Last year hotel occupancy in Ecuador was 36.7%. The figure for this year’s holidays managed to exceed that of 2025 and reached 40.3%, while daily tourist spending was at the highest levels recorded in the country.
Minister Jaramillo highlighted these results as positive, Although compared to last year the Easter week He had one less day. So, Daily spending during the holiday reached US$16.5 million, approximately US$66 per tourist, “one of the highest levels recorded” highlighted Jaramillo.
Regarding spending growth, The areas that stood out were Zamora Chinchipe (+106%), Esmeraldas (+97%) and Cotopaxi (+95%). And regarding hotel occupancy, Santa Elena stood out (72.4%); Galapagos (63.4%) and Napo (56.5%).
