From Press Release:
July:
Hotel occupancy: 69% (five points lower than 2011)
Camping Pre-bookings: 62.38% (1459 places) slightly up
Regulated Villa / Apartment Rentings: 70% ((five points lower than 2011))
58% Foreign tourists; French: 39.6%; Brit: 38.26%
National tourists: Madrid: 36.1% ; Comunidad Valenciana: 31.1.%
August:
Hotel occupancy: 84.8% (1045 places)
Camping: 76.45% (down 2011: 81.45%)
Regulated Villa / Apartment Rentings: 95%
50% Foreign Tourists: French 48.1%; Brit: 32.1%
National Tourists: Madrid: 32.1% ; Comunidad Valenciana: 35.%
Overall slight increase of tourists from Poland, Czech Republic and Russia, while the German, Belgian and Dutch remain unchanged.
Tourist offices:
Saw 12,116 Tourist groups (July 5683 and August 6433)
20,251 consultations: General information on beaches, viewing pints, routes, transport cultural activities, fiestas and leisure.
New Tourist Office on Arenal Beach:4074 (8.5% up on 2011 when the Tourist Office was on Avenda del Pla). Open until Oct 10th
Leisure activities:
475 participants on 12 guided countryside excursions
184 people: Guided tours of old town on other languages
Theatricalised tours Old Town: 450
Theatricalised tour "Port of Dreams": 237
Municipal Council to meet on 19th Sept to analyse the figures.
