Tourism in the capital Cordoba has registered a decline in the central months of the summer period compared to the same period of the previous year. More specifically, the number of travelers It fell 1.1 percent in the overall calculation for July and August: 133,789 foreignerscompared to 135,289 in 2023; In other words, almost 1,500 fewer people visited the city. This is clear from the data published this Monday in the Hotel Occupancy Survey (EOH) of the National Institute of Statistics (INE). It should be noted that this study measures the evolution of the supply and occupancy of hotel accommodation, but does not contain data on other types of accommodation, such as tourist apartments.
A closer analysis of the results shows that the month at the origin of the fall is Julywhen the total number of tourists fell by 8.7 percent in annual comparison, with a decrease in the number of domestic visitors of no less than 17.4 percent. Thus, in total, 58,012 travelers visited the capital, compared to 63,577 the previous year.
As for Augustwas much better for the sector: during the 31 days of the eighth month of 2024, 75,777 travelers registered in the hotel establishments of the capital of Cordoba: they were a 5.6 percent morewith the foreigners leading with an increase of 15.7% (40,205 against 34,735 in 2023).
Despite the decrease in the number of tourists, overnight staysAs for them, they leave better sensations. In July, they increased by 2.5 percent; and 5.4 in August: in total, 4.1%, adding the two months: 228,269 against the 219,204 calculated twelve months earlier.
The data of the province are less flattering and reflect once again that Cordoba is not one of the preferred destinations in summer, fundamentally, because of high temperatures which are carried out throughout these months. Thus, travelers they went down 7 percent in July and August to 154,115, while overnight stays also decreased by 6.5 percent (276,541 compared to 295,990 in 2023).
THE average stay In the capital, it rose in July and August to 1.71 overnight stays, compared to 1.62 in 2023; In the province, for its part, it reached 1.75, slightly less than a year earlier, when it reached 1.78.
