The travel bookings of Spaniards for the bridge of October 12 and the start of autumn are experiencing year-on-year increases in double digits, both in domestic travel and in trips to the rest of Europe, according to the latest data released by the online travel agency Trip.com.
According to the company's analysis, 54.7% of hotel bookings for the national holiday are directed to European destinations, while the remaining 45.3% corresponds to domestic tourism.
The day mostly chosen to start the holidays will be Friday, October 9, and travelers are formalizing their bookings with an average advance notice of three months.
In the national market, Madrid is at the forefront in the number of bookings both for the bridge and for the entire autumn season, with a year-on-year increase of 122%, followed by Barcelona and Seville.
Granada stands out as the city with the most intense growth, quadrupling its volume of bookings (+313%), while Zaragoza records an increase of 200% boosted by the Fiestas del Pilar.
The average duration of stays in Spain reaches 2.24 nights. In trips within the European continent, the average rises to 2.71 nights (+4.5%).
Paris ranks as the preferred European destination for Spanish users (+65%), followed by London, whose bookings rise by 191%, and Rome (+51%).
A significant increase in interest is also observed for several capitals in Eastern Europe such as Berlin (+155%), Budapest (+117%), and Prague (+107%).
In the case of Budapest, the city offers the most competitive daily average rate among the ten main European cities, after reducing its prices by 4.7% compared to the previous year.