On 16 October the initial 6 months pilot of the "Amigos Welcome Service" came to a close. From 1 May - 16 October 29 volunteers came to work in the pilgrims office to welcome every single pilgrim, offer them congratulations and to provide an information and support service to English speaking pilgrims. During the 6 months of the project 160,000 pilgrims arrived. A rough estimate is that the Amigos personally welcomed at least 100,000 of them. I'll soon write more about the results of the project. For the time being on behalf of every pilgrim who was welcomed with a smile and a warm word of congratulations I'd like to offer my heartfelt thanks to the Amigos.
All the numbers from Santiago - the United States tops the league
So far this year 186,763 pilgrims have arrived at the
Pilgrims' Office in Santiago. That's an increase of just less than 5% on last
year's total of 178,271.
This level of overall increase is normal but things are
changing. For the first time this year the monthly figures are showing
consistently less Spaniards than foreigners but the big story remains the huge
increase in pilgrims from the English speaking countries particularly the
United States of America. By the end of October the number of American pilgrims
had risen by almost 90% placing the United States 6th on the list of countries
- see below.
Note: following complaints from some readers who wrote to
me saying that either country or their point of departure was missing I am not
publishing the full list of statistics. Look down - it seems endless!
Pilgrims from English speaking countries 1 January - 31
October 2012
Country
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Growth
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Australia
|
951
|
1098
|
1288
|
1780
|
38%
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Canada
|
2095
|
1796
|
2271
|
2758
|
21%
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Ireland
|
1688
|
2272
|
2623
|
3792
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45%
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South Africa
|
255
|
287
|
506
|
696
|
37%
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United Kingdom
|
1660
|
1958
|
2310
|
3648
|
58%
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United States
|
2432
|
3154
|
3591
|
6797
|
89%
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New Zealand
|
187
|
216
|
225
|
364
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62%
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Between 1 January 2012 and 31 October 2012 186,763
pilgrims arrived at the pilgrims office. This is more about them:
Gender
Gender Number
of pilgrims
Male 105116
(56,28%)
Female 81647 (43,72%)
Mode of transport
Mode Number
of pilgrims
On foot 159164
(85,22%)
Bicycle 26958
(14,43%)
Horseback 591
(0,32%)
Wheelchair 50
(0,03%)
Motivation
Motivation Number
of pilgrims
Religious and other reasons 97689 (52,31%)
Religious 77550
(41,52%)
Not religious 11524
(6,17%)
Status
Status Number of pilgrims
