In March, the number of overnight stays in Spanish hotel businesses exceeded 20.6 million. 17.1% more than the same month of the previous yearData from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) also showed that hotels billed an average of 99.3 euros per occupied room, 11% more than the previous year.
The number of overnight stays of travelers residing in Spain has exceeded 8 million. 39% of the totalnon-residents were over 12.6 million.
last march average stay decreased by 4% standing with 2.8 nights of accommodation per traveller, compared to the previous year, according to data from the statistical institute.
All this in the first three months of the year Overnight stays in Spain increased by 26.6% reached a similar level in the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year.
Andalusia, Valencian Community and Catalonia In March, they became the favorite destinations of travelers residing in Spain with 19.8%, 13.6% and 12.9% respectively.
For their part, the main destination chosen by the non-residents Canary Islands, with 41.6% of total overnight stays. The next destinations were Catalonia and Andalusia with 16.4% and 14% respectively.
covered in march 52% of places offered, up 11.9% year over year. According to the number of beds, the weekend occupancy rate increased by 7.9% to 59.5%.
Canary Islands It presented the highest bed occupancy rate (71.7%) in March. It is followed by the Comunidad de Madrid with 56%.
By tourist area, south Great Canary While the bed occupancy rate reached the provinces with the highest (74.4%), the south Tenerife had the highest occupancy rate (76.4%) on weekends. Tenerife Island recorded the highest number of overnight stays at 2.1 million in March.
The touristic spots with the most overnight stays in March were: Barcelona, Madrid and San Bartolome de Tirajana. Arona showed the highest occupancy rate on a bed basis (77.8%) and the highest occupancy rate (79.3%) on weekends.
According to nationalities, germans and english concentrated most of the overnight stays. Travelers from the UK accounted for 23.5% of the total, while Germans accounted for 18.1% of the total. Overnight stays by travelers from France, the United States and Italy (source markets below) accounted for 6.7%, 5.3% and 4.6% of the total, respectively.
Price increase
The INE data shows how the annual rate is. Hotel Price Index (IPH) It amounted to 10.5%, which is 12.2 points less than recorded in the same month of 2022 and 0.6 points less than recorded last month.
The highest increase in hotel prices on an autonomous region basis compared to March 2022, Catalonia (18.2%) and Melilla (13.5%).
The lowest increase was recorded in Cantabria. annual rate of change 0.3% The biggest price increase on a category basis was in silver star businesses (18.3%).
Increase billing
With all this, the average daily hotel bill for each room used (ADR) stopped in €99.3 In March, which represents an increase of 11% compared to the same month of 2022.
According to INE, average daily income per available room (revPARreached depending on the occupancy status registered in the hotel businesses. 62.2 eurosThis represents an increase of 23.8%.
Average billing by category was €231.5 for five-star hotels, €102.3 for four-star hotels and €76.2 for three-star hotels. Revenue per available room for the same categories 149.5 Euros, 72.4 Euros and 48.7 Euros, respectively.
Tourist spot with the highest ADR Naut Aran, Average daily billing per room used is 172.5 Euros. On the other hand, Adeje offered the highest RevPar with revenue of 148.9 Euros per available room, according to INE data.