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in comparison with 2020 and 68% compared Naturland achieved record income in
to 2019. This meant the best summer revenue the summer and winter seasons.
in the history of Camprabassa. Remember that
the summer season (July, August and up to
mid-September) represents 53% of turnover for the whole year.

As for the winter season, Naturland’s figures show that the benchmark season, 2018-2019, was
surpassed by 41%. This is the best winter in terms of turnover in the history of the company, and
was achieved thanks to the diversification and better promotion of the products. The result was
an increase in the price of the average client ticket, which went from €21.59 (2018-2019 season)
to the current €49.98, 131% more. However, the number of visitors was smaller, specifically 38%,
although at some weekends, Christmas days and Easter Week, the installations were full. This was
also linked to the strategy to limit the number of people in order to improve the service, which
helped reassure clients that they would have a better experience in the activities. La Rabassa-
Naturland ski resort opened for a total of 134 days (compared with 118 days in the previous
season). The ski resort (ski hire, school, tickets) saw 62% more turnover than the 2018-2019
season. The number of skiers practically doubled as did the ski days, going from 2,345 to 4,730
in the latter case. Finally, note that from 2022, Naturland will be the headquarters of La Granja
Andorra Pirineus, a centre for training emotional skills in students, either children or adults,
through the La Granja© method.

As for the events that were held in Andorra in 2021 to attract tourism, we would highlight the
Tour de France, the Spartan Race Andorra, the Jambo Street Music and the Ironman 70.3, among
others. In the summer of 2021, the first Andorra Mountain Music festival was held at the foot of
the Avet de Grandvalira slope, and another was held in winter with a line-up of well-known artists.
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On the other hand, the Cirque de Soleil show could not be held, for the second consecutive year,
but returned in July 2022 with the show MŪV.

Finally, we must mention the construction of the new casino in Andorra, which will open its doors
in January 2023 under the name Unnic and offer 20% gambling and 80% leisure (music, art,
gastronomy, shows, etc.). With an investment of €33 million, it is expected to create 200 direct
and 500 indirect jobs. This project aims to attract tourists from neighbouring countries and also
from further afield, such as the Asian market.
The Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | XII. Services
The supply of accommodat on shrank The impact of COVID-19 on the tourism sector
due to falling demand. resulted in a reduction in the accommodation
supply. The number of tourist accommodation
establishments went from 230 in 2019 to 225
in 2020 and 216 in 2021, and the number of
NUMBER OF BEDS IN TOURIST beds has decreased cumulatively by 3.4% since
ACCOMMODATION BY TYPE Table 12.10 2019; in 2021, there were 31,211 total beds.
Of these tourist accommodations, 159 are
% var. % total hotels, 19 aparthotels, 9 hostals or residencies,
2020 2021 21/20 2021
5 pensions and 24 holiday apartments. On the
Hotels 26,564 26,190 -1.4 83.9 other hand, there are also 129 establishments
Hostals / residencies 381 295 -22.6 0.9 in the other tourist accommodation category,
Pensions 250 213 -14.8 0.7 notably 83 companies managing housing used
Aparthotels 2,554 2,537 -0.7 8.1
Holiday apartments 1,768 1,976 11.8 6.3 for tourism (EGHUT), representing 2,593 units
of housing used for tourism (HUT), 28 mountain
Total 31,517 31,211 -1.0 100
huts, 5 campsites, 1 camping area, 1 summer
camp, 2 hostels and 9 rural accommodations.
Source: Department of Tourism / Department of Stat st cs.