Upper Rock Nature Reserve made over €3 million last year

Gibraltar's Upper Rock Nature Reserve makes about €3.3 million per year, says the regional newspaper EuropaSur, adding that some 780,000 tourists visited the reserve last year. The article, published at the beginning of the month,  comes from the need to point out that a toll is charged to visit the Nature Reserve. The prices: Adult £8.00 (13+ yrs); Child £4.00 (12-5 yrs): Infants aged 0-4years inclusive go FREE; Car: £1.50. These prices include entrance to various places of interest, including St. Michael's Cave, Great Siege Tunnels, City Under Siege Exhibition, Moorish Castle, Apes Den, Mediterranean Steps, World War II Tunnels and the old Jewish Cemetery. However, it will cost you a mere 50p to walk in the area, with access to nothing but fresh air. Not entirely incidentally, the signs with toll charges were removed as a result of La Línea's proposed 'congestion charge', but the charges still stand.

See Kanvar the baby elephant at Selwo - special promotion

Selwo Aventura in Estepona is having a special promotion for residents of the Campo de Gibraltar.  We can get access on the weekend of November 5, 6 and 7 for only €10 p/p per day  (usual prices: €24,50 adults, €17 for children). All you have to do is present your ID (with address; i.e. residencia card or NIE + passport). It's a great day out, and the kids will certainly enjoy meeting Kanvar the new baby elephant (photo). This promotion cannot be added to any other offer or promotion.

Spain's piracy epidemic has studios considering no longer selling DVDs there

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(Los Angeles Times) As if problems in the U.S. home entertainment market weren't bad enough, with declining sales revenue and continued pressure from low-cost rental services Redbox and Netflix, the major movie studios are close to being overwhelmed by piracy in a second major foreign market. The illicit downloading and streaming of movies in Spain has become so severe, executives say, that it may soon no longer make sense to try to sell DVDs in the country. It would be the second nation where piracy has overwhelmed efforts to legitimately sell DVDs, after South Korea.>