Santander (EFE).- A total of 67.124 personas They have visited the Cabárceno, Fuente Dé and El Soplao Nature Parks at Easter, from Monday, April 3 to Sunday, April 9.
These data represent the record for the entire historical series and an increase of 6 percent compared to last year, when the number of visitors was 63,136.
Some 45,000 people opted for Cabárceno at Easter, more than 4,000 above 2022 (41,456), almost 10 percent more.
Between Thursday and Sunday, 29,874 people have visited the park, a thousand more than last year (28,752), while the number of visitors increased by almost 10 percent from Monday to Wednesday.
The tourists who have come these days to the Nature Park have been able to see the specimen of African elephant that was born last Thursday, becoming the twenty-fourth to be born in the Cantabrian facility since its inauguration in 1990 and the second this year. after the birth of Beatuca on January 18.
An “extraordinary” balance, as pointed out in a statement by the Minister of Tourism, Javier López Marcano, who has stated that this year’s data shows the “strength” of the main tourist facilities in Cantabria.
Peña Cabarga and Fontibre are not far behind
The counselor explained that this same trend has been followed in Fuente Dé, which has also registered more visitors from Monday to Wednesday than last year.
Based on the weekly count, they have gone through the cable car 10,892 userscompared to 9,567 last year, and more than 7,200 between Thursday and Sunday.
The El Soplao cave has received 10,802 visits throughout the week, a figure below that of last year (close to 12,000), but in line with the historical performance of the facility at Easter.
From Thursday to Sunday, the total number of visitors has exceeded 7,700.
Finally, López Marcano also highlighted the “magnificent influx” to Peña Cabarga -which last week inaugurated a viewpoint- and Fontibre, two facilities that They only have a restaurant service. and to which around 2,500 and 3,000 people have attended these days, respectively.