Sky-high figures

Government Minister Héctor Gómez praised the extraordinary growth as he highlighted the potential for more wealth and jobs in the tourism sector.

Fashion frenzy

A BRAND­new report has unveiled Spain’s fashion powerhouses’ incredible performance in 2022!

Following a steady pandemic rebound starting in 2021, the country’s top 10 fashion distribution groups achieved doubledigit sales growth, totalling over €42 billion, according to figures released on Thursday, July 20.

Fashion fever has apparently taken over, with industry leaders enjoying a 19.4 per cent surge in revenues.

Inditex, under the reign of Marta Ortega, has enjoyed a remarkable record­breaking year, driven by price increases and strategies. The group owns some of the country’s biggest brands including Zara, Pull & Bear, and Stradivarius.

Puig, the beauty and fashion giant, confidently holds its posi­ tion as a runner­up. The Barcelona­based distributor owns brands including Paco Rabanne, and Jean Paul Gaultier in Spain.

Mango came in third place in the report. Mango’s business plan’s fruits have ripened, with exciting expansions, like a flagship store on New York’s Fifth Avenue, and new brand sponsorships, sparking new interest.

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Currently held by Pedro Sanchez

TENS of thousands of people gather in Buñol in Valencia once a year to throw tomatoes at each other in a food fight more commonly known as La Tomatina.

This beautiful story began on the last Wednesday of August 1945, when some young people spent time in the Plaza del Pueblo to witness the popular local parade of the giants and big heads.

Some naughty boys decided to knock one of the big heads off, and with its momentum caused a participant to fall.

The participant, filled with anger, began to hit everything that was in his way. By a whim of fate, in the middle of it all was a vegetable stand which was used by the angry crowd to release adrenaline: those present began throwing tomatoes until the public enforcers put an end to this strange fight.

The following year, the young people deliberately repeated the altercation, even taking tomatoes from their homes.

Far from accepting this event as a custom, the police