Visiting Berja

Anna Ellis

BERJA welcomed 1,553 tourists in March which is 1.1 per cent less than in the same month of 2022, according to the Spanish Statistical Office (INE).

Tourists of international origin totalled 359, a 14.0 per cent increase that in the same month last year and the number of domestic tourists was 1,194, ­4.9 per cent less.

The number of tourists who visited the city of

Berja in the first quarter of 2023 rose to 4,373 people.

This statistical data rep­ resents a decrease of ­6.3 per cent compared to the same period of time a year ago. The total num ­

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ber of tourists of national origin was 3,445, a decline of 6.4 per cent, and those of international origin rose to 928, a decrease of 5.8 per cent.

The citizens of the Netherlands monopolised the largest contingent with 42 per cent of the total. The second place in the ranking of destinations was occupied by the French tourist with 27.8 per cent of the total figures.