{
  "id": 343162,
  "title": "Price rises and extreme heat: why the numbers of French and German holidaymakers in Spain are falling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/subidas-de-precios-y-calor-extremo-por-que-caen-las-cifras-de",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T03:45:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais Economia",
    "slug": "el-pais-economia",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/2026-08-09/subidas-de-precios-y-calor-extremo-por-que-caen-las-cifras-de-franceses-y-alemanes-que-veranean-en-espana.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Johanna Mecke, a 25-year-old German student, decided to take her vacation in Spain early this year to avoid the summer heat. “We came the last week of May and it was perfect. We had beach and summer temperatures, but we didn't go over 30 degrees,” she says over the phone. She travels to the country frequently since she spent a semester in Granada, but this time she prepared the trip more carefully than in other years. She compared prices, looked for offers, and in the end opted for staying in an Airbnb instead of a hotel and renting a hybrid car to keep the budget in check. “If traveling were cheaper, we would do it for longer,” she summarizes. Her experience reflects some of the changes that are starting to be noticeable among European visitors and helps explain why two of the main national tourist markets, Germany and France, are losing momentum this year.",
  "summary": "El aumento de precios y el calor extremo están causando una disminución en las cifras de visitantes franceses y alemanes en España, según el informe de El Pais Economia. Johanna Mecke, una estudiante alemana, decidió adelantar sus vacaciones este año para evitar el calor, y comparó precios para encontrar alojamiento más económico, como un Airbnb y un coche híbrido. Estos cambios en el comportamiento de los turistas europeos podrían explicar por qué Alemania y Francia están experimentando una disminución en el impulso turístico este año.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}