Tourism in the BAC improves 2022 figures and the number of tourists visiting hotels increases by 10% in 2023

The tourist entrance in the hotels of the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) last year were 3,687,240, representing an increase of 10.4% compared to 2022, entries giving rise to 7,214,545 overnight stays (+12%), according to data compiled and distributed by Eustat on Tuesday.

In December 2023, visitor numbers grew by 6.6% and overnight stays by 7.0% compared to December 2022.

By territory, Bizkaia, with 1 688 130 ticketsrepresents 45.8% of the total, Gipuzkoa 40.6% (1,495,514) and Arabia 13.7% (503,596), and these figures represent an annual growth in the number of entries of 11.2% in Araba, 11.5% in Bizkaia and 8.8% in Gipuzkoa.

The behavior of the overnight stays has been similar, with increases in 2023 compared to the previous year of 18.2% Arabiaof 11.8% indoors Bizkaiaand 10.3% indoors Gipuzkoa. Furthermore, the increases in the number of visitors and overnight stays from abroad are striking, 19.7% and 21.3% respectively.

The performance of the three capitals of the BAC has been better than that of the rest of the corresponding area, with a year-on-year growth in the number of visitors gathered during the year of 14.8% in Vitoria-Gasteiz11.3% in Saint Sebastian and 10.9% indoors Bilbao. In the case of overnight stays, the annual increase is also 23.3% in Vitoria-Gasteiz, 11.4% in San Sebastián and 12.9% in Bilbao.

The average stay In 2023, the total BAC was 1.96 days, a slight improvement from the previous year, which was 1.93 days. In the case of Araba, this has been set at 1.98 days, compared to 1.87 in 2022; in Bizkaia it was 1.92 days, very similar to the 1.91 in 2022, and in Gipuzkoa it finally reached 1.99 days compared to 1.97 the year before.

The degrees of occupation in the BAG this was 57.8% measured by beds and 68.5% measured by rooms. Compared to 2022, the increase is 3.9 points in the occupancy rate per places and 5.0 points in rooms.