Gran Canaria closes May with 67,26% of its tourist rooms occupied

 

The tourism sector of Gran Canaria closed the month of May with 67,26% of its hotel and non-hotel rooms occupied, which implies an increase of 2,67% compared to the same month of the previous year and is considered part of the season. decline of this industry on the Island. This in turn allowed an increase in turnover with income that was 12,73% higher than in the same month of 2022 to reach 85.346.089,44 euros, according to both cases the ISTAC accommodation report. 

 

"We understand that these are very positive data for the month that usually has a contained demand as it is in a period after the winter season and before the start of the summer campaign," said the Tourism Minister of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria. , Carlos Álamo, before explaining that the average daily rate of tourist accommodation increased by 4,62% compared to the year-on-year comparison, “which represents a notable improvement in terms of billing, above the increase in prices.” The increase in the number of occupied places was 6,02%. 

 

 

It is worth remembering that Gran Canaria closed the last winter season with 2.373.902 clients, according to Frontur data, which implies an increase of 28,04% compared to the 2021-22 winter season. 64,55% of these clients opted for hotel accommodation and a decrease in the use of the tourist package stands out, since only 47,06% of these visitors contracted it. The majority clients were the Nordics, with 26,76% of the total, and the Germans, with 20,64% of the total arrivals. The British accounted for 17,45% of these. While the Dutch client has climbed positions in recent years to represent 5,33% of total visitors this past winter. 

 

The presence of French has increased by 58,08% in the last winter and the Irish increased by 72,89%. The British grew by 47,29% and the Nordics by 28,15%, after the restraint and prudence shown in the previous year in the face of the threat posed by the war episode in Ukraine. Germans have increased their visits by 22,31%. 

 

“It is confirmed that the call to contain spending and the pronouncement of governments like the German one and the prudence of the Nordic ones weighed down the arrival data from the previous year, as we explained, and now they return to a destination like ours, which is preferential for these markets," said the counselor before concluding that "all in all, we are surpassing the 2019 data in billing, which was the third best in the historical series of Gran Canaria and, in some months, we are exceeding the arrivals, somewhat which does not worry us since the purpose of our strategy prioritizes the increase in billing and income with a similar number of clients and we are achieving it, at the same time that we are committed to values ​​of social and tourism sustainability.”