SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE / MADRID, Aug 24 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Hotel overnight stays skyrocketed in July in the Canary Islands and rose 176.5% compared to the same month last year, reaching a total of 2,874,431, as reported on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
The Canary Islands accumulated 10.9% of the country’s total overnight stays, occupancy stood at 49% and prices increased by 3.8%, however, the figure is still far from that registered in July 2019 -before the pandemic- when they reached a total of 6,270,690.
In the country as a whole, overnight stays in hotel establishments rose 7.6% in the first seven months of the year compared to the same period of 2020 in a context marked by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the tourism sector.
Only in the month of July, overnight stays in Spanish hotels exceeded 26.3 million, which means multiplying by more than two (+ 125%) those made in the same month of 2020, as reported this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
On the basis of origin, overnight stays by travelers residing in Spain, which represent 56.6% of the total, increased by 97.4% in the annual rate, while those of non-residents rose by 175%.
If the data for July of this year is compared with the same month of 2019, without a pandemic, overnight stays in hotel establishments show a decrease of 38.9%.
However, overnight stays by travelers resident in Spain increased by 0.4% and exceeded pre-pandemic levels, while overnight stays by non-residents fell by 59.5%.
On the other hand, the average stay increased by 15.8% compared to July 2020, standing at 3.1 nights per traveler.
Thus, the INE points out that the Hotel Price Index (HPI) stood at 8.8% in July, which is 16.4 points above that registered in the same month of 2020, and 0.3 points more than the one recorded last month.
During July, 14,462 hotel establishments were open in Spain, 17.3% more than in the same month of 2020, which represents 74.3% of the total directory of establishments this month.
The Balearic Islands, Andalusia and Catalonia were the main destinations of the total number of travelers in Spain in July, with annual variation rates in the number of overnight stays of 230.1%, 107.9% and 120.5%, respectively.
The main destinations for travelers residing in Spain were Andalusia, Catalonia and the Valencian Community, which presented annual rates of variation in overnight stays of 101.0%, 101.9% and 132.7%, respectively.
For its part, the main destination chosen by non-residents was the Balearic Islands, with 42.5% of total overnight stays. In this community, overnight stays by foreigners rose 242.3% compared to July 2020. The next destinations for non-residents were Catalonia and the Canary Islands.
BALEARIC ISLANDS AND CANTABRIA, WITH A GREATER DEGREE OF OCCUPANCY
The Balearic Islands presented the highest occupancy rate by places during July (61.7%). It is followed by Cantabria, with 61.5%.
In July, 52.6% of the available places were filled, with an annual increase of 47.5%. The weekend occupancy rate by beds rose 41% to 57.2%.
By tourist areas, the Costa de La Luz de Cádiz reached the highest occupancy rate by places (71.0%), while the Costa de Valencia reached the highest occupancy at the weekend (77.3%). The island of Mallorca registered the highest number of overnight stays in July, with 4,195,786.
The tourist spots with the most overnight stays were Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and Calvià. Ribadesella had the highest occupancy rate by places (87.9%) and Begur the highest occupancy rate at the weekend (88.8%).
Travelers from Germany and France accounted for 23.3% and 14%, respectively, of the total overnight stays by non-residents in hotel establishments in July. The German market presents an annual variation rate of 158.1% and the French one of 156.3%.
The next issuing markets with the most overnight stays were the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium, accounting for 13.1%, 5.5% and 4.8% of the total, respectively.
PROFITABILITY OF THE SECTOR
The hotels average daily billing for each occupied room (ADR) was 102.9 euros in July, which represents an increase of 15.5% compared to the same month in 2020. For its part, the average daily income per room available (RevPAR), which is conditioned by the occupancy registered in hotel establishments, reached 57.2 euros, with a rise of 68%.
By category, the average billing was 237.8 euros for five-star hotels, 111.4 euros for four-star hotels, and 87.4 euros for three-star hotels. The income per available room for these same categories was 121.1, 65.5 and 50.2 euros, respectively.
The tourist spot with the highest ADR was Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, with an average daily billing per occupied room of 307.5 euros. For its part, the tourist spot with the highest RevPAR was Mérida, with income per available room of 297.1 euros.
