Benidorm hotel occupancy remains high in autumn

Hotel Benidorm, in Spain, slash 89% occupancy in the first half of October.

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The accommodation in Benidorm has reached during the first half of October an occupancy rate of 88.6%, which is again to improve the records obtained in the same period of 2009, that percentage was 86.9%, according to figures provided today by the employer Hosbec.

 The final data occupancy improved in more than two points the initial forecast of Hosbec and reveal the decline of the "importance" of the domestic market, representing 47.3% of total overnight stays.

Among foreign markets, forcefully imposing British with 39 percent, followed distantly by Belgium (5.9%), Dutch (3.5%), Eastern (1.4%) and German (0.7%).

The higher occupancy hotels have been the two stars with a 95.3%, followed by three-star (90.8%) and four (84.7%).

The employment forecast for the second half of the month stood at 78%.

For its part, the director general of the Tourist Board of the Costa Blanca, Gema Amor, has welcomed the employment figures of Benidorm.

"The summer season has been good for our destination, but efforts also focus on mid and low seasons," said Love, who added that the hotels of Benidorm, as well as throughout the province of Alicante, " offer the best value for money to tourists. "

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