Hostel Territory

So we've set off to Barcelona to live the dream and open our very own hostel. We're keeping this journal online to keep everyone updated of our progress, adventures and mishaps navigating Barcelona's booming tourism industry, Spanish bureaucracy, and daily life in Catalunya.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Doing some demographic reports for 2009. We've now had guests from 71 countries - new ones this year include Slovenia, Serbia, Pakistan, and Mongolia.

Average age this year stayed the same at 31.

A big change has been in where our guests come from -

Last year the top 5 nationalities were US (14%), Spain (8%), France (7%), UK (7%), and Germany (6%)

This year, we've got US (27%), UK (10%), Australia (10%), Canada (7%), and Germany (5%)

Think that says anything about our English marketing and the fact that most of our receptionists are all more fluent in English than Spanish? Thanks to Rick Steve's and Let's Go for the HUGE jump in American visitors.

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