Costa Blanca Hotels Start August With Nearly 82 Per Cent Of Bookings Secured

Hotels on nan Costa Blanca are heading into August pinch bookings already astatine 81.91 per cent, a 3.75-point emergence compared to nan aforesaid period past year, according to figures released by Turisme Comunitat Valenciana connected Tuesday August 5. The data, gathered from a typical sample of hotels successful Castellón, Valencia and Alicante provinces, indicates that request is apt to turn further successful nan coming weeks, boosted by last-minute reservations.

Tourist apartments are performing moreover better, starting August pinch complete 91.24 per cent of their spaces already booked, up astir 8 points year-on-year. Inland hotels are besides reporting coagulated figures, pinch much than 70.88 per cent of rooms already reserved.

Campsites connected nan seashore are starring nan summertime play truthful far, pinch 95 per cent of bungalows occupied and 85 per cent of pitches already taken.

The inclination will continue

Marián Cano, nan location councillor for innovation, industry, waste and acquisition and tourism, said nan outlook for nan summertime was “very dynamic” and expressed assurance that nan upward inclination would continue. “Since nan opening of nan year, we person surgery monthly records for tourer numbers, airdrome arrivals and bookings,” she said.

Cano added that nan existent figures are apt to amended arsenic August progresses, noting that a important number of visitors thin to book astatine nan past minute. She besides stressed nan location government’s attraction connected “a sustainable, environmentally respectful tourism exemplary that supports economical maturation and occupation creation”.

Breakdown by province

The study shows coastal hotels successful Castellón starting August pinch much than 76.36 per cent of rooms booked, a 5.99-point summation complete August 2024.

Valencia’s seashore is projected to scope 82.05 per cent occupancy, up 4.5 points from past year, while coastal Alicante (excluding Benidorm) stands astatine 80.31 per cent, a 4.79-point rise.

Benidorm leads each destinations successful nan region, pinch bookings already astatine 92 per cent for August—6.3 points much than past year. In contrast, edifice occupancy successful nan metropolis of Valencia presently stands astatine 67.3 per cent, down 6.5 points year-on-year.

Strong increase

In nan tourer flat sector, coastal Alicante (again excluding Benidorm) is up of nan battalion pinch 94.6 per cent of units booked—a 10.7-point jump compared to August 2024. Castellón follows pinch 91.43 per cent, up 3.14 points, while Benidorm sits astatine 89 per cent, a 4-point rise. Coastal Valencia has besides seen a beardown increase, now astatine 85.67 per cent, up 10.61 points connected nan year.

Inland, nan state of Valencia is showing nan highest request pinch 83.81 per cent of edifice rooms already reserved, up 2.87 points. Alicante’s interior follows pinch 60.37 per cent, a 3.03-point increase. Castellón’s inland hotels, however, person seen a crisp decline, down much than 15 points to 56.75 per cent.

July figures corroborate beardown summertime trend

The location study besides includes preliminary information for July. Overall, coastal hotels crossed nan Valencia Region reached 88.57 per cent occupancy past month, 1.67 points much than July 2024.

Benidorm reported a 90 per cent edifice occupancy rate, up 2.2 points, while coastal Alicante (excluding Benidorm) reached 91.97 per cent, a 3.91-point summation year-on-year. However, agrarian hotels recorded a flimsy decline, pinch mean occupancy successful July dropping to 70.14 per cent, 5.6 points beneath past year. Tourist apartments performed strongly, pinch an mean of 86.55 per cent booked, 8 points much than successful July 2024. Notably, Alicante’s seashore led pinch 91.6 per cent, up 13.8 points, while Benidorm reached 87 per cent.