Sun, Sand, Prices Buoy 'Club Med'

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BY ILAN BRAT IN CAMBRILS, SPAIN, AND ALKMAN GRANITSAS IN ATHENS
The Russians came, and they saved hotelier Gustavo Cabedo’s tourist season.
Spanish visitors to his Tryp Port Cambrils hotel, down the coast from Barcelona, had dwindled in recent years as the economy slumped. But a rush of Russian and French tourists put off by turmoil in Egypt—and lured to Spain by falling prices—has picked up the slack, lifting occupancy in the 156-room hotel near the beach above 90% this summer.
The growth in international tourism “has been vital,” said Mr. Cabedo, the hotel’s general manager. “I don’t wish anyone harm, but problems in North Africa have been good for Spain.”
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