In recent months, hotel rates have skyrocketed as a result of the recovery in demand and the historic rise in prices, the highest in 37 years. Second Statistics of the situation of hotel tourismreleased on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), hotel occupancy levels are already virtually the same as pre-pandemic levels, having occupied 62.9% of the hotel beds in Junethe highest monthly figure since August 2019 and similar to the June figure of that last pre-pandemic year (65.8%).
For its part, inflation grew by 10.2% in June compared to the same month in 2021, even if that specifically referring to hotels and restaurants had a slightly lower than average change, 7.2% year over year. Still with everything, the average rate per occupied room stopped in June at 105.7 euros23.3% more than in June 2021, this being the maximum price for a month of June in the historical series, which has recorded monthly prices since 2008.
In this context, it is surprising that 21 of the 100 tourist points studied by the INE register a drop in hotel rates per room. Six are concentrated in one of the Balearic or Canary Islands, three in the province of Cádiz, three in Aragon and the rest are distributed between the provinces of Alicante, Guadalajara, Jaén, León, Lleida, Asturias, Pontevedra, Tarragona and Valencia. . Some of those who lower the priceshow Calvià (Mallorca), Benidorm (Alicante), Adeje (Tenerife) and Salou (Tarragon)are also among the 10 tourist resorts with the highest number of overnight stays in the month of June according to the INE, which indicates that they are still very fashionable.
Conversely, among the municipalities with the highest increases, there is Barcelonawhat it practically doubles its prices compared to June 2021 (growing by 92.6%); Madrid (70%); San Sebastián (64%) and Torrevieja (Alicante) (53.8%).
However, that prices drop in certain municipalities does not mean that they are the cheapest. As usual in the summer season, the cheapest tourist destinations are far from the coast. So much so that the average daily rate for the cheapest hotel room is ponferrada (lion) with 49.8 euros on average, and the most expensive is registered Marbella (Málaga, with 217.7 euros on average per room.
Furthermore, if we analyze the average daily rates by province, the most expensive were Barcelona, with an average room price of 142.4 euros; Guipúzcoa, with 135.6 euros; Malaga, with 125.4 euros and the Balearic Islands with 120.1 euros. Something that coincides with the tourist areas marked as most expensive by the INE (groups comprising several municipalities): Barcelona; Gipuzkoa coast; Islands of Ibiza and Formentera and Costa del Sol of Malaga. The cheapest provinces were Albacete (48.4 euros), Palencia (52.8 euros) and Ciudad Real (53.4 euros).
It should be noted that the average daily rate issued by INE is the average daily income obtained per occupied room taking into account various types of customers: traditional tour operators, traditional travel agencies, companies, individuals, groups, direct negotiation on the hotel website, online tour operator, online travel agency. Revenues refer to those received by hotels for the supply of the accommodation service, without including other types of services such as catering, spa, gym or organization of events.
The Balearic Islands already receive more tourists than before the pandemic
Spanish hotel occupancy is close to recovering to pre-pandemic levels, but has not yet reached them. The hotel bed occupancy rate was led in June by the Balearic Islands with 80%, followed by the Canary Islands, with 67.4%. And only two autonomous communities have fully recovered their June 2019 employment levels: Castile-La Mancha and Galicia, with 35.9% and 45.3% employment respectively, although they are still significantly below the national average ( 62.9%).
The Balearic Islands still have two points less hotel occupancy than in June 2019, when it was 82.3%, but they already receive more tourists: 1,742,982 travelers in June 2022 compared to 1,654,313 travelers in June 2022. 2019 The majority, 86.2%, are foreign tourists. In absolute terms, the Balearic Islands also recorded more permanent hotel beds in establishments and more staff hired than before the pandemic. It is the autonomous community with the most hotel beds, 364,406, and with the most employed staff, 61,656 people.
