According to data from Nekatur, occupancy rates are increasing compared to Christmas Eve, although they are down 12 percentage points compared to New Year’s Eve last year. At the moment, accommodations in Alava are the most in demand.
Many families choose to book a rural house to bring the whole family together and spend the Christmas holidays. Looking ahead to this New Year’s Eve, the rural accommodations in Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa They expect an occupancy rate of 72.15%, 12 points lower than in 2023, according to data published on Monday by the association Nekatur.
The highest occupancy rate is expected to occur in Araba (85.96%). Gipuzkoa follows (69.85%) and in third place are rural accommodations in Bizkaia (63.96%).
Reservations have increased in Araba and Gipuzkoa facing this end of the year, compared to last Christmas Eve. Last week they were 71.43% and 67.83% respectively.
However, in Bizkaia this figure has fallen slightly: from 64.72% on December 24 to 63.96% on December 31.
As for the Three Wise Men festival, the reserves of the country houses around 25.90%. On the nights of Friday January 3 and Saturday January 4, the occupancy rate will be higher than on Sunday January 5 and Epiphany Eve, although it will remain at 21.5% that day.
In this case, Araba is also the area where rural houses are most filled.
Based on reservation requests received, most customers of rural accommodation trips as a couple (45%), followed by clients staying with families or small groups of 3-5 people (28%). Also on these dates There are several large group reservationsabout 20%.
The majority of customers come from Catalonia (19.31%), followed by customers from the Basque community itself (18.21%), those from Madrid (13.59%) and France (9.49%).
Source: EITB
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