Euskadi ends the three summer months with 1.17 million tourists staying in catering establishments, and an increasing number of foreign tourists. In fact, the number of tourists from the state has fallen by almost 3%.
The hotels in Euskadi received this summer of 2024 (July, August and September) Unpleasant 1.17 million touristsof which more than half are of foreign origin (54%). In fact, according to Eustat data, the percentage of visitors from outside the Spanish state increased by 2.6% compared to the previous year, while the number of tourists from Spain fell by 2.8%.
This Tuesday, the Basque Institute of Statistics published the latest research on establishments in tourist destinations. Euskadi manages to keep track of entry data and has improved the number of overnight stays by 1.1%, partly thanks to foreign visitors (3.2%).
Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa continues to attract the largest number of tourists (521,641 and 480,490 entries respectively), although the The territory of Biscay has recorded a decline 3.3% compared to last year. On the other hand, Álava, with 170,414 entries, increased by 2.8%. Gipuzkoa has also managed to surpass its 2023 data (up 2.9%).
In terms of capitals, Vitoria-Gasteiz and San Sebastián are growing compared to 2023 (with 5.8 and 5.7% more registrations respectively), while Bilbao has registered 3.2% fewer registrations than the summer of 2023.
Regarding the month of SeptemberCAV hotels received 1.8% fewer tourists, compared to the same period in 2023. This last month of summer, 359,503 visitors were registered in CAV hotels. 55% of the cases are entries of foreign origin, which have seen a softer decline (0.7%) compared to entries of state origin, which fell by 3.2%, always compared to September of last year. The number of overnight stays has also fallen, albeit slightly less (0.2%), to a total of 731,977, more than half of which are of foreign origin. The average stay in hotels was 2.04 days, slightly higher than the month of the previous year (2.00).
Source: EITB
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