Average occupancy in hotels in the Balearic Islands fell to 9.6% in January | Radio Mallorca | Hour 14 Balearic Islands

Average occupancy in hotels on the Islands fell in January 2021 to 9.6% of beds, compared to 13.9% in December and far from the 36.8% registered a year earlier, according to data from Hotel Tourism Situation published this Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics.

In the first month of 2021, the number of travelers staying in hotels in the Balearic Islands fell by 84.2% compared to the previous year, reaching 10,669 people. Of these, 7,759 are residents in Spain and 2,910 are foreign travelers.

On the other hand, the number of overnight stays was 89.3% lower than that of January 2020, with 24,724 in total. The average stay was 2.32 days, when a year earlier it was 3.42 days.

According to the INE estimate, a total of 58 hotels remained open in January: in December there were 63 and a year earlier there were 127. These 58 hotels have 3,687 rooms and 8,311 beds.

Despite the average occupancy of 9.6%, the weekend occupancy rate rose to 10.44%. By rooms, the occupancy is 15.6%. The staff employed was 624 people.

By area, the hotels in Mallorca received 7,201 travelers (4,917 residents in Spain), with a total of 17,598 overnight stays. Within the Island, the Palma-Calvià area accounts for the majority of travelers (6,561) and overnight stays (16,252). For their part, the hotels in Ibiza received 2,450 travelers, with 5,342 overnight stays.

HOTEL PRICES DOWN ALMOST 6%

Hotel prices fell 5.97% in the Balearic Islands in January, although in absolute values ​​it maintains the second most expensive index in the country, behind the Canary Islands.

Regarding the profitability indicators, the average daily rate (ADR) fell by 8.49% year-on-year to 71.94 euros in the Balearic Islands, and the income per available room (RevPAR) stood at 11.83 euros, 67, 4% less than the previous year.

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