Press release of 24/08/2018

SURVEY ON TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS. APARTMENTS JULY 2018

Overnight stays in tourist apartments in the Basque Country increased by 27.1% in July 2018

In hotels, rural accommodation and tourist apartments as a whole, there was a 5.1% increase in overnight stays in July

Overnight stays registered in tourist apartments of the Basque Country in July 2018 stood at 39,175, up 27.1% on those registered in July 2017, according to EUSTAT data.

There was a year-on-year positive trend in overnight stays in in the three provinces: in Gipuzkoa they increased by 55.2%, in Álava they grew by 34.9% and in Bizkaia they were up by 5.8%.

Furthermore, there were 10,678 visitors registered in tourist apartments in the Basque Country in July 2018, which was a rise of 23.9%. By province, the number of visitors was up 84.9% in Álava and 51.8% in Gipuzkoa, whereas there was a drop of 4.9% in Bizkaia.

This July the average length of stay was 3.67 days, above the average length of stay of 3.58 days registered in July 2017. In Álava there was a decrease from 6.08 days last year to 4.44 days in July of this year; in Bizkaia there was an increase from 3.05 days to 3.40 days; and finally in Gipuzkoa the average length of stay also rose from 3.52 days in July 2017 to 3.60 days in July 2018.

Tourist balance for July 2018

In hotels, rural accommodation and apartments as a whole, there were 355,930 visitors in July 2018, which was an increase of 3.2% on the same month of the previous year. 46.5% of the total number of visitors to the Basque Country was concentrated in Bizkaia, and total visitor numbers rose by 3.8%. In Gipuzkoa, which accumulated 39.3% of visitors to the Basque Country, there was an increase of 4.6% and in Álava, with 14.2% of visitors, there was a fall of 2.4%.

Overnight stays in the total number of tourist establishments were up by 5.1%, with a decrease of 1.0% in Álava, but increases of 7.4% in Gipuzkoa and 3.8% in Bizkaia.

For further information:

Eustat - Euskal Estatistika Erakundea / Basque Statistics Institute C/ Donostia-San Sebastián, 1 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz Press Service: servicioprensa@eustat.eus Tel: 945 01 75 62