Long weekend hotel bookings up across Spain; down in Catalonia
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 @ 12:25 PM
Spain's tourism minister has revealed that hotel bookings are up across the whole country for this week's long weekend, except in Catalonia, where a 13% drop in bookings has been recorded.
Hotels, country cottages and ski resorts are looking at a 64.3% occupancy rate this week, a 19.4% rise on occupancy for the same time last year, according to a survey carried out by Turespaña.
Current hotel bookings for the long weekend are at 56.1%, (compared with 47.2% for the same dates last year) which is expected to yield 66.4% occupancy.
Ski lodges and country houses are 52% booked out, compared with 31% and 30% respectively last year, with occupancy predicted to reach 65% and 58% in each case.
Tourism to inland areas suggests a 64% occupancy rate, 13 points up on last year, with coastal regions seeing a 7% rise to 67%.
The Canary Islands are the autonomous region with the highest predicted hotel occupancy rate (88%), followed by the Basque Country (80%), the Community of Madrid and La Rioja, each with 77%, and Andalucía, with 73%.
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