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The start of the 2016-2017 ski season in Sierra Nevada has been unbeatable. The good weather and the large number of skiable kilometers offered since the opening of the resort on November 26 have led the Sierra to achieve the best start of the season of the last two decades with more than 187,000 skiers. This was advanced yesterday by the Minister of Tourism of the Junta de Andalucía, Francisco Javier Fernández, who explained that this figure represents 22% more than the average for the month of December recorded in previous years.
The counselor made these statements after the holding of the board of directors of Cetursa Sierra Nevada. A meeting that was attended by the Government delegate of the Junta de Andalucía , Sandra García, as the CEO of Cetursa, María José López. All of them showed their satisfaction for this spectacular start of the season after having lived, last year, a bittersweet winter motivated by the lack of snow. The start of this season has been very good and that means that we are having a recovery of the year compared to season 15/16 "
They are words of the counselor, who explained that this comeback will allow balancing the accounts to close the year. Thus, Martínez explained that the complete balance of the ski resort of Sierra Nevada in 2016 will be more "balanced" thanks to the behavior, especially, of the months of March and December that have achieved figures that he described as " historical " .
In December alone, it is expected to close the month with 225,000 customers, of which 187,205 are skiers and 25,513 non-skiers who have used the cable car to climb Borrequiles and 15,359 who used the facilities of El Mirlo Blanco that have slides, inflatable castles , roller coaster a magic carpet dedicated to the little ones.
Regarding hotel occupancy , the Minister of Tourism stressed that Pradollano establishments will reach 60% occupancy , with important peaks such as that occurred during the December bridge that had an 80% occupancy or Christmas , two of the most beneficial calendar moments for the Sierra Nevada ski resort of the year.
To all this is added a very positive 2017 forecast of the season that, as the counselor recalled, precedes the FreestyleSki and Snowboard World Championship that will be held between March 8 and 15: "We believe that adding the attraction of the World Cup with the behavior of the first months we will have a great season. "
On the occasion of the Christmas holidays, the resort has prepared an extensive program of activities such as concerts, cinema and children's workshops. In addition, the 5 Kings will make an appearance with Suly.
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