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Table 12.11
TOURIST ACCOMMODATION SUPPLY BY PARISHES

2020 2021 % var. 21/20 % total 2021
Estab. Beds Estab. Beds Estab. Beds Estab. Beds
Canillo 44 6,814 43 6,742 -2.3 -1.1 19.9 21.6
Encamp 49 5,440 47 5,343 -4.1 -1.8 21.8 17.1
Ordino 24 1,819 24 1,920 0.0 5.6 11.1 6.2
La Massana 36 5,228 35 5,110 -2.8 -2.3 16.2 16.4
Andorra la Vella 32 5,798 31 5,901 -3.1 1.8 14.4 18.9
Sant Julià de Lòria 8 776 8 771 0.0 -0.6 3.7 2.5
Escaldes-Engordany 32 5,642 28 5,424 -12.5 -3.9 13.0 17.4
Total 225 31,517 216 31,211 -4.0 -1.0 100 100
Note: Data on 31 December of relevant year.
Source: Department of Tourism / Department of Stat st cs.

In 2021, there are nine fewer In 2021, there was a reduction of seven hotel

tourist accommodat ons, establishments, one aparthotel building, one
of which seven are hotels. hostel and one pension, but a new holiday
apartment building was opened. In total, there
are 216 tourist accommodations, nine less than
in 2020. The number of hotel beds also fell, but the hotels maintained almost the same number of
beds. 84% of the total supply of beds by type of establishment is concentrated in hotels (26,190 in
2021). The number of beds in aparthotels reached 2,537, and 1,976 in holiday apartments. Among 109
the other types of accommodation, beds in housing used for tourism predominate, 12,323 in 2021
(12% less than in 2020). Remember that the Government passed new regulations in January 2019
to boost the number of apartments available on the rental market, consisting firstly of a register
of empty apartments, and secondly, applying a tax on those dwellings, which came into force on
31 December 2020. Moreover, the Law on urgent measures for urban leases in 2020 approved
exemptions for renovating housing when put on the rental market. This meant that several hotels,
aparthotel buildings and holiday apartments are converted into rental flats.

Under the 2018 Law on the Energy Transition and Climate Change (Litecc), hotels can certify their
sustainability with an official emblem. This is voluntary and has no tax benefits but enables tourist
accommodation establishments to publicly assert their commitment to the environment.

Considering the accommodation supply (beds)
TREND IN THE NUMBER OF BEDS per parish, a high concentration can be seen
BY CATEGORY OF TOURIST Chart 12.6
ACCOMMODATION in parishes considered to be at the “foot of
the slopes” (Encamp 17%, Canillo 22% and
La Massana 16%), and also in the central
parishes (Andorra la Vella 19% and Escaldes-
Engordany 17%). In Sant Julià de Lòria (2.5%) The Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | XII. Services
and Ordino (6.2%), despite having important
infrastructures, the distance between the
town centres and the infrastructures reduces
the “foot of the slopes” effect. In 2021, the
number of beds decreased in most parishes
except Ordino and Andorra la Vella. The most
2014 2021
significant declines were seen in Escaldes-
Source: Department of Tourism / Department of Stat st cs. Engordany (-3.9%) and La Massana (-2.3%). As