Turisme Comunitat Valenciana registra en lo que va de año un total de 16.198 reservas realizadas a través del Bono Viaje, que corresponden al segundo periodo del programa ‘Viatgem CV’, que finaliza el próximo 15 de junio de 2021. Los destinos más demandados son Benidorm, Calp, Altea, Finestrat, Peñíscola, València, Xàbia, Elx, Dénia and Oropesa del Mar.
De éstas, para la primera quincena del próximo mes de junio se han registrado cerca de 3.000 reservas, un resultado que, a juicio del secretario autonómico de Turisme, Francesc Colomer, «refleja el pulso que está cogiendo el turismo para la temporada estival», que augura «alcance cifras positivas que permitan resurgir al sector turístico de la Comunitat Valenciana».
The destinations most in demand by users of the Travel Voucher for this month of June are, for the most part, sun and beach in the province of Alicante: Benidorm, Calp, Altea, Finestrat, Jávea and Elche; from the province of Castellón, the most demanded are Peñíscola and Oropesa del Mar, and from the province of Valencia, the city of Valencia.
Colomer ha querido destacar aspectos positivos del programa, como que «más del 55% de las estancias se producen fuera del fin de semana» y, aunque confirma que buena parte del gasto bonificado se concentra sobre el servicio de alojamiento, «existe cada vez más demanda de otros servicios, como hostelería, excursiones, turismo activo, de salud, deportivo y cultural».
En esta línea, ha señalado que «el programa del Bono Viaje ha contribuido a mantener abierta parte de nuestra oferta experiencial, configurada a través de CreaTurisme, lo que nos distingue como destino vivo todo el año, atractivo, diverso, inclusivo y de calidad».
Asimismo, también ha querido remarcar que «Turisme está abonando en un plazo medio de pago menor a los 7 días desde que la empresa participante en el programa presenta la justificación del gasto realizado por parte del usuario del bono». En la actualidad, el programa cuenta con 1.450 empresas adheridas, 620 de la provincia de Alicante; 588 de la provincia de Valencia y 242 de la provincia de Castellón.
Según ha avanzado Francesc Colomer, «durante este segundo periodo del programa ‘Viatgem Comunitat Valenciana’ hemos distribuido un total de 22.323 bonos y tenemos una lista de espera de más de 65.000 personas».
Beneficiaries, average stay and member companies
According to the data managed by Turisme CV to date, the more than 16.000 reservations will benefit more than 48.000 people residing in the Valencian Community. This figure responds to the general average of three people per travel reservation. Remember that the minimum travel group required by the voucher is two people.
In addition, the average stay exceeds three nights in all types of accommodation, being much higher in campsites, which reaches an average of twelve nights, or in tourist homes, which exceeds six. For hotels, the average stay is close to five nights. In the same way, more than 55% of the users of this travel voucher make stays outside the weekend, which represents a significant revitalization of the tourism sector.
The most popular type of accommodation is the hotel, with about 78% of the total reservations, followed by rural accommodation, which accounts for about 10% of all reservations, and campsites, with 8%. In addition, about 40% of users make their reservations through travel agencies.
Deadlines and operation of the waiting list
The discount voucher entails a reduction of 70% to travel through the CV, with the aim of stimulating internal tourist demand in periods of seasonality due to the negative socio-economic effects caused by COVID-19.
This second period of the Viatgem CV program was launched on January 1 and will be in force until June 15 through the platform see here.
It should be remembered that each Travel Voucher issued by Turisme supposes a credit reserve of 600 euros, in the event that the reservation is not formalized within 7 days or the maximum amount is not exhausted when applying the 70% discount, the more codes are released and more bonuses are awarded in order of the waiting list. At the moment, the waiting list goes to number 22.324.
The program is endowed with 12 million euros for the two periods of 2021: from January 1 to June 15 and from September 15 to December 31. In 2020 the allocation was 5 million euros, so the total program now amounts to 17 million euros.
So many people who need public aid to be able to live and here giving money for parties.
Why is the same not being done for all businesses, companies, sectors that are suffering economic losses with the Pandemic? Is the hospitality only suffering? Well, no, but the rest are looking for life as best they can. This Travel Bonus smells like a beach bar for a few to divert public money to their pockets taking advantage of the situation. Always the same.