Hoteliers in Spain are forecasting a record August in terms of tourist arrivals, with the figures for 2019 being close to those of 2019
20-08-23
Foreign arrivals could exceed 10 million
Revenue per available room already exceeds pre-crisis levels by 17%.
The recovery in tourism continues to accelerate. In the first half of the year, foreign tourist arrivals in Spain reached 37.5 million, close to the 38.1 million recorded in the first half of 2019 before the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis. The president of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation, Jorge Marichal, anticipated this morning that the arrival of travellers could exceed pre-crisis levels in August. "The data in August are very positive, especially in the number of visitors, above the data of 2022, and in some destinations close to and even above 2019″.
In the first six months of the year, there were only two months (April and May) in which pre-crisis levels were exceeded and August could be the third in view of the good occupancy levels that are being recorded in high season. "Coastal destinations have occupancies of 80% and in some destinations in the Balearic or Canary Islands they reach 85% or 90%," Marichal stressed. In August 2019, 10.1 million foreign tourists arrived in the main Spanish destinations, although the historical maximum occurred two years earlier, when 10.39 million were counted.