranbränning och Pernilla Wahlgrens våtmarksskämt Programledare: David Druid och Linnea Wikblad

About Abroad
Life abroad on Spain's Costa del Sol

About Abroad

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 54:23


Ken Hellem is a rising voice in the future of work space, as well as a Norwegian who grew up living in multiple countries, and now finds himself living la vida in the south of Spain. The Costa del Sol is one of Europe's most popular destinations, attracting millions of visitors every year - but Ken managed to make the move from Sweden to Spain, and has settled into a slower pace of life, and a higher quality of life, in what he refers to as the San Diego of Europe. Today Ken shares some of his experiences growing up around the world, alongside his favorite destinations on the Costa del Sol, and a bit of remote work knowledge as well. Follow Ken's work at www.beleco.com. On Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5f1SO9rBLFONKhzUmVdfZ3?si=9f0868ddb16f48ce and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hellem/. This episode is brought to you by Greenback Tax, the #1 company in the world for US expat taxes, and the team I've trusted with my taxes since 2015. If you're an American living abroad or planning to spend significant time outside the US, you need to talk to Greenback! Easy, affordable, and experienced in the specific niche of US expat taxes. Learn more here https://bit.ly/3CKUYkz If you're enjoying the podcast, please consider taking 2 minutes to leave a short review at: RateThisPodcast.com/aboutabroad Sign up for our monthly newsletter at: aboutabroad.com/newsletter

The Future Is Freelance
Community on the Costas and Beyond, with Ali Meehan

The Future Is Freelance

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 38:45 Transcription Available


How long have you been networking online as a freelancer?One of the people I first saw doing it well, was Ali Meehan from Spain's Costa Women. A "superconnector" on the Costa Del Sol, she has long been a powerful force for bringing people together, and supporting and uplifting other people in achieving their goals - whether that is to relocate to the sunshine, or launch a brand new venture.Because when you choose to integrate your life and your work by living where and how you choose, we become, as Ali says, "The CEOs of our lives AND our businesses."A powerful thought!Ali and I talk abundance, community, freelancing, collaboration, and a whole lot more, in this episode... with plenty of laughter and loving reality checks along the way. Spain isn't always the easiest place to do business, but it's worth it!Connect with Ali, and who knows who she will connect you to next!Website: https://costawomen.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CostaWomen/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CostaWomen/Instagram; https://www.instagram.com/CostaWomen/Business page: https://costawomen.com/ali-meehan/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/AliMeehanSpainInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/AliMeehanSpainCoaching course: https://activate-your-growth.constantcontactsites.com/Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voicenote, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It's a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too! Here's to your own freelance future

The Kinahans
“U Rat” | 4

The Kinahans

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 51:38


The Kinahan gang receive a lot of unwanted attention after the murder of Paddy Doyle on The Costa Del Sol. Spanish police close in on the gang, as wiretaps reveal the extent of The Cartels intricate money laundering systems. After a large sum of money goes missing, things between Gary Hutch and Daniel Kinahan begin to sour. The repercussions will be long lasting and deadly.The Kinahans is brought to you by The Irish Sun. This series was written and produced by UrbanMedia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.