The relatively mild weather in general and the lack of rain in particular have encouraged last-minute bookings during this latest long, holiday weekend, with the hotel sector in Andalucia expressing satisfaction with the results.
Overall hotel occupancy has been around 65% with major tourist cities such as Granada, Córdoba, Sevilla and Málaga reaching 80% or more.
Granada experienced hotel occupancy of around 80% and on Saturday, tickets for the Alhambra Palace were sold out in advance.
In Sevilla, regular attractions and the International Horse Show ensured that hotel occupancy was around 90%.