overnight stays There was an 8.7% increase in hotel businesses in October The average rate per occupied room was 109.9 euros, reaching almost 32.5 million compared to the same month last year, exceeding the pre-pandemic figure by 6.4%; This is 28.1% higher than in 2019.
In the January-October period, overnight stays increased by 6.5 percent compared to the same period last year, exceeding the first ten months of 2019.
Hotel accommodations by travelers residing in Spain constituted 29.8% of the total, with approximately 9.7 million people, while accommodations by foreigners constituted 70.2%, with more than 20 million people.
Compared to October 2022, average stay increased by 1.7% to 3.1 nights per traveler, while average occupancy increased by 4.9% to 60.7% (primarily the Canary Islands at 75.1% and the Balearic Islands at 65.6 ). %) and 5.3%, up to 66.7% on the weekend.
Price increases intensified again
Hotel prices increased by 9.5 percent in October This is 2.2 points less than a year ago, but 1.2 points more than last month, according to data published this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
After the climb that started last June slowed down to 6.2% with an annual increase of 8% and then to 6.3% in the next two months, the rise intensified again with an 8% recovery in September. ,3%.
On an autonomous community basis, the largest increase in hotel prices compared to October 2022 occurred in the Community of Madrid with 16.1%, while the lowest increase was recorded in Extremadura with an annual rate of change of 1.4%.
Biggest price increase by category three star establishments, It was 12.9 percent.
The average daily turnover of hotels per room occupied (ADR) was 109.9 euros in October; This represents an increase of 10.3% compared to the same month in 2022 and a 28.1% increase compared to the 2019 value.
The average daily revenue per available room (RevPAR), determined according to the registered occupancy rate in hotel businesses, reached 76.6 euros, an increase of 15.8% compared to last year and 34% compared to 2019.
The average turnover of five-star hotels by category is 254.9 euros; Four-stars are 111.9 euros, three-stars are 88.7 euros. Revenue per available room for the same categories was 184.2, 86.5 and 60.7 euros respectively.
The tourist destination with the highest ADR was Marbella, with an average daily turnover per occupied room of 190.2 euros, while Barcelona offered the highest RevPar of 165.6 euros.
Overnight stays in England exceed pre-Covid levels
Passengers from England and Germany They concentrated almost half of foreign overnight stays in October; the former accounted for 26.4% of the total at over 6 million, 6.1% more than before the pandemic, and the latter accounted for 20% of the total at almost 4.6 million. However, this figure is 3% below 2019.
The following export markets are France, the USA and the Netherlands, with shares of 8.1%, 4.6% and 4.4% respectively.
The Balearic Islands were the main destination with 26.1 percent of foreign tourists’ overnight stays, followed by the Canary Islands and Catalonia with 24 percent and 17.4 percent, respectively.
Spaniards, on the other hand, preferred Andalusia, Catalonia and the Valencian Community, which accounted for 18.8%, 12.9% and 11.4% of their overnight stays in October, respectively.