Hoteliers face the summer with 50% reserves optimism for July and ask for more “control” of tourist floors

The hotel sector optimism the summer season optimism. At the moment not only the perspectives are good, but also the first early data. Portfolio reserves are better than last year for the same dates and are already in 50% for the month of July and above 30% for August and September, according to the report on the evolution of the sector presented on Tuesday by the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Housing (CEHAT) and PWC. The hoteliers ask for greater control over the housing for tourist use and the obligatory nature of the new registry launched by the Ministry of Housing, but warn that “it is late.”

“We are very positive,” said the president of Cehat, Jorge Marichal, on the perspectives of the sector for the summer months, which face 4% of the income per room and 1% of international tourism during the spring months. “After the pandemic, we took a lot of force to take cruise speed and now for several four -month periods we are planning. The percentage increases are not so large, but we continue to earn altitude little by little “he explained.

The employer ensures that the growth of the sector is taking place hand in hand with greater value creation. In that sense, they emphasize that hotel occupancy continues its ascending tendency, particularly supporting a 0.5% increase in 4 and 5 stars squares and a 2.5% reduction in the lower categories. “The challenge this season is to sustainably manage a high occupation context, which is positive for visitors and residents. Success does not only reside in reaching record figures, but in properly distributing these flows to avoid saturation of the busiest destinations, extending the rooms, boosting emerging destinations and fighting seasonality,” said Marichal.

The president of CEHAT has also valued the entry into full functioning since Tuesday of the state window of short -term rentals, which forces tourist floors, temporary rentals and rooms to have a Registration number certifying your legality to be able to advertise on the Internet. “It’s late”Marichal has reacted, who has claimed that holiday homes undergo the same controls as hotels or any other economic activity. “We have to have control of who is dedicating to this activity and the quality of the products offered,” he asked.

“There must be holiday housing, but controlled, just like any other business,” said the president of the employer, who has urged to regulate this activity through urban planning. “You cannot make a hotel or a factory where you want. Nor can there be a holiday housing anywhere,” he stressed, emphasizing that the problem is not in the tourist activity itself, but in the lack of control. “The tourist is not to blame, but the inoperation of administrations For many years, “he said.