The Valencian Community Hotel and Tourism Business Association (HOSBEC) described the Spanish government's plan to cut work weeks from 40 to 37.5 hours as “reckless,” warning that it would cause a “significant increase” in tourism costsになったんです。 English: The first thing you can do is to find the best one to do. Masu.
Hosbec president Fede Fuster said the move will affect the competitiveness of the hotel sector and that the increase in costs will be passed on to visitors at a higher price.
He added that the attacked transactions between Labor Minister Yolanda Dees and the union were not accompanied by commercial transactions and tourism was highly labor-intensive.
Fuster said: “Minister Diaz has forgotten that in the hospitality industry in Valencia, working weeks have already been agreed to 37.5 hours a week, and has not explained what will happen to companies operating 24-hour eight-hour shifts. Masu.”
Hosbec's president added that “small prints” of the changes need to be analyzed, and that it needs to be seen how employers and unions fit into what they agreed locally.
Hosbec has committed to “minimizing” the impact of the measures, in collaboration with both the Spanish business organization (CEOE) and the Spanish hotels and tourist accommodation (CEHAT).
“It's not easy to acquire exchange staff and needs to adapt to the reality of the tourism sector where mechanization processes may need to be considered due to the shortage of workers,” Fuster added.
By the end of 2023, the socialist government has pledged to reduce the working week without pay losses as part of a coalition agreement with Left Party Sumar in 2023.
This reduction, which took over a year to agree, will affect around 12 million workers, particularly in the retail, hospitality and agricultural sectors. Public sector employees and most large companies already have 37.5 hours of work.
Yolanda Diaz described the move as a “historic day,” modernizing the Spanish labor market by reducing the standard 40-hour working week, prioritizing quality of life over time spent at work He insisted.
She emphasized that the reforms aim to enable people to “live better, reduce jobs, become more productive and economically efficient.”
The threat of further increases to hotel costs will not please tourists who have already suffered from price increases last year.
According to the INE National Statistics Institute, stays across Spain increased by 4.9% in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching a new record of 363.6 million euros (£344 million).
Visitors from the UK and Germany accounted for 102.9 million nights stays in 2024, accounting for 42.6% of the total foreign tourists, representing an increase of 4.3% and 8.2%, respectively.
The average daily hotel revenue (ADR) per occupied room was 121.50 euros (101.45 pounds) in 2024. The average date revenue per room available (REVPAR) reached 84.60 euros (70.64 pounds).
