Salou, fourth municipality with the largest occupancy of Spain

Salou. Costa Dorada. August 23rd, 2012. Salou was between the municipalities with the highest occupancy rate in the July consolidated in the fourth position and achieving a 95.82% occupancy for places according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics. In addition, the Capital of the Gold Coast overtook employment in towns like Ibiza and Calvia. Overnight stays in the town reached a figure that puts it among the top tourist attractions in Spain. In total, Salou has registered 1,113,445 overnight stays. Of these, 209,926 came from Spanish tourists and 903,518 people residing abroad. In total, the number of visitors was 181,550 people. 28.9% (52,610) are resident in Spain while 71.01% (128,940) is tourism from abroad. Regarding the average stay, with set to 6.13 days. The Costa Dorada won, according to the INE, a 85.32% occupancy during the month with a total of 341,719 standing far ahead of places like Ibiza, Menorca or Lanzarote. The Councillor for Tourism, Benedict Presas, said that "these data again confirm the privileged who live in our town due to the current context the work of the public and private sectors" and said that "we will continue working to implement this strategy allowing open markets and consolidate existing. " Data for August: 96% occupancy In addition, the Centre for Tourism Studies Foundation Costa Dorada also provided data for the first half of August, confirming the success of employment. As for hotel occupancy has reached 96% rubbing full employment. How important aspects in relation to previous years, there has been an increase in the average number of nights moving from a 3.7 to a 4.2. The Councillor for Tourism, Benet Presas explained that this increase "is due largely to the sharp increase in tourism since they come from Russian made further stays of longer duration than this average has increased."

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