SECONDARY RESIDENCES
As tourism is seasonal, there are infrastructures for accommodation, water,
transport, leisure etc, that are not used for a good part of the year.
According to a study, hostels in France are only used for half a
year and secondary residences only during one eight of the year. Even if
tourist accommodation was used all year long, then only a tenth of the
accommodation currently available would be substantial.
It is estimated that in Spain
alone, there are 3.6 million secondary residences, half of which belong to
foreigners[1]. In Italy,
there are 4 million. In Mallorca and Corsica, secondary residencies represent 30% of the total amount of houses. The three
French regions on the Mediterranean coast, host 30% of the country’s total amount
of secondary residencies.