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Last minute reservations for Holy Week respond and raise hotel occupancy in the Valencian Community to 80%

 

• The error in the weather forecasts slows down the results of the Costa Blanca and Benidorm, leaving them far from the 2023 records

 

Although ten days ago we looked at the sky with uncertainty in the face of Holy Week, finally the forecasts have been exceeded and the Valencian Community has achieved an 80% average for the period between March 28 and 31. It is true that the figures have not reached the data for 2023, but it should be emphasized that the results are also positive, with some destinations reaching close to 90% occupancy. 

 

Time has not been an obstacle for tourists who have visited the city of Turia. The hotels associated with HOSBEC in Valencia have finally registered 89.6% occupancy , some of them even hanging the sign completely. The good pace of last-minute reservations and the virtual absence of cancellations have added almost 10 percentage points in the previous seven days. 

 

Another of the most popular destinations has been Gandia, which reaches 89% occupancy , data that follows the same line as the city of Valencia and that contributes to the province finally registering 87.9%.

 

Although the weather has not been as disastrous as expected, the weather forecasts made for these days have been the main factor that has prevented us from achieving, in some areas of the province of Alicante, data from the previous year. A clear example of this is Benidorm, which finally raises its occupancy to 78.7%, far from the 86% registered in 2023. The Costa Blanca has followed the same path , which scores 79.5% with destinations such as L'Alfàs del Pi / El Albir and Altea above 75%.

 

Finally, in  the province of Castellón, it rises during the key days of Holy Week with 82% . In a more detailed analysis of the province's destinations,  different trends are observed among tourist spots. The attendance of around 66,000 people at the “San San” music festival held in Benicàssim these days, raises the occupancy rate of the destination's HOSBEC associates to above 90% , while other destinations such as Peñíscola register 77.7%. 

 

The president of HOSBEC , Fede Fuster, indicates that “Holy Week offers mixed results in the Valencian Community” since although last-minute reservations have been a boost in certain areas “the anticipated weather forecast, which in the end has not been fulfilled, "It has been the main factor that has prevented us from reaching figures like last year in destinations such as Benidorm or the Costa Blanca."