Increasing Number of Albergues Camino Frances

[Pelgrimpaul]

Interesting facts on number of albergues:
Le Pecten is the magazine of the Amis de Saint Jacques de Compostelle in Belgium. The society counted the number of albergues on the Camino Francés in 2008, 2011 and in 2014:

2008 257
2011 325
2014 437

http://pilgrimageandplace.blogspot.nl/2015/03/the-increasing-number-of-albergues-on.html

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Interessing and curious to know how this related to the number of pilgrims on the trail in the same years.

 

[Pelgrimpaul]

Interessing and curious to know how this related to the number of pilgrims on the trail in the same years.

2008 125.141 98.729
2011 183.366 132.652
2014 237.886 161.994
(year total camino frances)

(number of pilgrims at pilgrimsoffice, source pilgrimsoffice)

 

[KinkyOne]

Interesting:
- rise in albergues numbers are 26% (2008-11) and 34% (2011-14)
- whereas rise in pilgrim numbers shows almost the opposite trend: 34% (2008-11) and 22% (2011-14).

But altogether both trends are quite similar. Albergues rise is 70% and pilgrim numbers 64%.