Rural accommodations in turn received 2.3% more tourists. In addition, the annual increase in the number of overnight stays of foreign origin is 16.4% in rural accommodation and 26.5% in tourist apartments.
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The tourist apartments of the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) received 176,781 people in 2023, 24.7% more than in 2022, and rural accommodations, 172,918, 2.3% more, according to data compiled and distributed this Tuesday by Eustat. In terms of overnight stays, the increase is also greater in tourist apartments (17%) than in rural accommodations (2.8%).
In addition, the annual increase in the number of overnight stays of foreign origin is 16.4% in rural accommodation and 26.5% in tourist apartments.
In the 2023 annual balance of the tourist apartments There has been an improvement in both the number of arrivals and the number of overnight stays compared to 2022. With a total of 176,781 visitors and 627,157 overnight stays during the year, the annual increases compared to 2022 are 24.7% and 17% respectively.
Both admissions and overnight stays collected throughout 2023 increased in the three areas compared to 2022 numbers, albeit at different intensities. The total number of admissions to tourist apartments in Araba increased by 13.9%, in Bizkaia by 20.4% and in Gipuzkoa by 40.2%. In turn, the growth in the number of overnight stays amounted to 3.9% in Araba, 19% in Gipuzkoa and 20.5% in Bizkaia.
Registrations of foreign origin, after an increase over the year of 36.7%, represent 35.8% of the total number of registrations in this type of establishments during the past year 2023, above the percentage they represented last year, which amounted to 32.7%.
The occupancy rate per bed exceeds that of 2022 by 1.2 percentage points, while the occupancy rate per apartment decreases by one percentage point and reaches 37.1% and 62.3% respectively in 2023.
He Number of entries in rural accommodation In 2023, this number increased to 172,918 and the number of overnight stays increased to 446,374. The number of visits increased over the year, both in Araba and Gipuzkoa, with an increase of 0.3% and 4.9% respectively, while in Bizkaia the number of registrations was 0.5% lower than last year.
As for the number overnight stays It is estimated that the three areas will show an increase in 2023 compared to that in 2022: in Gipuzkoa they increased by 0.4%, in Bizkaia by 3.9% and in Araba by 9.2%. Foreign visitors represented 25% of total registrations in these types of establishments in the BAC last year 2023, after an increase of 18.5% compared to 2022.
The average stay was 2.58 days in 2023, slightly higher than the 2.57 days in 2022. occupancy ratein turn, amounted to 28.9% measured by beds and 32.8% measured by rooms, after an increase from the previous year of 1.6 and 1.5 percentage points respectively.
Source: EITB
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