SURVEY ON TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS. Hotels. JULY 2022

Visitor numbers to hotel establishments in the Basque Country rose by 31.2% and overnight stays by 34.8% in July 2022

Increases in visitor numbers and overnight stays from abroad stood at 97.2% and 118.9%, respectively, with overnight stays accounting for more than half (50.3%).

In July 2022, visitor numbers at hotel establishments in the Basque Country rose by 31.2% and overnight stays by 34.8% in year-on-year terms, according to Eustat data. The total number of visitors, which increased to 383,186, led to a total of 766,020 overnight stays. In June 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, these figures were lower: 328,080 visitors and 692,414 overnight stays.

49.6% of the total visitors and 50.3% of the overnight stays in July 2022 were from abroad (in July 2021 they accounted for 33.0% of visitors and 31.0% of overnight stays), following increases in visitor numbers and overnight stays by people from abroad, which reached 97.2% and 118.9%, respectively. In contrast, both visitor numbers and overnight stays from people from the rest of Spain have decreased slightly in year-on-year terms, at 1.4% and 3.0%, respectively.

Visitors, overnight stays and average stay in hotel establishments in the Basque Country. July 2022

	Visitors		Overnight stays		Average stay
	07/2022	m/m-12 (%)	07/2022	m/m-12 (%)	07/2022	07/2021
BASQUE COUNTRY	383.186	31,2	766.020	34,8	2,00	1,95
State origin	193.113	-1,4	380.512	-3,0	1,97	2,00
Foreign origin	190.073	97,2	385.508	118,9	2,03	1,83

Araba/Álava	51.567	19,1	91.912	20,9	1,78	1,76
State origin	28.661	-11,2	55.096	-6,9	1,92	1,83
Foreign origin	22.906	108,1	36.816	118,2	1,61	1,53
Vitoria-Gasteiz	37.905	27,9	68.716	32,5	1,81	1,75

Bizkaia	174.259	41,3	336.969	41,9	1,93	1,92
State origin	96.312	14,0	182.533	10,3	1,90	1,96
Foreign origin	77.947	100,5	154.436	115,0	1,98	1,85
Bilbao	116.237	47,5	224.158	47,3	1,93	1,93

Gipuzkoa	157.360	25,4	337.139	32,2	2,14	2,03
State origin	68.140	-13,8	142.883	-14,8	2,10	2,12
Foreign origin	89.220	91,9	194.256	122,3	2,18	1,88
Donostia / San Sebastian	89.833	22,8	210.812	35,8	2,35	2,12

m/m12 Rate of year-on-year change in the last observed month (m) compared to the same month of the previous year (m-12)

Date August 22, 2022

Source: Eustat Tourist accommodating establishments survey

13.5% of visitor numbers at hotel establishments for the month of July 2022 were recorded in Álava, 45.4% in Bizkaia and 41.1% in Gipuzkoa. As regards overnight stays, in Álava there were 91,912, 12.0% of the total; in Bizkaia they rose to 336,969, representing 44.0% of the total; and in Gipuzkoa they reached 337,139, also representing 44.0% of total overnight stays registered in the Basque Country as a whole.

All three provinces saw significant increases in visitor numbers and overnight stays in relation to the same month of the previous year. In terms of the number of visitors, Bizkaia reached a year-on-year increase of 41.3%, Gipuzkoa of 25.4% and Álava of 19.1%. In the case of overnight stays, the year-on-year variations were 41.9% in Bizkaia, 32.2% in Gipuzkoa and 20.9% in Álava.

By capitals, visitor numbers rose in year-on-year terms by 47.5% in Bilbao, by 27.9% in Vitoria-Gasteiz and by 22.8% in San Sebastián. Likewise, the increase in overnight stays reached 47.3% in Bilbao, 35.8% in San Sebastián, and, finally, 32.5% in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

The average length of stay in July 2022 was 2.00 days in the Basque Country as a whole, above that obtained in the same month of 2021, which was 1.95 days.

Bed occupancy rates and profitability in hotel establishments in the Basque Country. July 2022

	Occupancy rates (%)				Profitability
	by seats		by rooms		ADR (euros)		RevPAR (euros)
	07/2022	p.p. *	07/2022	p.p. *	07/2022	m/m-12 (%)	07/2022	m/m-12 (%)
BASQUE COUNTRY	72,0	14,4	80,8	17,3	118,30	26,7	95,53	61,0

Araba/Álava	63,0	8,4	75,4	12,7	83,74	9,9	63,15	32,0
Vitoria-Gasteiz	63,3	9,4	79,1	15,2	70,50	10,8	55,79	37,1

Bizkaia	68,2	16,3	77,0	19,2	97,29	31,6	74,93	75,2
Bilbao	72,2	18,5	80,3	21,7	107,15	42,2	85,99	95,0

Gipuzkoa	79,6	14,2	86,9	16,6	150,22	27,8	130,60	57,9
Donostia / San Sebastian	85,0	15,7	90,5	18,6	193,86	34,2	175,52	68,8

p.p.*= difference in percentage points on the same month of the previous year

m/m12 Rate of year-on-year change in the last observed month (m) compared to the same month of the previous year (m-12)

Date August 22, 2022

Source: Eustat Tourist accommodating establishments survey

Occupancy rates in July 2022 for the Basque Country as a whole reached 72.0% in the case of beds and 80.8% in that of rooms. In relation to July 2021, the increases stood at 14.4 and 17.3 percentage points, respectively.

Profitability, measured using the ADR or average daily rate, reached 118.30 euros in July 2022 in the Basque Country as a whole, which was a rise of 26.7% compared to July of the previous year. In the case of Gipuzkoa, the ADR reached 150.22 euros, in Bizkaia it was 97.29 euros and in Álava it stood at 83.74 euros. By provincial capitals, the differences were greater, given that the ADR was 193.86 euros in San Sebastián, 107.15 euros in Bilbao and lastly, 70.50 euros in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

The RevPar, or average revenue per available room at the Basque Country level was 95.53 euros in July 2022, 61.0% higher than in the same month of the previous year.

Informative note

The coverage of the ETR for Hotels in July was 84.2%. Eustat would like to thank all establishments that participated in this survey for their effort.

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