Balearic hotels log 9.7m nights as room rates rise
Mallorca is part of Spain’s Balearic Islands, where hotels log 9.7 million nights in September, up 1.5% on a year earlier. The average daily room rate also climbs 9%, to €176.81.
Hotels across the islands host 1.8 million guests, 3.83% more than last September, according to Spain’s National Statistics Institute. The rise in hotel nights follows a period of declines.
Guests living abroad account for 1.7 million of those staying in hotels, or 91.11% of the total. Their numbers rise 4.6% on a year earlier. By contrast, the number of guests living in Spain falls 3.6% to 168,851. People living abroad account for 9.1 million hotel nights, compared with 553,748 for those living in Spain.
Hotel prices overall rise 8.06% from a year earlier. The islands fill 82.57% of their hotel places in September, the highest rate of any Spanish region. Hotels employ 77,988 people, up 4.8% on last year.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com