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The drop in tourism has been inevitable even if the hotels have taken measures and have offered very competitive prices

The data provided by Frontur flattering, based on tourist movements at the borders, in announcing that the entry of non-Spanish tourists in the region of Murcia increased by 7.1% in 2009 compared to the previous year are not very favorable for the region, says the president of the Association of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation, Hostetur, José María Cano.

"We should not be misled by these figures because" the data provided FRONTUR are visitors, including owners of villas on golf courses, and often recorded the same person twice, because they are border movements. "

Cano added as information that "these tourists without their own bed in hotel or apartments or camping.

That is, not counted as tourists. "

In this sense, Hostetur considered more significant figures provided by the INE, last week in which an estimated 13% decline in overnight stays in the Region of Murcia in 2009, "something of concern to the economy of the region and the economic performance in the hotel industry, "he says Cano.

José María Cano said that "the actual data show that the tourism sector supports a major crisis, like other economic sectors in the region, and therefore need of promotional activities that could help reverse this decline in tourism" .

He adds that employers do not want to enter into discussion about the data, but "if we have to clarify that reliable data are collected for the companies themselves, are the National Statistics Institute."

INE data shows that just over one million tourists visited the region of Murcia last year.

In particular, the National Statistics Institute estimates that 1,030,860 were visitors, representing a decrease of 13.6% over 2008, when there were 1,171,425 passengers.

Nationally, the drop in passengers was significantly lower at 6.4%.

The occupancy rate of hotel facilities in the region reached 40.95% last year, 3.85 points less than in 2008, when it rose to 44.80%.

This indicator improved during the weekends, with a 47.6% occupancy, although this figure represents a decline of 3.9 points compared to 2008.

This drop in tourism is reflected even when coastal hotels have taken to the medical crisis and have launched major deals with very competitive prices that have come to experience decreases even by 60%.

Source: Hostetur