Russian tourism does augment the demanad of the hotels in salou and the Costa Dorada

Salou. Costa Dorada. Tourism from Russia does increase the percentage of foreign tourists who visit our coast and even increases hotel occupancy data from last year. The drop in tourism foreseeable liabilities spanish and catalan is offset by the arrival of the russians. Hotel occupancy in July than the data reported in the same period last year. On the one hand, employment in hotels in Salou during the month of July was 93% improved by 3% compared to 90% in 2011. And secondly, on the Costa Dorada data center last July were 91%, one point more than last year, according to data posted today by the Centre for Tourism Studies Foundation Costa Dorada. Thus, in the data of this July 2012 and in international markets include the significant increase of the Russian market has risen from 26% to 37% and for the first time during the month of July than the British and other international sources, but Britain is still a market that has not fallen as it has done in Spanish. The Councillor for Tourism, Benet Presas, said: "These figures confirm the success of the strategy developed from the administration and the private sector years ago opted to open new markets like Russia now allow employment data are very good given the scenario that we are living "and added that" the decline of the Spanish market, which was predictable, has been more than offset by the increase of Russian tourism". Salou hotels have offered 32,959 beds this month and, as is clear from the figures provided the average length of stay also would have increased from 4.1 nights to 4.4 nights the. Behind the 37% of Russian tourism, is located on 29% of British tourists and 10% of French. These data reaffirm the consolidation of Russian tourism has increased over last year during the same period from July 11%. Thus, according to Dams, "and in the present context these occupations put us in Salou and the Costa Dorada in a fully privileged situation." The origin of foreign tourism in the Costa Dorada As to the origin, 69% of tourists came from abroad and 31% were of domestic origin. In overseas, 26% were British, 40% Russian and 11% French. Still far behind the Dutch (6%), Irish and Belgian (4%), German (2%), American and Canadian (2%) and Italian (1%). As stated by the president of the Hotel Association, M. Eugènia Arbó, "the Russian tourism growth has offset the sharp decline in domestic tourism."

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