MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish holiday rentals for August are more heavily booked than before the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to domestic tourism and a perception that rented properties are safer than hotels, Spain's leading holiday booking website Rentalia said on Wednesday.
The occupancy of apartments and houses leased to tourists during the summer is set to rise to 89.2% next month, 12 percentage points above year-ago levels and just above 88.5% registered in 2019, before the pandemic struck, Rentalia said.
