2022 pilgrim statistics from León.

A local news website notes that an Amigos group in León have published their annual statistical report on pilgrims passing through the province. They have seen a marked recovery after COVID but despite the Holy Year numbers passing through the region are well down from the peak seen in 2017.


Edit: A second article commenting on the same statistical report.

trecile said:

Very interesting.

I posted a thread about pilgrim numbers starting from SJPdP, and there were 13.38% fewer pilgrims in 2022 than in 2019.

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The article does have one warning about interpreting the headline figures. The numbers they quote are records from albergues. Growing numbers of pilgrims are opting for private accommodation and so are not included. A trend probably accelerated by COVID. The gap may be smaller than the bare numbers suggest. But there does seem to be a decline in numbers walking the early stages of the Frances. So many alternative routes these days.