The occupation shall be increased by 5% in August in the province and 7% in the capital, according ….
((Please replace the notice issued with the same owner for the following, due to an error in the second paragraph and the third)) Malaga Tourism .- .- The occupation shall be increased by 5% in August in the province and 7 % in the capital, according to entrepreneurs Alert increase of seasonality, which is detrimental to the Costa del Sol, and detect a growing interest in travel packages, darkfall gold,
The year 2010 will not be that of the recovery in tourism, although the occupation in the month of July has increased in the province of Malaga about five percent, according to data from the Association of Employers of the Coast Sol (Aehcos), which fixes the rate of increase also for next August. However, the figure rises, cheap darkfall gold, to seven percent in Malaga city.
In the first half of 2010 were recorded negative growth rates. The domestic market remains, said Aehcos president, Jose Carlos Escribano, the "lifeline", yet this month must have been a "spike" the foreign market.
The most damaging during the first half was the volcanic cloud, "there was almost zero overnight stays." Added to, sto credits, this was the World Cup held in South Africa, which shifted to this place the arrival of British and German tourists, the two main markets for the province.
Today tourists spend less money on their vacations, "shortens distances and stay" must Escribano, who added that other Spanish coasts "not make a dent" in the Costa del Sol Malaga on the data provided are two points better than the province: "There has been a surge of places, but also of occupation."
"Malaga capital is knowing to take the pull of culture, business, being a harbor cruise and have to keep working but the city is rebounding better than other places", he added in a press conference.
Changes in tourist habits are evident today, according to the tourist business. In fact, last minute reservations joins the growing disposition to make packages instead of a week or more in the same destination.
Regarding occupation, clerk indicated that there is "considerable uncertainty" because visitors expect at the last minute. At this point, be that if you look at the 'booking', ie hotel reservations for the second half of August "should frighten us."
Prices, which continued to fall, it seems, as the leader of the Hotel Malaga, which are stabilized. "It seems to have stopped its descent negative and we are leaving the price as a marketing tool, fortunately, because it can not be what the tourist hitch," he said, while the increased alert seasonality in the Costa del Sol which may be detrimental to the destination.
"This is stressing and we said this last year without much success, I deplore the hotel, who added that the Costa del Sol" has to be open all year, "which also benefits the sector employment and profitability of the .
Package holidays
The president of the Business Association of Travel Agents (AEDAVE-Andalucia), Pedro Garcia, said that in July and August trips rose by about six percent. However, should the stay of seven or 14 days in one place "no longer exists,"but customers opt for package tours several days on the beach, indoors, in the city. A trend is not only nationally but internationally, "many traveling several days but will not only London but also choosing to go to Paris, for example."
The national tourist travel to other countries has fallen in favor of other destinations in Spanish, Garcia said, adding that this also happens in inbound tourism, ie visitors arriving in Andalucia and the province or who go to different areas without remain throughout their stay in the same place.
In this sense, the vice president of AEDAVE Andalucia, Joaquin Fernandez, pointed out that almost no visitors choose to make trips to destinations and do not even travel with the family but that puts the breaks. Also notes that while a few years ago couples were not set a budget now, if, being the average between 600 and 800 euros per couple.
Fernandez pointed out that the pre-sale "has not been as successful" as in previous years because it is expected "very last minute" to see the offers: "They will not cost you more money, why many are choosing to cruise It takes it all-inclusive. At this point, pointed out that shippers are immersed in a "fierce price war because they have to fill the ships."
The vice president of travel agencies pointed out that the VAT hike and the "cut to the officials" also has been observed in the sector, but reiterated that "2009 is easy to beat because it was a disastrous year."
Another change is detected an increase in breaks throughout the year. In fact, according to Garcia, many hotels are filled from Thursday to Sunday, a trend that does not occur exclusively in Malaga but it is at national level: "the depression comes from Sunday to Thursday, there is less travel."
"People have every two or three weekends out to a different destination, visiting Spain and nearby European destinations like London, Paris or Rome and prr this to be a month in the sun and sand", said the president of AEDAVE-Andalucia.