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Could the clouds finally be lifting on Lanzarote?  After a year of successive double digit decreases in visitor numbers the rate of decline in tourist arrivals halved last month on this popular holiday island.  According to the latest figures just released by the Spanish airport operators AENA, with the German market – Lanzarote´s second largest – even recording positive growth for the first time this year.

The latest passenger figures from AENA reveal that the number of foreign tourists arriving on flights to Lanzarote fell last month by ‘just 8.17%’ - a figure almost half that of previous months this year, suggesting that there may at last be signs of optimism for the many overseas owners of apartments and villas in Lanzarote.

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I´ve just moved into a new villa in Marbella, and was initially nervous about the heating arrangements.

Let me explain.

I have been in Spain for 8 years, and although I´ve moved about a fair bit during that time, I have always lived in Spanish properties with air conditioning installed for both warm and cool air. To be honest, I´ve never been a great fan of air con. The air is very dry and can irritate the skin and the eyes after a while, but I doubted there could be a viable alternative.

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