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For the first four days of August, Aena is planning 1,940 flights from Wednesday, July 31 to next Sunday, August 4, that is, an increase of 16% compared to the same dates last year. This Thursday, 394 flights were scheduled, 389 on Friday and Saturday will be the day with the most flights scheduled: a total of 417. On Sunday, 373 are scheduled.
These days, the tourist capital Benidorm celebrates up to three types of festivals in its streets, the Fallas, the day of the patron saint of the Virgin of Suffrage and the Irish festival of Saint Patrick that brings together thousands of Britons in the English area.
The British now account for 50% of the tourists who come to the city and are above the total number of nationals | The hospitality industry highlights the greater purchasing power of a portion of UK travelers who spend an average of 25 euros per person.
The month of October is one of those preferred by the British to travel to destinations like Benidorm. This is corroborated by García who indicated that “there is a lot of family tourism and a lot of movement of travelers with tour operator packages” but also “senior tourists who come to enjoy the entire city, not just one area.” Furthermore, this month is the one in which British children have holidays at school, which also favors movement although, according to the English businesswoman, Karen Maling Cowles, the high prices make many decide not to travel and do so before those dates. .
The town of La Nucia in the province of Alicante will host a new edition of the Oktoberfest starting on October 5. A party that the municipality celebrates in a 2,200 square meter tent located in the parking lot of the Olympic Stadium of the Ciutat Esportiva Camilo Cano and where more than 300 barrels of beer will be available.
Classic flavors such as vanilla, chocolate or strawberry are popular among national tourists and milk frosting is the “queen” of summer | An ice cream parlor sells an average of 3,500 scoops of ice cream per day.
The After Eight, that is to say, the mint with pieces of chocolate, is the flavor that the British like the most, a flavor that is not liked by the majority of Spaniards who opt for more classic flavors.
Citizens from the United Kingdom who have chosen Benidorm to spend their holidays have registered 3% more overnight stays than in 2019, and already account for 50% of the city’s market share. At the same time, Alicante and Valencia airports set absolute passenger records each month.
On the Costa Blanca, tourists of international origin represent 52.3% of the total, compared to 47.7% nationally. After the Spanish market, the most prominent nationalities are British (16.1%), Belgian (6.9%), Dutch (3.6%), Norwegian (3.5%), French and German (3%) . The next most representative, located between 2% and 1%, have been the Irish, Swedish, Icelandic, Italian and Polish.
The tourist campaigns carried out by the Altea City Council at fairs “and through the dissemination of advertising spots on social networks and in almost all Post Offices, in addition to journalistic reports and that in the 2019-2020 biennium it was the cultural capital of the Valencian Community, have influenced so that the hotel occupancy reserves for this Holy Week touch one hundred percent “
Color and good weather will be the stars this weekend in Benidorm. The celebration of Las Fallas and the festival of Saint Patrick will make the tourist capital raise its occupancy to a minimum of 85% on these days. Thus, the city will live a festive weekend in which the green and the shades of the Josephine monuments will be a claim for tourists and visitors who will sign another weekend of almost full tourist.
For the next week, the weather conditions are expected to change drastically again, as temperatures are expected to rise significantly. In fact, temperatures are expected to reach 28 degrees in some parts of the province, which would be a notable change compared to the low temperatures recorded in previous days, closer to the values typical of spring.
The companies anticipate that the new flights for this season could move close to a million new passengers this year – Ryanair incorporates routes to Fez, Turin and Warsaw