Employed 41767 (22,36%)
Student 34094 (18,26%)
Technicians 24048 (12,88%)
Retired 21596
(11,56%)
Self employed 20891
(11,19%)
Teachers 14108 (7,55%)
Public workers 8449
(4,52%)
Manual 6834
(3,66%)
Unemployed 4844 (2,59%)
House wives 4257 (2,28%)
Directors 1739 (0,93%)
Artists 1399
(0,75%)
Priests 1143
(0,61%)
Farm workers 607 (0,33%)
Religious 470 (0,25%)
Sailors 327
(0,18%)
Sports people 161 (0,09%)
Oikoten 29 (0,02%)
Ages
Age Number of pilgrims
30 - 60 105594
(56,54%)
< 30 53318 (28,55%)
> 60 27851 (14,91%)
Routes
Routes Number
of pilgrims
Frances-Camino de 130901
(70,09%)
Portugues-Camino 24896
(13,33%)
Norte-Camino de 12632
(6,76%)
Via de la Plata 7890
(4,22%)
Primitivo-Camino 6145
(3,29%)
Ingles-Camino 3477
(1,86%)
Otros caminos 430
(0,23%)
Muxia-Finisterre 392
(0,21%)
Country Number
of pilgrims
Spain 92516 (49,54%)
Germany 15311 (8,20%)
Italy 12140 (6,50%)
Portugal 9989 (5,35%)
France 7854 (4,21%)
United States 6797 (3,64%)
Ireland 3792 (2,03%)
United Kingdom 3648
(1,95%)
Holland 2940 (1,57%)
Canada 2758 (1,48%)
Poland 2240 (1,20%)
Korea 2201 (1,18%)
Brasil 2152 (1,15%)
Belgium 1911 (1,02%)
Australia 1780 (0,95%)
Austria 1716 (0,92%)
Denmark 1653 (0,89%)
Sweden 1255 (0,67%)
Swizerland 1245 (0,67%)
México 995 (0,53%)
Norway 964 (0,52%)
Hungary 872 (0,47%)
Czec Rep 810 (0,43%)
Japan 798 (0,43%)
Argentina 770 (0,41%)
Finland 704 (0,38%)
South Africa 696 (0,37%)
Eslovaquia 624 (0,33%)
Russia 480 (0,26%)
Colombia 444 (0,24%)
Venezuela 423 (0,23%)
Eslovenia 368 (0,20%)
Nueva Zelanda 364
(0,19%)
Rumania 273 (0,15%)
Bulgaria 207 (0,11%)
Ecuador 180 (0,10%)
China 171 (0,09%)
Chile 165 (0,09%)
Lithuania 162 (0,09%)
Perú
158 (0,08%)
Israel 152 (0,08%)
Uruguay 147 (0,08%)
Filipinas
124 (0,07%)
Puerto Rico 119 (0,06%)
Estonia 116 (0,06%)
Luxemburgo 102 (0,05%)
Malta
100 (0,05%)
Andorra 94 (0,05%)
Ucrania 84 (0,04%)
Croacia 64 (0,03%)
Letonia 58 (0,03%)
Grecia 55 (0,03%)
Taiwán 53 (0,03%)
Islandia
53 (0,03%)
Bolivia 52 (0,03%)
Rep. Dominicana 52
(0,03%)
Costa Rica 51 (0,03%)
Paraguay 47 (0,03%)
Singapur 45 (0,02%)
Cuba 43 (0,02%)
India 37 (0,02%)
Líbano 32 (0,02%)
El Salvador 32 (0,02%)
Malasia 31 (0,02%)
Guatemala 29 (0,02%)
Panamá 25 (0,01%)
Turquía 20 (0,01%)
Islas Feroe 20 (0,01%)
Marruecos 20 (0,01%)
Nicaragua 19 (0,01%)
Honduras 18 (0,01%)
Serbia 15 (0,01%)
Myanmar 14 (0,01%)
Bielorrusia 12 (0,01%)
Armenia 12 (0,01%)
Irán 11 (0,01%)
Bosnia 11 (0,01%)
Angola 10 (0,01%)
Jordania 10 (0,01%)
Emiratos Arabes 10
(0,01%)
Starting Point
Starting Point Number of pilgrims
Sarria 39924 (21,38%)
S. Jean P. Port 21089
(11,29%)
León 10186 (5,45%)
Cebreiro 9978 (5,34%)
Tui 8184 (4,38%)
Roncesvalles 8176 (4,38%)
Ponferrada 7530 (4,03%)
Oporto 7459 (3,99%)
Astorga 5540 (2,97%)
Pamplona 4039 (2,16%)
Oviedo - C.P. 3873 (2,07%)
Burgos 3750 (2,01%)
Le Puy 3291 (1,76%)
Ferrol 3277 (1,75%)
Irún 3053 (1,63%)
Valença do Minho 3015
(1,61%)
Vilafranca 2618 (1,40%)
Resto Portugal 2582
(1,38%)
Ourense 2213 (1,18%)
Sevilla 2182 (1,17%)
Francia 2025 (1,08%)
Triacastela 1993 (1,07%)
Lugo - C.P. 1492 (0,80%)
