The average occupancy of hotels and rural houses in the Basque Country in the first half of August was 90%
The streets, full of people. Image taken from a EITB video.
The occupancy rate of accommodation in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa has been 90% on average in the first half of August, both in hotels and rural houses , according to data available to EITB, and overall forecasts are good for the second half.
The streets full of people and tourists coming and going, that's the picture of the summer season in many places.
It's not just a guess, because that's what the data says.
Rural houses in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country as a whole account for 90%, although there have been differences in comparison by territory.
The hotels in the capitals have also been filled by more than 90%, and Catalans are the most numerous among those from the State. They also receive more and more visitors from Europe, especially from France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
A lot of people are attracted to gastronomy, but music festivals that are an annual date also have an impact on inns.
The final data will be known by the end of the summer, but everything suggests that the tourist data will be good.
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