With the number of travelers staying in hotels struggling to finally exceed, even minimally, the figures of 2019 – before the appearance of Covid – and with those staying in apartments or tourist residences already crushing the levels of five years ago – when the sector seemed to have no roof over its head -, three of the four great monuments of the capital HE advantage of this one. Mosque-Cathedral, Synagogue and Alcazar Christian Kings pass through the flying goal of first half at a record paceThe exception is Medina Azahara.
He The “top four” assets total 2.07 million of visitors from January to JuneThis figure exceeds that of the same period in 2023 by almost 19% (+328,256) and exceeds that of the first half of 2019 by 10.4% (+194,919), just before the coronavirus disrupted the arrival of travelers.
Among the main magnets that attract the traveler, the most significant figures, regard to the scene pre-pandemicTHE presents the AlcazarIt should be noted that, of this select club, he was the only representative who already in 2023 managed to improve his attendance data from 2019.
Until JuneAccording to the figure provided to ABC by the City Hall, the accounts 444,707 people who have passed through there. This figure exceeds 34.2% that he reached in the the first half of five years agoIn round numbers, there were nearly 113,400 additional visitors.
When you go to balance over one year, the increase was 21%with 77,211 additional tourists and Cordovan people who have contemplated the fortress. It has the merit of improving last year’s records, since this is its record number (683,941) and it achieves it despite the fact that in the first half of 2023 this monument had its night show.
The Alcazar welcomed 444,707 visitors until June. This figure represents 21% more than in 2023, which is so far its record year.
Since June last year HE offers. This is the third major breakdown in the last decade of said show. The PP and Cs co-government reactivated it extremely slowly last season, hiring Letsgo, a powerful Spanish production company. This company recovered it at the end of 2022. It reactivated it with a provisional permit, but needed another authorization to carry out interventions and execute its definitive project, which is why it stopped offering it in the middle of last year. Urban planning gave it the permit it needed in October 2023. But the nighttime audiovisual show does not start. The Consistory explained that Letsgo “seeks solutions” to carry out the disbursement necessary for this audiovisual assembly and to reopen it.
Tank problems
Chapter holders already gave him one deadline so that communicate what your plans are: the current month. The local government is trying to avoid having to open a new contract and extend the time even further without having this tourist product, called to help in the old fight to increase the average stay of visitors. It is the shadow, but also there are lights in the direction of the The city hall in fortification: it has been developing in recent years improvement and rehabilitation works which improve the situation of the fortification.
Jumping into the great locomotive of the Cordoba heritage site, the Mosque-Cathedralset a excellent first semester. According to the Cabildo, in July, in the first half of the year, it registered 1.17 million visitors. This influx was 17.7% (+176,614) higher than that registered a year earlier. And above all, it exceeded by almost 10% (+103,879) that achieved in 2019.
Of the four major monuments, only Medina Azahara recorded a decrease compared to the pre-Covid era (-26%).
And in the case of the iconic temple, it has a additional value exceeding the figures from five years ago: This is to surpass pre-pandemic indicators and surpass its own record, set in the aforementioned year. In the whole of 2019, 2.08 million people were lost in its magnificent forest of columns.
another monument which shows a The synagogue is excellentmanaged by the Council. It added 337,561 tourists in the first half of the year. who was looking at her. Were 71,211 more than over the same period of 2023 (increase of practically the 27%). And it also significantly exceeded the 2019 indicator, which for the iconic Jewish temple is particularly difficult. That was the year it set its record (619,110). Its number of visitors was 6.2% higher than that recorded between January and June five years ago, or 19,701 more.
A family of tourists contemplating the Synagogue of Cordoba
THE The synagogue can still refine its appeal And make it shine to a greater degree. He is patiently waiting for action from the Council on the annexed lot to have a interpretation center and integrate the archaeological remains. The Regional Executive anticipates that the call for tenders could be carried out in the last weeks of 2024 or the first weeks of 2025. The cost of this project will be approximately 375,000 euros.
The list is closed by Medina Azaharawith the more discreet evolution compared to 2023 and directly negative compared to 2019. From January to June, the Palatine city was visited by 120,154 tourists, compared to 116,934 in the same period last year. Another 3,220 were counted (+2.7%). The year-on-year increase was the lowest among the four main assets of Cordoba.
and he The site is the exception in this “big four” of heritage in comparison with the pre-Covid scenario. In 2024, again, it remains far from its pre-pandemic records. Over these five years, left 42,000 tourists (-25.9%). That’s to say, has not yet managed to recover one in four travelers. Of course, when it comes to comparing it to 2019, it is with a year in which its appeal was very strong. It is the first complete work bearing the seal of World Heritage and the second in its historical series with the best figures (286,672).
Medina Azahara continues to have serious problems For gain visitorsIts distance from the city centre penalises it and the Administrations have not managed to combat this obstacle or to highlight a heritage jewel that the majority of tourists who come to the city do not see.
We’ll have to see How the influx evolves when the Council implements on the site price of six euros For enter -a measure similar to that adopted in other monuments-. Until now, only people born and residing outside the EU had to pay 1.5 euros. The regional government is training staff and managing sales teams. It is working to have the new rate activated in Medina Azahara – the synagogue is not affected by the change – by the end of the year, but this is not an official date.
