Granada, (EFE) Trust it to be the best ever.
To questions from journalists during an event in Granada, Bernal highlighted the success of tourism in the region during this Holy Week and pointed out that the final balance will arrive in a couple of days because this Monday is a holiday in five communities, which lengthens the stays of part of the national tourism.
The counselor recalls that Easter began with “excellent forecasts” and has given as an example that the contracting of hotel packages on international platforms was 20% more than in 2019.
He also argues the response of tourism with the number of flight seats to Andalusia activated by airlines, 280,000 more than in 2019, which was the best year in history.
exceeded expectations
“This, together with the fact that throughout 2019 Andalusia was the community that collected the most reservations, even ahead of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, which had traditionally surpassed Andalusia in the ranking, made us anticipate that we would even have the best Holy Week in history”, Bernal points out.
The counselor is confident that the data will be confirmed in a couple of days and has stressed that hoteliers, businessmen and other sectors linked to tourism have said that their expectations have been exceeded in the vast majority of cases.
He added that the provisional occupancy rates from Palm Sunday to Holy Wednesday reached an average of 77% in Andalusia, a percentage that in the second section rose to 88% and that in capitals such as Granada, Córdoba, Seville and Málaga touched one hundred for one hundrerd.
“I don’t want to be especially positive, but I think we are facing one of the best years for tourism at Easter and I hope to confirm that it has been the best in history,” he summarized. EFE