escape inside Spain next weekend, May 1 bridgewill be 25% more expensive than last year. And it will be especially Catalonia, an autonomous community where the price difference reaches almost 80%. It has been detected by online reservation company tourist accommodationeBooking.comand approved by Corporate Association of Expert Travel Agencies (CAVE), does not estimate the increase, but agrees that travel is much more expensive, but that does not preclude record after record.
“The price increase continues with the uptrend we have already identified. EasterIn 2022, reservations were 22% more expensive: an average of 155 euros compared to the 127 euro booking cost at the time.” eBook manager, Toni Raurich.
In other words, far from stopping, Price increase continues in the tourism sector, because this platform is talking about a 25% increase for the May bridge, which is three points more than recorded at Easter. In any case, the average price per night remains more or less constant relative to the amount paid. Thursday or Good Friday and the following days: around 150 euros (instead of the previous year’s 120 euros).
What happens is that radiography varies a lot depending on the community. So when you’re in CataloniaLeading the ranking as the most expensive region, the average nightly price increases from 118 euros last year to 211 euros in 2023 (+78.3% difference), Canary Islands anyone Andalusia they become cheaper by 6% and almost 3% respectively.
And the last one is one of the most requested: according to eBooking data, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Cordoba And Grenade In that order, these are the cities that accumulate the most bookings for the May public holiday. And complete the sequence Malaga, Valencia And Cadiz. Only a quarter of the reservations are made for international destinations and in this sense; Portugal, France, Italy, United Kingdom And Andorra.
“People are traveling like never before”
“It’s not about cities, it’s about top destinations. law of supply and demand“, reflects ACAVE manager, Catiana Tour, to tell the dance of the increases between municipalities. In any case, what he sees as notable is the increase in demand. travel services price goes up. The same expert said, “The reality is that people are traveling more than ever before: we’re getting back the numbers for 2019, which is very important because it was a historic year.” inflation: Reservations are expected as a way to try to avoid a price increase.
The result, in any case, is that this May public holiday will be more expensive (Transport, Hotels, restaurants…) more than the same long weekend as the previous year, but that will not prevent us from maintaining the dynamics of Holy Week and at least equaling the enthusiasm of 2019.