the number of admissions increased by 23% in February

More and more tourists are choosing tourist apartments during your stay in Euskadi. As shown by the latest survey among tourist institutions (except hotels), tickets they went up in February a 22.9% and overnight stays 5.4%, with an average stay of 4 days. For example, this type of apartment – ​​the apartments managed by private individuals are not counted, only the apartments managed by companies – welcomed 9,885 visitors and 39,553 overnight stays in the month of February.

This increase is in contrast to the minimal increase registered by the hotel establishments4.4%, although these are still preferred by tourists (222,106 visits and 408,489 overnight stays). The rural accommodation They also didn’t have a good month since the tickets fell 3.4%to 5,836, which also resulted in a decrease in the number of overnight stays (12,196).

The tourist apartments also have one occupancy rate highest, 30% of the places, and with a average stay longest: 4 days. In contrast, rural accommodations had an occupancy rate of around 13% and a slightly lower average stay (2.09 days), although this value is higher than the 2.03 days average stay in the same month of 2023.

Another curious fact: rural accommodations are chosen mainly by tourists from the Spanish state (87.6%), and 12.4% by foreign tourists. The distribution is more even in the tourist apartments, where almost a third (29.3%) of tourists come from foreign origin.

Finally, in the tourist hostelsThe number of arrivals and overnight stays has reached values ​​of 8,115 and 16,973 respectively, implying a year-on-year decrease of 3.6% and an increase of 4.6% respectively. The average stay and occupancy rate were comparable to those of national accommodations (2.09 days and 21%).