The Easter holidays once again certify the recovery of post-pandemic tourism in Torroella de Montgrí and l'Estartit with more hotel occupancy and inquiries at the Tourist Office

A group of kayakers enjoy Cap de la Barra (Photo: Instagram @fadetorro)

Holy Week and Easter have once again certified the recovery of post-Covid tourism with a new increase in hotel occupancy in the municipality and in consultations at both the L’Estartit Tourist Office and the Torroella de Montgrí Tourist Information Point. Between March 27 and April 16 there were just under 1,700 consultations between the two places, almost 400 more than last year; and an occupancy of 51% in the hotel establishments in the municipality that were open. 3% more than the previous year.

For tourism purposes, Easter is also considered the week before and after the holidays, since important markets for the local tourism sector, such as the French one, usually have holidays.

Easter, the busiest week

Regarding the occupancy of the tourist establishments in the municipality, the traditional Holy Week, from Holy Monday to Easter Sunday, had the highest occupancy, reaching 74% in the case of hotels, 22% in the case of campsites and 68% in the case of tourist apartments. In terms of consultations, the l’Estartit Tourist Office has attended to 1,836, of which 1,721 were in person, 70 by telephone and 45 via Social Networks. The Catalan local visitor is still the main customer of the destination with 772 inquiries, followed by the French with 569, the Spanish with 187 and the German with 120. This situation is reproduced at the Tourist Information Point in Torroella de Montgrí where the Catalan visitor is clearly the predominant one with 424 inquiries, followed by the French with 150. In the case of this space, located in the Museum of the Mediterranean, a total of 674 inquiries were attended to, 135 more than last year.