The spokesperson for Tourism of the 'popular' group in Les Corts, Manuel Pérez Fenoll, has highlighted this Sunday the 21 percent increase in the regional budget allocated to tourism, "reaching 98 million euros to strengthen competitiveness."
Fenoll has recalled in a statement that tourism has consolidated over time "as an economic engine and job generator" and has emphasized that, currently, the Comunitat Valenciana is "the region that presents the highest tourist growth this year."
"In 2025 it broke historical records and is breaking them again in this 2026 --both in hotel overnight stays and in foreign tourists--, becoming one of the key engines of our economy," the regional deputy has stressed.
In his opinion, the Government of Juanfran Pérez Llorca has chosen to "shoot up" investment in a "key" sector and to promote "a tourism model based on balance and sustainability," with the aim of consolidating the leadership of the Comunitat in this area.
According to Pérez Fenoll, in the first four months (January-April 2026) the number of foreign tourists has increased by 9.2% year-on-year in the Comunitat Valenciana (compared to 2.5% in Spain). In the hotel sector (January-May 2026) 11.3 million overnight stays have been recorded in the Comunitat Valenciana, "the highest figure in this period of the entire historical series," which represents an increase of 4.2%.
In terms of employment linked to tourism, the Comunitat registers in May "the highest relative growth of tourism employment in Spain and the affiliation in the hospitality, travel agencies, and tour operators sectors (January-May 2026) has grown by 4% compared to the previous year."
For Pérez Fenoll, "the tourism sector has become a fundamental part of the Valencian economy." "And this despite the obstacles from the Sánchez Government to prevent its progress, with measures that force the sector to face very complex administrative procedures that represent an additional burden for companies such as the registration of travelers or the unique registration of Tourist Housing," he lamented, considering that these bureaucratic demands hinder the activity of the tourism business fabric.