The data reflects the sector’s upward trend outside the holiday season. A third of arrivals corresponded to people of foreign origin, with an increase of almost 8% compared to the previous year.
The entries from tourists in hotel establishments in the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) they grew in February 4.4% compared to the same month in 2023 to 222,106; The number of overnight stays increased by 1.9% to 408,489.
The Basque Statistical Institute, Eustat, published this Wednesday data from the survey it conducts monthly in hotels. This data is responsible for the good evolution of the tourism sector outside the actual holiday season, which also recorded an increase of 3% in January.
Another relevant fact is that a third of the arrivals (33.7%) were from other countries7.8% more than in 2023.
Alava is again the area that is growing the most, with 5.9% more visitors (29,467 in total) and 8.6% more overnight stays (65,123). However, Bizkaia is the leader in terms of number of visitors (100,198 visitors) and stays (180,399 overnight stays), closely followed by Gipuzkoa (92,441 and 162,967 respectively).
By means of Capitalsthe number of entries has grown similarly in San Sebastián (8.6%) and Vitoria-Gasteiz (8.5%), and to a lesser extent in Bilbao (2.9%).
The occupancy rate per hotel room was 44%, slightly lower than in 2023. The average stay was 1.84 days, slightly lower than in the same month of the previous year, namely 1.88 days.
Source: EITB
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