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Annie, I've tried to view your blog/website, but seems something isn't working properly for me. I knew you'd switched it up. Can you share the link here?I decided not to walk this year, and haven't really kept up with the forum.
Is the Camino still crazy busy?
Any sign of slowing down?
I'm thinking ahead for 2020...
It's in her signature: https://anniecarvalho.weebly.com/Annie, I've tried to view your blog/website, but seems something isn't working properly for me. I knew you'd switched it up. Can you share the link here?
Thanks, Kinky!It's in her signature: https://anniecarvalho.weebly.com/
Annie, I've tried to view your blog/website, but seems something isn't working properly for me. I knew you'd switched it up. Can you share the link here?
Thanks, Annie!No. That's the Anniewalker website.
My blog is at www.caminosantiago2.blogspot.com
Thanks, Annie!
Overall numbers are still rising but the distribution is changing. Big growth on the Portuguese, the Primitivo and the Ingles. Numbers beginning the Frances in Sarria are also still rising. But there seems to have been a slight decrease in numbers walking the earlier stages of the Frances. Something that local businesses and hospitaleros have been commenting on with some concern.
I’m in Santarem, Portugal (Day 3). I was expecting to be pretty much alone, but it’s simply not the case. In fact, several establishments were full in Vilafranca-de-Xira. Perhaps non pilgrims? Don’t know, and these establishments were referenced in Brierley’s book. The alburgue in Azumbaja had at least ten staying there, there were four of us in another...and there were three others pilgrims for sure. The stretches between towns areOverall numbers are still rising but the distribution is changing. Big growth on the Portuguese, the Primitivo and the Ingles. Numbers beginning the Frances in Sarria are also still rising. But there seems to have been a slight decrease in numbers walking the earlier stages of the Frances. Something that local businesses and hospitaleros have been commenting on with some concern.
I am quite sure that in 1998, the total arriving at SdeC was about 12,000. Thanks Shirley Mc, Oprah, and Martin for making a pilgrimage a bucket list/ tourist must do.Some statistics (numbers of compostelas issued):
2018: 327,378
2017: 301,036
2016: 277,854
2015: 262,516
So yes, numbers still going up every year...
But better to do it next year than in 2021 (which is a Holy Year!)
I am quite sure that in 1998, the total arriving at SdeC was about 12,000. Thanks Shirley Mc, Oprah, and Martin for making a pilgrimage a bucket list/ tourist must do.
200,000 more pilgrims now than in 2009. Not entirely sure of correlation/causation, but "The Way" came out in 2010.
The influence of "Shirley Mc, Oprah, and Martin" is overestimated. The majority of pilgrims do not come from English speaking countries or cultures and have been exposed to these books, TV programs or movies to a much lesser extent or not at all. Many factors have contributed to the fact that the caminos are as widely known and popular as they are at present.
I'd like to walk alone - in a quieter month - maybe early early spring
Me too!I admit to being part of the "problem."I've been so enthusiastic about the Camino that several people that I know are planning to do it.
So not only Shirley, Oprah and Martin, you too @trecile ??? Ts ts ts ts ts...I admit to being part of the "problem."I've been so enthusiastic about the Camino that several people that I know are planning to do it.
Numbers may be increasing from Sarria but albergue owners at the beginning are very concerned at the fall off in pilgrims.I decided not to walk this year, and haven't really kept up with the forum.
Is the Camino still crazy busy?
Any sign of slowing down?
I'm thinking ahead for 2020...
Numbers may be increasing from Sarria but albergue owners at the beginning are very concerned at the fall off in pilgrims.
Echt niet!I would bet that with the Cathedral being under construction on the interior and them not having mass there this year, it will be a slower year.
Hello,@Scarlet Fez, sorry to read this and thank you for sharing. I just posted about the numbers in SJPP/Roncesvalles around this 1st of May in a different thread. It cannot be said often enough: periods of high influx at the start of the Camino Frances are the Easter week, the first two weeks of May and the first two weeks of September. It's not the summer months. Think carefully when you want to join.
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