Non-hotel nightly stays fell in August, but prices continue to rise

Night figures consumed in the January-August period increased by 3.7 percent compared to the same month of 2022, and by 3.9 percent compared to the first eight months of 2019 before the pandemic.

Despite the average decrease in occupancy in August (only campsites escaped this) prices continue to rise: 4.6% in apartments, 7.2% in campsites and 4.7% in country houses.

Last August, the nights spent by residents decreased by 2.6% and the nights spent by non-residents decreased by 0.3%, while the average accommodation in all these establishments was 4.9 nights per traveler.

Inside circles Overnight stays fell by 4.5% in August; There was a larger decline among local residents (5.1%) compared to foreigners (4%). In this case, the average length of stay decreased by 5.2% to 5.9 nights per person.

In August, 55.1% of the places offered by tourist apartments were occupied; This rate was 4.7% less than the same month of 2022. The weekend occupancy rate reached 57.8%.

Non-residents’ overnight stays in tourist apartments represent 56.3% of the total. The UK was the main source market with over 1.8 million stays, followed by France with just over a million stays.

The preferred destination was the Valencian Community, with more than 2.5 million overnight stays (of which 1.6 million on the Costa Blanca), down 1.8% compared to August 2022. The highest occupancy rate was in the Balearic Islands, with 87.7% of apartments. was offered.

Camps have developed better than last yearAn increase of 1.2% was recorded in the number of nights spent by travelers, especially foreigners (up 2.8%).

Non-residents did 36.3% of nights. The main inhabitants of the camps are the French, and above all they chose Catalonia (Costa Brava).

Inside rural houses Overnight stays fell 2% last August; There was an uneven shift between residents (down 4.9%) and non-residents (up 7.8%). 42.6% of places were occupied.

Castilla y León was the preferred destination with almost 340,000 nights stayed; However, the highest occupancy level was reached by the Balearic Islands with 74.8% of the places offered.

977,886 overnight stays in hostels were recorded in August; This represents an annual decline of 0.3%. While there was a 10.6 percent decrease in domestic residents, there was a 13.5 percent increase in foreign residents. Reduce average length of stay

If hotels are added to these accommodation places, Overnight stays increased by 0.2% on an annual basis in AugustThere was a 3.4 percent decrease in residents and a 3.2 percent increase in foreigners.

Average length of stay decreased 2% to 3.9 nights per traveler.

In mass tourist accommodation, 64.7% of the total number of overnight stays corresponds to hotels, and 35.3% corresponds to non-hotel tourist accommodation.

The main source markets in the regulated group of tourist accommodation facilities were: English (With 24.4% of total overnight stays of non-residents), French (15.4%) and German (14.1%).

Catalonia was the preferred destination with more than 15.8 million overnight stays, followed by the Balearic Islands with 12.9 million and Andalusia with 10.5 million.