This coming Sunday the most crowded event of the Valencia Marathon will take place. 33,000 participants are expected in the race they are organizing. The organization of the event, run by the SD Correcaminos and the Valencia City Council, presented this Monday the spectacular tourist data of this 43rd edition, in which it stands out that 57% of the Registered runners come from outside Spain, increasing the percentage from last year and demonstrating the internationalization of the race, which this year will have participants from 134 different countries (compared to 124 in 2022).
France is the second to contribute the most athletes (4,662) after Spain (13,536), while the United Kingdom (2,463) and Italy (2,174) also exceed double a thousand participants. Other countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Poland and Ireland complete the top 10 of nations with the most runners, while the United States, Brazil and Mexico are the first countries outside Europe, all of them with more than 300 representatives.
The distribution of registered participants is completed with 23% of participants from the Valencian Community and 20% from the rest of Spain's autonomies, with Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante as the provinces with the greatest representation.
This causes hotel occupancy in the city of Valencia, according to data collated by Visit Valencia, to register an average of 87% during this weekend, increasing to reach 91% on the night from Saturday to Sunday, the eve of the big event. sports event.
Paula Llobet, delegate councilor for Tourism, Innovation and Investments of the Valencia City Council, highlighted that “the contribution of the Valencia Marathon to the city, and to tourist activity, is very important, since the runners come with friends or family with whom they enjoy and they discover the city, in addition to holding the test in December allows us to deseasonalize the arrival of visitors to our city as a destination.”
For her part, Ana Ortells, general director of CACSA, recognized that “the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències has been linked to sport since its inception and the Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Marathon is the great event of all of them and, that is why I want, "We announce the renewal of the agreement with the Valencia Marathon so that this continues to be its home for four more years every first Sunday in December."
An image in the Ciutat de les Art i les Ciències and the rest of the route, which can be seen throughout the planet. It can be seen on television in more than 175 countries, thanks to the 324 channels and television networks that will broadcast the race live and/or delayed.
