Madrid/Palma.In its monthly report released yesterday, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) said that there were 21.5 million overnight stays in hotels in Spain registered last month, a year on year downturn of 4.8 percent, despite the fact that hotel prices were down slightly, by 0.1%.
During the first quarter of this year, January to April, overnight stays were down by 2.1% in comparison with the same period in 2011.
The decline, alleged the INE, was as much due to holiday trends amongst Spanish tourists (down 5% in April compared to the same month in 2011) as it was to foreign visitors (down 4.6%).
The average length of stay of holiday-makers in April this year fell slightly, by 0.9% in comparison with the same month in 2011. People staying an average of three-days would pay a median of 68.1 euros per room, said the INE which carries out its research on behalf of Central Government. Only five-star hotels put their prices up during the first quarter of this year whilst other categories were charging less than during the same period in 2011.
Just 49.9 percent of available rooms in hotels across the country were occupied during April, said the INE. The Canary Islands was the most popular destination with visitors with a hotel occupancy rate of 63.7%, followed by the Balearic Islands (59%, although 3.8% less than in April 2011) and the region of Madrid (55.5%)
In terms of key clients last month, the Institute's research showed that Germany and the United Kingdom were the two major players, accounting for 24.6 and 20.8 percent respectively of overnight stays at hotels, but 9.8% and 6.8% less than during April in 2011.
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