Características y localización de la hostelería en la Comunidad de Madrid

Abstract

This article analyses the characteristics, number and localisation of hotel resources in the Autonomous Community of Madrid throughout the last decade (1992- 2002).In this period, the Community has experienced a remarkable increase of hotel premises due to the following factors, among others: the relocation of economic activities from inner capital locations to adjacent counties, the enlargement of public communication networks, the exploitation of natural and cultural heritage, new leisure offers linked to economic changes and the UE financial investments in rural areas. As a result, quality standards have risen up outstandingly and, more important yet, new hotel locations have reached out (i) the metropolitan counties immediately adjacent to the urban core, (ii) the northern mountain fringe and (iii) the SW quarter.