The Balearics, at the forefront in foreign tourists in September with 1.7 million

PalmaThe Balearic Islands registered a total of 1,730,716 foreign tourists in September, thus becoming the autonomous community with the most travelers residing outside of Spain, ahead of Catalonia (1,576,701) and Andalusia (1,032,177). This is reflected in the Hotel Tourism Situation survey made public this Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), which also indicates that the Archipelago received a total of 168,851 Spanish tourists in September.

The data also reflect that the Balearic Islands are the leading autonomous community in overnight stays (9,751,108), and maintains the position if only those of international travelers are taken into account (9,197,360), while those of domestic tourism were 553,748.

The average stay of tourists in the Balearic Islands was 5.3 days, with 1,376 establishments open in the Archipelago during the month, a room occupancy of 90.2% and 77,988 people employed in September.

The tourist area with the most travelers was the island of Mallorca, with 88,923 domestic and 1,301,106 international visitors.

Among the most popular areas in the country are also the Palma-Calvià area (88,923 domestic and 1,301,106 international) and the Pitiusas area (47,133 from Spain and 322,427 international).

Mallorca

For overnight stays, the tourist area of the island of Mallorca registered a total of 7,100,909 residents from abroad and 279,134 domestic visitors.

Regarding Palma-Calvià, there were 120,314 residents in Spain and 2,755,367 abroad, while in the Pitiüses it was 1,409,927 international and 143,350 domestic.

Among the points with the highest occupancy in September are Llucmajor, Sóller, Santa Margalida, Pollença, Andratx, Calvià, Felanitx, Muro and Santanyí.

Regarding overnight stays, Palma appears among the top places.