There are now 103 Benidorm hotels open as of May 2022, says the HOSBEC hotel association.

There were times when we wondered if Benidorm would ever come back to life.

Spain’s announcement of a state of alarm on 14 March in 2020 saw hundreds of Benidorm businesses shut down, thousands of jobs lost and millions without a holiday.

We at Benidorm Reviews have been covering which hotels were closing and opening since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

But the results are now in – Benidorm is 90% back to life!

The number of Benidorm hotels to reopen has hit 103 according to the latest update from the HOSBEC hotel association.

It’s the highest figure since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – and nearly triple the 40 hotels that were open in January.

According to HOSBEC’s president Toni Mayor, tourism in Benidorm is finally back to its ‘normal cruising speed’.

“The lifting of obligations to wear face masks and the reopening of hotels has finally made tourism in Benidorm friendly and attractive once more,” he said.

“After two years of the pandemic, this was the first Holy Week in which there was no restrictions on the use of beaches.”

“The tourism market is recovering in all areas – and we expect the senior market will also pick up strongly in the coming weeks.”

Benidorm has a very special place in many Spanish pensioners’ hearts. 

They’ve missed out on the government-sponsored IMSERSO scheme that organises annual bus trips to Benidorm since the start of the pandemic until now

For many, it’s the only beachtime they can afford all year.

But some 35% of Spanish tourists over the week of Easter were pensioners on the IMSERSO scheme.

Indeed, Spanish visitors still remain dominant in Benidorm.

They made up 55% of all tourists over Easter week, closely followed by the British who led the lion’s share of the foreign tourist market (37%).

HOSBEC expects that by June 96.4% of all the hotels, apartments and campsites will be back open in Benidorm.

According to HOSBEC’s latest update, just 9 hotels are yet to open.

Hotels still closed in Benidorm include the Gran Hotel Delfin (reopening 20 June) and the Riudor (reopening 2 May).

The Grand Luxor, Rosamar, Magic Fenicia and Magic Villa Benidorm are among the remaining hotels without a reopening date as yet.

HOSBEC data shows there are currently 33,000 hotel beds available in Benidorm, 8,000 apartments and over 10,000 camping spots.

Hotel occupancy rates hit 85% over Easter weekend (22-24 April) and averaged over 70% throughout April.

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