THEY’RE BACK

ALL figures suggest that tourism in the Valencia Re‐gion has returned to pre ‐Covid levels at last.

Hotel occupation rates along the coast averaged 84 per cent over Easter ‐4.7 per cent higher than expected, and thanks largely to last ‐ minute reservations.

Alicante Province aver ‐aged occupation rates of 83 per cent, with Benidorm registering 84 per cent.

The figures are even higher for coastal camp ‐sites throughout the re ‐gion, with 100 per cent of huts and bungalows and 90 per cent of plots occu ‐pied in all three provinces.

Rural homes and other types of tourist accommo‐dation in inland areas reg‐istered average occupation rates of 86 per cent.

Regional Tourism chief Francesc Colomer has es ‐pecially highlighted the re‐