All the news, gossip and numbers from Santiago

[JohnnieWalker]

Hola

Do you know the rate of growth of pilgrims to Santiago over the last 20 years?
Do you know of the speculation about the reasons the Codex Calixtinus was stolen?
Do you know that next time you arrive in Santiago you will walk into a brand new airport?
Do you know that there are many new flights from Santiago particularly to the South of Spain?
Do you know there is a new Museum of Pilgrimages about to open in Santiago?
Do you know that so far this year 177,539 pilgrims have arrived in Santiago?
For answers to all of these question plus a full analysis of the number of pilgrims arriving click:

http://www.johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot.com

Best wishes from Santiago
John

 

[Deleted member 3000]

October: During the month of October 2011, 16.238 pilgrims were received at the Pilgrim's Office. The number of pilgrims in the past Holy Year, 2004, during the same period was 14.556. Of those pilgrims, 6.781 (41,76%) were women and 9.457 (58,24%) men. 14.214 (87,54%) pilgrims arrived on foot, 1.966 (12,11%) by bicycle, 52 (0,32%) on horseback, and 6 (0,04%) pilgrims on wheel-chair.

Pilgrims' Age: 3.320 pilgrims were younger than 30 years old (20,45%), 9.596 were between 30 and 60 years old (59,10%), and 3.322 were aged above 60 years old (20,46%).

Pilgrims' Motivation: Religious: 6.801 (41,88%)
Religious and Cultural: 8.415 (51,82%)
Cultural: 1.022 (6,29%)

Pilgrims' Nationality: Spanish: 6.911 (42,56%); Most of the pilgrims came from Madrid: 1.265 (18,30%); Andalucía: 910 (13,17%); Cataluña: 894 (12,94%); Galicia: 827 (11,97%); Comunidad Valenciana: 678 (9,81%); Castilla León: 436 (6,31%); Pais Vasco: 300 (4,34%); Asturias: 298 (4,31%); etc.

Foreigners: 9.327 (57,44%); Most of the pilgrims come from the following countries: Germany: 1.688 (18,10%); France: 1.024 (10,98%); Portugal: 773 (8,29%); Italia: 668 (7,16%); Canada: 502 (5,38%); U.S.: 492 (5,28%); Brazil: 346 (3,71%); United Kingdom: 328 (3,52%); etc.

Pilgrims' Profession: Regarding the professional fields, the majority of pilgrims are Employed: 3.897 (24,00%); Jubilados: 2.667 (16,42%); Tecnicos: 2.302 (14,18%); Liberales: 2.064 (12,71%); Students: 1.733 (10,67%); Funcionarios: 901 (5,55%); Professors: 680 (4,19%); Obreros: 542 (3,34%); etc.

Starting Points: Most of the pilgrims received in this period started their Way to Santiago in: Sarria: 2.948 (18,15%); S. Jean P. Port: 2.772 (17,07%); Cebreiro: 993 (6,12%); Roncesvalles: 831 (5,12%); León: 804 (4,95%); Oporto: 669 (4,12%); Tui: 660 (4,06%); Ponferrada: 579 (3,57%); etc.

The Chosen Routes: Most of the pilgrims chose Frances-Camino de: 12.152 (74,84%); Portuguese-Camino: 1.957 (12,05%); Norte-Camino de: 784 (4,83%); Via de la Plata: 731 (4,50%); Primitive-Camino: 379 (2,33%); etc.

Jan 651
Feb 841
Mar 3,007
Apr 14,155
May 19,839
Jun 25,239
Jul 30,836
Aug 41,443
Sep 26,008
Oct 16,238
Nov
Dec
Year 178,257

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Hi a couple of people wrote to me asking for further information on where pilgrims come from. This is the full list but it has to be treated with caution - it is not clear whether pilgrims from India for example flew to Spain and made the Camino or more likely they currently live in Spain or another country. Look at http://johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot. ... tiago.html for the analysis of the year to date. Here is what people gave as their country of origin:

