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Table 12.8
TOTAL VISITORS BY NATIONALITY

% variation % total
2021 2022 2022/2021 2022
Total visitors Spanish 2,576,379 3,803,966 47.6 45.1
French 2,462,957 3,588,161 45.7 42.6
Others 383,079 1,034,581 170.1 12.3
Tourists Spanish 1,394,313 2,266,806 62.6 63.8
French 379,042 634,518 67.4 17.8
Others 175,493 653,772 272.5 18.4
Same-day visitors Spanish 1,182,066 1,537,160 30.0 31.6
French 2,083,915 2,953,643 41.7 60.6
Others 207,586 380,809 83.4 7.8
TOTAL VISITORS 5,422,415 8,426,708 55.4 100

Source: Department of Statistics.

French market is characterised by a remarkably high level of seasonality, with a predominance of
same-day visitors in the summer, especially August. In contrast, the behaviour of Spanish visitors
is clearly different as there is a notably high influx in August, but at levels that are comparable to
other times of the year, such as the skiing months and secondarily, Easter Week.

The final balance by nationalities shows a strong and similar recovery in Spanish (+47.6%) and
French (+45.7%) visitors, putting the number of Spanish slightly higher than the French, as usual.
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The number of overnight stays The strong increase in the number of tourists
hits a record of 10.4 million. in 2022 was accompanied by extraordinary
growth in overnight stays (going from 5 million
in 2021 to 10.4 million in 2022). This means
that the average overnight stay has increased from 2.6 nights in 2021 to 2.9 nights in 2022. The
number of overnight stays increased in all types of accommodation, except campsites, which fell
35% after the strong increase in the previous year. There was an increase of 133% in the case
of hotels and 82% in aparthotels – a category that also includes holiday apartments. These two
categories focus the greatest number of overnight stays, 62% and 14%, respectively. In the case
of friends’ or family homes, the increase was also significant (+117%), while it was only 15% in the
case of own or rented housing.

The positive trend in tourism was accompanied by very positive growth in employment in the
sector, after two quite negative years. Specifically, the number of employees increased 42.7%, to
5,194, a higher figure than in 2019 (5,111). The
strong recovery in the sector made it difficult The number of employees in hotels
for businesses to find staff and this led to wage and catering regained pre-pandemic
rises above the rate of inflation (+11.6%). The
number of accommodation establishments figures after two very negative years. Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | XII. Services
remained stable at around 362, and the number
of catering establishments increased by five to 673. In line with the strong recovery in tourism,
electricity consumption (only FEDA data) increased 20.4% in hotels and catering, and 40.2% in
the ski resorts.

The number of passes sold (ski days) and days that ski resorts are open are good indicators for
calculating activity linked to skiing during the winter months. The 2022-2023 season was positive