Image El Caminito del Rey becomes internationally famous thanks to 145 different mass media companies from 22 countries 2 May 2015 In a bit more than two months, 78 international mass media companies, such as the Washington Post, CNN, BBC or Die Welt, became interested in this path. Mr. Bendodo emphasizes that this resulted in millions of potential tourists to come to strategic, traditional and emerging places on the Costa del Sol.
Image El Caminito del Rey Path has received 23,500 tourists and 70,000 bookings for the period from June to September since it was opened a month ago. 29 April 2015 Its web page, www.caminitodelrey.info, has been accessed more than 793,000 times after it was started on 23rd February. Most visits come from Spain and the USA. The County Council of Málaga forecasts that more than 110,000 people will have visited the boardwalk that go over the Gaitanes Gorge by this summer.
Image El Caminito del Rey, the Great Málaga’s Path and the Coastal Path are to be presented at the great tourist fair in Catalonia 16 April 2015 The Costa del Sol Tourism is presenting the Great Challenge, a project that promises to attract up to 2.5m tourists a year at B-Travel fair. Hotels from the province welcomed more than 102,000 Catalonians in 2014. There were more than 360,000 overnight stays.
Image 1,200 bookings per hour, and 30,000 bookings for visiting the path this summer were registered at El Caminito del Rey website 11 April 2015 The County Council takes control of bookings at caminitodelrey.info in order to improve the service and avoid future errors.
Image Starting from tomorrow, the website of El Caminito del Rey is to be available for bookings for June, July, August and September 9 April 2015 Elías Bendodo informs that the number of visitors to the natural beauty spot will have exceeded 100,000 by the end of summer. 'This is much higher than it was forecast', he added. Since the new boardwalks were opened last March 28th, more than 9,000 people have gone across the Gaitanes Gorge.