The tourist season enters its final stage with the incentive that is about to recover all the ground lost during the health crisis. According to data provided by José MarÃa Ramón, CEO of Neobookings (the booking engine that controls most of the hotel beds in the Pitiusas), in what is left of September (two weeks) “it will at least will equal and surely exceed between 3% and 4% the hotel occupancy data of 2019″, before the covid pandemic spread worldwide.
As of yesterday, bookings were still 1.64% below those of three years ago, a good figure that Ramón is sure will improve over the next few days because this year bookings are being made at very short notice: “There is still time,” he says. It should be noted that 45% of last week’s sales were made between one and 14 days in advance.
During the last week, hotel bookings for the month of October have also been computed, which, however, are still 28.7% lower than in 2019. There are also already sales for 2023, mainly for the months of June, July, May and August, in that order. Even for September and April: “They are usually British“, details Ramon when asked about it, although he qualifies that other years there were more. The British are the kings of anticipation, especially in a context of inflation like what is on the horizon in their country: up to 18% (a huge hit) in the next three months.
So far, each month, bookings have improved (sometimes slightly, sometimes substantially) in relation to 2019. Thus, in April there were 19.67% more stays than three years ago; in May, by 7.54%; in June, by 0.62%; in July, by 4.22%, and in August, by 1.2%.
Those who travel this month stay in the Pitiusas an average of 4.2 days, similar to 2021 (4.3) and 2019 (4.2). The average stay, however, improves for October: 4.1 days, higher than three years ago (3.7) and one year ago (3.6).
Tourists arriving at this time pay more for hotel accommodation on Ibiza and Formentera: on average, 125.4 euros, 24 euros more than in 2021
And on top of that, tourists arriving at this time pay more for accommodation on Ibiza and Formentera: on average, 125.4 euros, 24 euros more than in 2021 (which was already a record), and 34 euros more (37% more) than in 2019. By October, hoteliers who have decided to keep their accommodation open must be rubbing their hands: on average, rates amount to 92.7 euros per night, 12.6 euros more than 12 months earlier and 34 euros more (58% more) than before the pandemic. This has been the tonic of this season, in which every month has surpassed the highest rates recorded in other years: 143.6 euros in August; 142.7 euros in July; 118 in June…. A record year.
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