Hotel occupancy up

HOTEL occupancy reached almost 90 per cent in July.

Alicante reached a hotel occupancy rate of 89.7 per cent, Benidorm, 88.1 per cent and Valencia reached 86.2 per cent.

The surprise winner was the northern town of Gandia, in Valencia, whose occupancy rate was 95.1 per cent.

The data came from the Valencian hotel association HOSBEC, who pointed out that the Spanish elections ‘has not reduced hotel occupancy’ in the region, and ‘the data recorded shows that the figures are even better than those after the Covid crisis finished’.

In addition, the forecasts for the second half of July “advances data that almost with total probability will allow us to close the month of July with more than 90 per cent occupancy, putting a finishing touch to the best summer period in recent years,” said the association.

In Alicante City, Spanish visitors accounted for 44.4 per cent of the total, while British visitors represented 36.9 per cent.