So quiet

[Hanser]

I pointed out the weakness in their analysis method earlier in this thread.

Asking people how much they spent and multiplying it by days and visitor numbers has potentially greater error margins than the reported changes.

It's interesting but I'm not sure what value or use this information has?

 

[Catwoman]

The first 2 weeks of September we found as busy as previous years. The 5 of us ate out 8 times in the evenings and booked each time. Each restaurant was full by the time we left. The beach seemed crowded but probably because hardly anyone was using the sunbeds and had brought their own chair or towels! It was good to see the port busy after reading how quiet the year started.

 

[mike_dublin]

More figures ...

https://majorcadailybulletin.com/ne...l-prices-explain-higher-tourist-spending.html

Tourist spending has increased this year even though there has been a slight fall in tourist numbers. For the Balearic government and for hoteliers, there has been some satisfaction because of this. However, the breakdown of spending reveals a rather distorted story.

Figures from the Balearics Statistics Institute (Ibestat), which themselves draw on the national survey of tourist spending (Egatur), show that while spending on hotel accommodation has risen, other spending has not or has in fact gone down. The Ibestat figures highlight what was known to be the case - the price of hotels went up this year.

...
The data also show that while spending in hotels (other than on the accommodation) went up by 4.8%, the equivalent spending outside hotels was down 9.4%.

...
As such, concluding that spending has increased may well be true, but this conclusion doesn't necessarily reflect experience once in the destination.

see full article on the MDB website

 

[Sparky]

This has already been posted Mike, post #100 .

 

[mike_dublin]

This has already been posted Mike, post #100 .

Oops

 

[Sparky]

The MDB doesn't publish on Mondays .

 

[JPALCOVER]

Recent statistics on Tourism in Spain

According to "El Pais" (today), 2018 will be another "bumper crop year" for Spanish Tourism.

https://elpais.com/economia/2019/01/03/actualidad/1546503822_101409.html

The EOY statistics will soon be out and it is likely they will show that Spain received, for the second time, more than 80 million "visitors".

It is also likely that the Balearic islands will have fared well, once again.

And Happy New Year to all those who read this