After two bad years as a result of the pandemic, tourism returned to its former glory in June with a hotel occupancy rate in the Pitiüses of 86.2% (67% in May). This is 35.5 percentage points more than in 2021 and almost 70% more since then. As the month progressed, these statistics improved: from 84.4% occupancy in the first fortnight to 88% in the second. Just a year ago, the percentages were significantly lower: 47.6% and 53.8%, respectively, according to the survey of the Hotels Federation on the island.
By tourist areas, the average for the month in Vila was 85.8%, while in Sant Josep it rose to 87.1%, in Sant Antoni and the bay of Portmany to 88.2%, in the north of the island to 88.3% and in Santa Eulària to 86.5%.
The average for the island of Ibiza was 87% (from 50.3% a year ago, i.e. 73% more today), above the pitiusa, while that of Formentera was 77.4% (53.3% in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 45.3%).
The season is not doing too badly at all, a relief after what happened in 2020 and 2021. The average hotel occupancy rate so far this year in the Pitiusas is already 76.5%, an infinitely better percentage than the 48.3% recorded in these islands at the same time: the year-on-year difference is 58.6%. In the case of the island of Ibiza, the average for the first months of this season is 78.2% (it was 50.6% in 2021); on Formentera, 60% (41.7% a year ago).
For the moment, the tourist area that is performing best in 2022 is Sant Antoni and the bay of Portmany, with a hotel occupancy rate of almost 79%
For the moment, the tourist area that is performing best in 2022 is Sant Antoni and the bay of Portmany, with an average hotel occupancy rate of almost 79%, followed by Vila (78.1%), Sant Josep (77.5%), Santa Eulària (77.3%) and Sant Joan (77%). Where the improvement has been most noticeable is in Santa Eulària, a municipality that has experienced a year-on-year increase in occupancy of 77.2%, followed by Sant Josep ( 69.3%), Sant Antoni ( 51.6%), Ibiza ( 46%) and the north ( 44%).
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