After a summer at full capacity and record absolute income with double-digit growth marked by inflation and a strong demand recovery, the December long weekend gold brooch one year later success for tourism. ” predictions They are great for both the long weekend and Christmas. sue He gave a great performance this year. We hope this week will be a week in between. 30% and 35% higher than last year and slightly above “It’s 2019,” explains the Secretary General of the Tourism Board. Carlos Albella, However, he points out that the increase in costs means that this strong recovery in demand and income has not been accompanied by record net results.
Called the ‘Constitution Bridge’ for the feast celebrated on the 6th and the conjunction of the Immaculate Conception on the 8th, it is in the form of a long weekend, bridge or viaduct, depending on the day of the week on which the two days fall. And the demand depends on it; currently mainly National, typology of travelers who are it got bigger Far from fading, it was reinforced during and after the pandemic because ” desire to travel increased after difficult days” quarantine “It’s 2020,” Albella explains. “Citizens willing to quit consumption from other genres, but not for travel,” he adds.
The fear of many, as always this time of year, strikes Renfe and Aena’s ground handling services (transportation) were planned for this period. But both were canceled in ‘extreme circumstances’, leading the rail operator to announce more 2.8 million places According to Renfe sources, it is “similar to the 2019 proposal” for these days. Total in airline companies 27,693 flights from From Tuesday 5th to Sunday 10thodd dates Aena provides data. The only possible comparison is with the perfect return day. Sunday The bridge will be finished when planned 5,262 flightsBetween 5% and 10% more than on the equivalent day in 2019 and 2022.
Regarding reserves flight ticket They grew from Friday the 1st to Sunday the 10th 3.7% Regarding 2022 figures 15.7% Compared to 2019, according to data collected by December 23 by Forward Keys, air traffic measurement expert. This difference is evident because this year beak the trip took place on Wednesday the 6th, the first holiday, whereas last year this was the previous Friday – so non-working days were Tuesday and Thursday – and in 2019 the long weekend was very short because only Friday was a holiday. This reduced demand.
destinations Those that recorded the biggest growth this year Islands. Special, Palma de Mallorca (5.6%), Gran Canary palms (12.2%), Ibiza (24.5%), Tenerife (27.5%) and minorca (30.1%), which is attributed to a decrease in demand in these regions during the high season (summer holidays) and an increase “related to the economic climate” at other times (the first months and the fourth quarter). As ForwardKeys head of research explains, Luis MillanDomestic travelers prefer to travel to these destinations in low season to avoid high prices. Added to this is the increasing popularity of low-cost trains. Ouigo and Iryo.
On the other hand, air travel foreign increase %12According to the same source, at the highest level reactivation This year international tourism is in a better situation than the previous year. The most visited destinations are the usual ones on these dates: central european countries with its “typical Christmas markets” and also its cities Germany, Austria, Poland or Czech RepublicBesides European capitals London, Paris, Rome or Amsterdam, As the vice president of the Confederation of Spanish Travel Agents (CEAV) explains, José Manuel Lastra.
“Also they Circuits via Spain and PortugalThere is a type of group travel that is very popular on this bridge and long radiusMany people take advantage of the fact that they have more than one holiday per week and take the opportunity to travel. Caribbean, United States, especially New York and Moreover Asia, Thailand, Indonesia and Japan”adds Lastra. Agencies expect an increase Reservations “Between 15% and 20% in 2022, in line with what’s happening throughout the year.”
“With the December long weekend, Christmas and end-of-year trips, end of a very good year for travel agencies,” Lastra insists. These estimates coincide with those put forward by the tourism lobby. Exceltur and the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (cehat) about this 2023 activity of the sector, in this case including tourists coming from outside and forming the axis of this sector.
An association that brings together large companies such as Exceltur Iberia, Meliá or Mastercard, predicts that 183,078 million euros of activity in 2023, A. 16.3% above 2019 nominal price levels (almost three percentage points higher than the price announced in July), and %2 nominally above its pre-pandemic value. Hoteliers in the winter of 2023-2024 to get better, with the increase in tourism 4.5% in 2022 figures marked by a recovery of pre-pandemic flows. This represents a 1.8% decrease in national traffic and an 11% increase in international traffic compared to last year.
Source: Informacion
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