Country Nº de Peregrinos
Spain 94847 (53,30%)
Germany 16333 (9,18%)
Italia 11991 (6,74%)
Portugal 8446 (4,75%)
Francia 7980 (4,48%)
United States 3623 (2,04%)
Ireland 2609 (1,47%)
UK 2297 (1,29%)
Holand 2284 (1,28%)
Canadá 2240 (1,26%)
Brasil 1872 (1,05%)
Austria 1789 (1,01%)
Poland 1779 (1,00%)
Denmark 1590 (0,89%)
Belgium 1575 (0,89%)
Corea 1536 (0,86%)
Australia 1347 (0,76%)
Sweden 1206 (0,68%)
México 1155 (0,65%)
Switzerland1148 (0,65%)
República Checa 941 (0,53%)
Norway 909 (0,51%)
Japón 802 (0,45%)
Hungría 744 (0,42%)
Argentina 668 (0,38%)
Finlandia 636 (0,36%)
Eslovenia 559 (0,31%)
Eslovaquia 545 (0,31%)
Sudáfrica 502 (0,28%)
Venezuela 415 (0,23%)
Colombia 409 (0,23%)
Rusia 236 (0,13%)
Nueva Zelanda 224 (0,13%)
Rumania 198 (0,11%)
Chile 174 (0,10%)
Ecuador 170 (0,10%)
Uruguay 160 (0,09%)
Perú 144 (0,08%)
Israel 127 (0,07%)
Lituania 113 (0,06%)
China 108 (0,06%)
Estonia 93 (0,05%)
Bulgaria 74 (0,04%)
Croacia 70 (0,04%)
Luxemburgo 68 (0,04%)
Puerto Rico 65 (0,04%)
Andorra 59 (0,03%)
Rep. Dominicana 58 (0,03%)
Taiwán 53 (0,03%)
Grecia 49 (0,03%)
Filipinas 48 (0,03%)
Ucrania 46 (0,03%)
Costa Rica 42 (0,02%)
Bolivia 38 (0,02%)
Cuba 35 (0,02%)
Letonia 35 (0,02%)
Guatemala 31 (0,02%)
Islandia 31 (0,02%)
El Salvador 29 (0,02%)
Irán 28 (0,02%)
Paraguay 28 (0,02%)
Malasia 27 (0,02%)
Panamá 26 (0,01%)
Singapur 26 (0,01%)
Malta 21 (0,01%)
India 20 (0,01%)
Turquía 20 (0,01%)
Jordania 18 (0,01%)
Marruecos 15 (0,01%)
Líbano 14 (0,01%)
Pakistán 14 (0,01%)
Honduras 13 (0,01%)
Nicaragua 13 (0,01%)
Argelia 12 (0,01%)
Armenia 12 (0,01%)
Bielorrusia 12 (0,01%)
Serbia 12 (0,01%)
Islas Feroe 11 (0,01%)
Chipre 11 (0,01%)
Dominica 11 (0,01%)
Macedonia 10 (0,01%)
Indonesia 9 (0,01%)
Liechtensein 9 (0,01%)
Antillas Holandesas 8 (0,00%)
Omán 8 (0,00%)
Otros 8 (0,00%)
Libia 7 (0,00%)
Moldavia 7 (0,00%)
Myanmar 7 (0,00%)
Tailandia 7 (0,00%)
Albania 6 (0,00%)
Cabo Verde 6 (0,00%)
Comores 6 (0,00%)
Namibia 6 (0,00%)
Vietnam 6 (0,00%)
Bosnia 5 (0,00%)
Brunei 5 (0,00%)
Camerún 5 (0,00%)
Etiopía 5 (0,00%)
Nigeria 5 (0,00%)
Angola 4 (0,00%)
Egipto 4 (0,00%)
Gabón 4 (0,00%)
Irak 4 (0,00%)
Sri Lanka 4 (0,00%)
Timor Oriental 4 (0,00%)
Emiratos Arabes Unidos 3 (0,00%)
Madagascar 3 (0,00%)
Mozambique 3 (0,00%)
Siria 3 (0,00%)
Swazilandia 3 (0,00%)
Trinidad y Tobago 3 (0,00%)
Barbados 2 (0,00%)
Guinea Ecuatorial 2 (0,00%)
Guyana 2 (0,00%)
Haití 2 (0,00%)
Nepal 2 (0,00%)
Qatar 2 (0,00%)
Senegal 2 (0,00%)
Seychelles 2 (0,00%)
Sudán 2 (0,00%)
Tanzania 2 (0,00%)
Túnez 2 (0,00%)
Zimbabwe 2 (0,00%)
Arabia Saudita 1 (0,00%)
Belice 1 (0,00%)
Bhután 1 (0,00%)
Burundi 1 (0,00%)
Costa de Marfil 1 (0,00%)
Fiji 1 (0,00%)
Georgia 1 (0,00%)
Ghana 1 (0,00%)
Granada 1 (0,00%)
Groenlandia 1 (0,00%)
Islas Malvinas 1 (0,00%)
Kazajistán 1 (0,00%)
Kenya 1 (0,00%)
Laos 1 (0,00%)
Malawi 1 (0,00%)
Maldivas 1 (0,00%)
Naurú 1 (0,00%)
Rep. Centroafricana 1 (0,00%)
Vaticano 1 (0,00%)

 

[fraluchi]

Hi a couple of people wrote to me asking for further information on where pilgrims come from. This is the full list but it has to be treated with caution. Look at http://johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot. ... tiago.html for the analysis of the year to date.

Adding up the Central American walkers, there apparently were 154 (Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua). Including us 2 for our 4th Compostela.
We certainly noticed during September and October, on the Camino Francés, a considerable increase in "walkers" compared to previous years. Many "real pilgrims", but also more "touregrinos" and increased commercial approaches in all sorts of Camino related activities.
Spain's finances certainly will appreciate the increased "pilgrim" volumes!