2024-09-24 10:23:00
This week begins the season of trips of Imserso. this year 886,269 where we serve. just yesterdayAndalusia, Aragon, Cantabria, Castile and Leon, Valencian Country, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia and the autonomous city of Melilla, they are able to start making reservations. From tomorrow, Asturias, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Galicia, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, La Rioja, Navarra, Basque Country and the autonomous city of Ceuta, they can start reserving their seats.
50.08% of the available places (443,887) are for the coastal areas of the peninsula, in Andalusia, Catalonia, Valencian Country and Murcia, which are the most requested areas.; 25.96% (230,039) were used for island hopping, The Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands, and 23.96% (212,343) are reserved for leisure travel, which includes cultural tours, nature walks, the capitals, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla and of European origin.
To access shopping, them pensioners or users 65 years of age or older must have already registered with the program. In total, about 2.8 million people will have done so and, therefore, will have received a letter last month acknowledging them as such, with which they can continue with the property on the corresponding date of it depends on the autonomous region where they live.
To avoid crowding the booking office, Each area is allocated the number of trips to each destination according to the number of registered adults. And the first days of the sale (from September 23 to 27), applicants can book trips that are already in their category for the region, according to reports Institute of Elderly and Social Services (Imserso), dependent del Center for Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030.
From September 28, it will be possible to book unsold flights from any region.
Imserso tours are in high demand / click photo
Between 125 and 435 euros
In general, the trips will last four to ten days and will be carried out on a full board time, except for trips to the greater area, which will be half board. The price for this season is from 435.95 euros for 10 days in the Canaries, including transportation, and 124.68 euros for 4 days in the capital.
Authority contribute part of the cost – with an estimated value of up to 300 million euros per season – so that users can make trips at a lower price than the market, although in recent years the debate has been constant on the deteriorating quality of services and the low revenue per room received by hotels.
The Imserso travel program was created 40 years ago with the aim of promoting an active and healthy lifestyle of the elderly. and, at the same time, neutralize those who are ordinary tourists in the so-called ‘small time’. According to the latest official data published by National Institute of Statistics (INE), 41.7% of people living alone in Spain are 65 years or older.
According to a study conducted by the University of Elderly and Social Services (Imserso), and published in 202390.8% of users think that this system is “very good” or “good”, and found that 66.1% of pensioners repeat their trips year after year.
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