Spain's hotel occupancy rates to exceed pre-pandemic level: report

STORY: Spain's hotel occupancy rates to exceed pre-pandemic level: report DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:11 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of hotels in Spain 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): JORGE MARICHAL, President of CEHAT 3. various of hotels in Spain STORYLINE: According to a report released by the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT) in December, Spain's hotel occupancy rates from December 2022 to the end of February 2023 are expected to be at least 0.6 percent higher than that in the winter season of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The survey, carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for CEHAT, focused on international tourists' intention to travel to Spain. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): JORGE MARICHAL, President of CEHAT "International tourists continue to look to Spain and when they go on holiday abroad, one of the countries they have in mind is Spain, and that means hotel occupancy and revenue will be high this winter." The SiteMi

Spain's tourism industry recovers to 2019 levels amid inflation concerns

STORY: Spain's tourism industry recovers to 2019 levels amid inflation concerns DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists and street views 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JORGR MARICHAL, President of CEHAT 3. various of tourists and street views 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): JORGR MARICHAL, President of CEHAT 5. various of a gas station, a grocery store and people on terraces STORYLINE: Spain's tourism industry is recovering as activities in the sector this summer have returned to pre-pandemic levels. The World Hotel Index report by SiteMinder found that Spain is leading the recovery of tourism in Europe, with hotel reservations at 106% of pre-pandemic figures. According to Spain's National Institute of Statistics, 30 million foreign tourists visited Spain in the first half of 2022, compared to just 5 million in the same period last year, and close to 38 million in 2019 before the pandemic began. Meanwhile, the Smart Observatory report b