The tourist recovery is consolidated in the islands with 1.1% more than in April 2019, before the pandemic
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE/MADRID, May 23. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Hotel overnight stays grew by 3.3% in the Canary Islands in April, compared to the same month last year, reaching a total of 5,532,582, according to data made public this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), which indicate also that compared to April 2019, before the pandemic, the increase is 1.1%.
The Canary Islands led occupancy in April with an average of 70.3% and also overnight stays by non-residents, with 27.5% of the country’s total, while prices increased by 6.1% and income per room another 6%
Nationwide, overnight stays increased by 20.9% in the first four months of the year, exceeding those registered in the same period in 2019.
Britons and Germans concentrate most of the overnight stays in our country in establishments that have increased their average turnover by 8.8% to close to 105 euros in April.
During the month of April alone, overnight stays in Spanish hotel establishments exceeded 28 million, which represents an increase of 11.5% compared to the same month in 2022, when there were 25.1 million. In addition, they are higher than those of the same month of 2019.
Overnight stays of travelers residing in Spain exceeded 10.7 million, representing 38.4% of the total. For their part, those of non-residents stood at over 17.3 million.
According to data from the INE’s Hotel Tourism Situation (CTH) statistics, last April the average stay in hotels in Spain decreased by 1.6% compared to the same month of the previous year, standing at 2.9 overnight stays per traveller.
Andalusia, Catalonia and the Valencian Community were the main destinations for travelers residing in Spain last April, with 19.9%, 14.8% and 13.2% of the total overnight stays, respectively.
After the Canary Islands, the next favorite destinations for non-residents were Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, with 18.7% and 18% of the total, respectively.
In April, 59.8% of the beds offered in Spanish hotels were occupied, representing an annual increase of 7.4%. The weekend occupancy rate by bedplaces rose 7.8% and stood at 66.2%. The Canary Islands presented the highest occupancy rate by bedplaces last month (70.3%), followed by the Balearic Islands, with 68.1%.
By tourist areas, the south of Tenerife reached the highest occupancy rate by bedplaces (75.2%), while Barcelona reached the highest occupancy rate during the weekend (79.8%). For its part, Mallorca registered the highest number of overnight stays in April, with more than 3.1 million.
The tourist spots with the highest number of overnight stays were Barcelona, Madrid and Benidorm. Adeje had the highest occupancy rate by bed (79%), while Santanyí reached the highest occupancy on weekends (91.5%), according to data from the statistical institute.
BRITISH AND GERMANS IN THE HEAD
One more month, British and German are at the forefront in hotel accommodation in Spain. Thus, travelers from the United Kingdom accounted for 22.1% of overnight stays and Germans 18.3% of all non-residents.
This is followed by tourists from France, the Netherlands and the United States (the next source markets) which account for 10%, 4.7% and 4.6% of the total, respectively.
The statistical institute has also released the annual rate of the Hotel Price Index (IPH) in Spain, which stood at 9.3% in April, which is 20 points less than that registered in the same month of 2022, and 1 .2 points less than that registered last month.
By autonomous community, the highest increase in hotel prices compared to April 2022 occurred in Comunidad Foral de Navarra (15.1%). On the contrary, the lowest was registered in Cantabria (1%). By category, the highest price increase occurred in establishments with a silver star (13.4%).
AVERAGE TURNOVER GROWS TO 105 EUROS
This increase in overnight stays has been accompanied by an increase in hotel profits. Thus, the average daily billing of hotels in Spain for each occupied room (ADR) was 104.9 euros in April, which represents an increase of 8.8% compared to the same month in 2022.
For its part, the average daily income per available room (RevPAR), which is conditioned by the occupancy registered in hotel establishments, reached 70.1 euros, with a rise of 17.9%.
By category, average billing was 251.8 euros for five-star hotels, 108.3 euros for four-star hotels, and 81.7 euros for three-star hotels. The income per available room for these same categories was 171 euros, 79.1 euros and 56 euros, respectively.
The tourist spot with the highest ADR was Marbella, with an average daily billing per occupied room of 183.3 euros. On the other hand, Barcelona presented the highest RevPar, with income per available room of 147.6 euros.
