Tourists are flocking to Marbella, as always!
Marbella had a record June in terms of the number of tourists visiting the area. Numbers increased by 30.5% when compared to June last year.
The mayor of Marbella, José Bernal, described the figures, which were released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), as “historical and an example that the policies of the local Government are the right ones.”
According to the Hotel Occupancy Survey, Marbella received 97,766 tourists in June. This is the best figure of the historical series which began in 2005.
National and International Increase
The figures increased both for national tourists (4,315 more, or 28.23%), and foreign visitors (18,537 more, or 31.08%).
In June there were more than 333,000 overnight stays. This is over 30,000 more than in the same month in 2016 and represents a 10% increase.
Overnight stays increased for both the national market (8,667 more, or 18.5%) and the international market (21,479 more, or 8.38%).
Bernal stressed that “Marbella is stronger than ever” and recalled that the positive tourist figures join positive employment figures. June was “the best month for employment in the last 15 years in the municipality”.
The mayor also said that both employment and tourism are a priority for the government team and that the data is “endorsing” the policies that have already been implemented.
Councillor for Tourism, Javier Porcuna, added that while waiting for the data for the current month, “you just have to go outside and see the large number of people”, noting that we are in a “record summer”.
