Lloret de Mar is approaching Easter and, with it, one of the busiest times of the year for sport and tourism. Over the course of these days, more than 15,000 people linked to sports tourism will visit the destination, with the various tournaments being held in the town, leaving 12,000 people staying in Lloret: 9,620 of them sportspeople, while 2,380 are accompanying guests.
The activity began last week with the Vila de Lloret international pétanque tournament, which brought together 400 athletes from France, Belgium and Switzerland. This week, it will be the turn of various tournaments that are now a regular feature of the destination at Easter. One of the first to start was the Globasket, with almost 2,500 people, including athletes and accompanying persons, from 27 European nationalities, as well as Puerto Rico and Mexico. The Lloret Cup handball tournament also got underway, with 3,300 people, including athletes and accompanying persons. Once again, the competition will be attended by a wide range of nationalities, including France, Germany, Lithuania and Georgia, among others.
Football will once again be one of the most popular sports in Lloret de Mar with two large-scale tournaments. One of these is the MIC, which is of great international prestige, with participants from around forty different nationalities. It will be held from 16th to 19th April all along the Costa Brava, with Lloret as one of the main venues, with 2,000 participants staying in hotels in the destination. In addition, from 18 to 20 April, the 45th edition of the San Jaime football tournament will be held, with almost 1,500 participants from France, Italy, Malta, Israel and various parts of Spain.
The Councillor for Sports, Frederic Guich, pointed out that “the sports facilities will be at full capacity these days, a fact that shows the quality of what is on offer in Lloret de Mar and the high level of satisfaction among organisers and participants”. He also emphasised that “the destination is once again hosting highly prestigious events with a strong international presence”.
In terms of sports stays, between February, March and April, the figure is 245, with 7,350 people staying in establishments in the town and of very different nationalities. The sporting activities were football, basketball, swimming, athletics, triathlon and cycling.
Lloret de Mar has been certified as a Sports Tourism Destination by the Catalan Tourism Agency since 2006. It is certified in six sports: football, athletics, team sports, cycling, swimming and triathlon. It should also be noted that, over the course of 2024, Lloret surpassed the figure of 100,000 visitors linked to sports tourism, which represented an increase of 25.7% compared to 2023, which closed with 82,975 visitors.
