Ronda, the second Andalusian destination with the highest growth in overnight stays

The municipal delegate for Tourism of the Ronda City Council, Ángel Martínez, has reviewed the closing of the tourism year, highlighting that overnight stays have increased by 17% compared to 2024, a figure he positively valued, confirming that "the effort to extend the visitor's itinerary in the city is bearing fruit."

Martínez detailed that last year, a total of 413,160 people stayed overnight in the city, compared to 353,280 in 2024. "We are very pleased to be a highly visited destination, this 2025 with two million tourists; but our main goal is to increase overnight stays," he stated.

Additionally, Martínez pointed out that in 2025, Ronda was the second Andalusian destination where overnight stays grew the most, only behind Algeciras, which saw an increase of about 1% more; and ahead of Carboneras. "We are between two destinations associated with the beach that are emerging as alternatives to Cádiz, and we are a cultural and tourist destination," he assessed.

The head of Tourism announced that work will continue in the same direction, and one of the actions being developed to extend the tourist's itinerary in Ronda, and therefore promote overnight stays, is lighting up the municipality's landmarks. "We have already carried out projects on the Walls, the Arch of Felipe V, the Plaza de los Descalzos... And soon on the Puente Nuevo," he affirmed.

In this regard, he recalled that the City Council and the Endesa Foundation will co-finance this action with about 220,000 euros, renewing the monument's lighting in an environmentally friendly manner and enhancing the architectural value of the Bridge, in addition to reducing emissions and energy consumption.

"Having the Endesa Foundation behind it adds an extra layer of quality to the project," stated the Tourism Councilor, who recalled that this entity has illuminated important monuments and sites in Spain and Europe, such as the cathedrals of Burgos, Palma de Mallorca, and Vitoria; primitive cloisters like those of the Romanesque Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, in La Rioja; the chapter house of the Cathedral of Toledo; the Roman Bridge of Mérida; the University of Huelva; the caliphal city of Medina Azahara in Córdoba; the Basilica of Santa María, in Mataró; the Church Museum of Tapestries of San Millán, in Oncala, in Soria; the Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga; the star of the tower of the Virgin Mary of the Sagrada Familia; and the Basilica of Santa María la Mayor in Rome.

Finally, Martínez announced that campaigns have been launched to mitigate the effects of the swarm of storms that has affected the tourism sector at the beginning of this year, when overnight stays decreased by 19% in January compared to the same month in 2025.

 At the same time, he assured that "work is underway to continue increasing overnight stays to achieve an average, at a minimum, of two days per tourist, as it currently stands at 1.6." It is also hoped that new hotels and tourist accommodations will help increase the average.