The capital hopes to exceed the expectations for this year thanks to the thrust of the foreign tourism, complementary segments and tourist apartments, that added up to October, a growth of the 138% in hosted travelers, you have everything by means of Laopiniondemalaga
Growing the profitability of hotel and airport adds up to October. an increase of the 12% in passenger
The recent presence of Malaga in the WTM in London has confirmed the good time living on the British market town, but they are also more positive expectations which are managed to the end of this year 2017. If the capital started this exercise with a few growth prospects from around the 5%, After these last eleven months that percentage is closer to the 10%, according to the data handled by the Tourism area of the Malaga City Council.
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These numbers come to further consolidate Malaga as the urban destination fastest growing in the country, Thanks to the thrust of foreign tourists, the rise of tourist apartments and an offer that joins the Sun and beach segments as culture, heritage or nature, es decir, it act as elements desestacionalizadores. If a few years ago the capital was even in the tour rankings, is now highlighted by experts as a destination to beat. In fact, This summer, According to the employer Exceltur, Malaga was the coastal town that grew more hotel profitability, with more than one 18%. Also the tourist bosses placed last year to Malaga as the fifth city in the country with more tourist relevance.
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And in regards to the balance of this year, with data from the National Statistics Institute until September, Tourism highlights the important leap given the tourist apartments, with an increase in the jackpot of the year of a 138% in the number of passengers compared to the period January-September of last year. Málaga, además, It was the Spanish capital recorded a further increase on last September, with a 87,9% and beating out other cities of Andalusia such as Seville and Cordoba.
In the first nine months of the year, they have been 145.517 travellers staying in tourist apartments, 84.432 more than in the period in 2016, beating other Malaga towns like Marbella, Torremolinos or Fuengirola. The growth experienced by the capital exceeded in this area to increase both Andalusian and provincial average. The same thing happens in hotels, with a 7,87% more travelers and a 3,73% more stays in establishments of the city, a rise that is based mainly on the increase of foreign issuers (+17%), Since the domestic market, as in other destinations, stays in negative numbers.
In the first nine months of the year, Malaga has been the second with more growth in the country, but the forecast is that there is the year at number one. Hotel occupancy has been until September of the 79% Media, with a stay of 1,93 days. For the capital, its main transmitter is the own Andalusia, with a 15% of the tourists who visit Malaga, followed by the British market, with almost a 10%, and Madrid, i.e. proximity tourism predominates and which enjoy good direct air connections, case of the United Kingdom.
Precisely yesterday data from Malaga airport met in October, with a 7,1% more than passengers and a 7,5% most of operations – in the first ten months the growth is of the 12% in travelers-. United Kingdom remains main destination.
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