Resto C. León 1335
(0,71%)
Samos 1271 (0,68%)
Resto Asturias 1154
(0,62%)
Santander 1122 (0,60%)
Ribadeo 1086 (0,58%)
Lisboa 945 (0,51%)
Logroño 922 (0,49%)
Bilbao 894 (0,48%)
Ponte de Lima 870
(0,47%)
Vilalba 839 (0,45%)
Holanda 775 (0,41%)
Gijón 713 (0,38%)
Oviedo 677 (0,36%)
Somport 640 (0,34%)
Alemania 581 (0,31%)
Avilés 543 (0,29%)
Salamanca 504 (0,27%)
Madrid - C.F. 462 (0,25%)
Zamora 446 (0,24%)
Resto País Vasco 422
(0,23%)
Sahagún 418 (0,22%)
Mondoñedo 375 (0,20%)
Bélgica 366 (0,20%)
Puebla de Sanabria 358
(0,19%)
Rates, S. Pedro 331
(0,18%)
Braga 322 (0,17%)
Resto Asturias - C.P. 316
(0,17%)
Vega de Valcarce 314
(0,17%)
Baamonde 297 (0,16%)
San Sebastián 294
(0,16%)
Chaves-Portugal 287
(0,15%)
Resto Cantabria 285
(0,15%)
Jaca 284 (0,15%)
Lourdes 258 (0,14%)
Frómista 257 (0,14%)
Muxia 254 (0,14%)
Suiza 252 (0,13%)
Barcelos 230 (0,12%)
Gudiña 219 (0,12%)
Porriño 200 (0,11%)
Neda 194 (0,10%)
A Guarda 188 (0,10%)
St Dom Calzada 188
(0,10%)
Carrión de Condes 175
(0,09%)
Fonsagrada - C.P. 168
(0,09%)
Vezelay 167 (0,09%)
Puente la Reina 166
(0,09%)
Lourenzá 162 (0,09%)
Cataluña 155 (0,08%)
Arles 152 (0,08%)
Rabanal del Camino 151
(0,08%)
Mérida 148 (0,08%)
Resto Andalucia 144
(0,08%)
Allariz 143 (0,08%)
Resto C. León - V.P. 143
(0,08%)
Granja de Moreruela 140
(0,07%)
Finisterra 138 (0,07%)
Montserrat 134 (0,07%)
Francia 131 (0,07%)
Xunqueira de Ambia 129
(0,07%)
Hendaya 128 (0,07%)
Laza 126 (0,07%)
Madrid 124 (0,07%)
Fonsagrada 121 (0,06%)
Hospital de Orbigo 120
(0,06%)
Valencia 116 (0,06%)
Abadin 114 (0,06%)
Estella 110 (0,06%)
Navarra 107 (0,06%)
Viana do Castelo 106
(0,06%)
Austria 104 (0,06%)
Fatima 100 (0,05%)
Zaragoza 100 (0,05%)
Cáceres 97 (0,05%)
Verín 95 (0,05%)
Baiona 92 (0,05%)
Barcelona 89 (0,05%)
Cadavo 88 (0,05%)
R.Pais Vasco 85 (0,05%)
Grandas de Salime. 83
(0,04%)
Grandas de Salime 81
(0,04%)
Rest Extremadura 81
(0,04%)
Vigo 80 (0,04%)
Tineo - C.P. 77 (0,04%)
Com. Valenciana 76
(0,04%)
París 64 (0,03%)
Italia 64 (0,03%)
Canfranc 60 (0,03%)
Castilla la Mancha 60
(0,03%)
Guimaraes 60 (0,03%)
Molinaseca 54 (0,03%)
Povoa de Varzim 54
(0,03%)
Monforte de Lemos 54
(0,03%)
Granada 50 (0,03%)
Tineo 48 (0,03%)
Castilla La Mancha 46
(0,02%)
Coimbra 45 (0,02%)
Cast. la Mancha 43
(0,02%)
Huelva 41 (0,02%)
Ponferrada. C.Inv. 40
(0,02%)
Com. Valenciana 40
(0,02%)
Nájera 39 (0,02%)
Benavente 36 (0,02%)
Badajoz 34 (0,02%)
La Rioja 32 (0,02%)
Polonia 31 (0,02%)
Malaga 30 (0,02%)
Córdoba 29 (0,02%)
Roma 28 (0,01%)
Resto Europa 28 (0,01%)
Valladolid 27 (0,01%)
Castrojeriz 27 (0,01%)
San Sebastian 25
(0,01%)
Las Médulas 24 (0,01%)
Fonfría 22 (0,01%)
Reino Unido 21 (0,01%)
Murcia 21 (0,01%)
Vegadeo 18 (0,01%)
Guitiriz 18 (0,01%)
Cataluña 17 (0,01%)
Republica Checa 17
(0,01%)
Salas 14 (0,01%)
Eslovaquia 13 (0,01%)
San Juan de Ortega 13
(0,01%)
Quiroga 13 (0,01%)
La Bañeza 10 (0,01%)
Grado 10 (0,01%)
Esposende 9 (0,00%)
Irlanda 9 (0,00%)
Faro 8 (0,00%)
La Mesa 8 (0,00%)
Viseu 8 (0,00%)
Cea 8 (0,00%)
La Rioja 7 (0,00%)
Hungría 7 (0,00%)
Finlandia 6 (0,00%)
Resto Galicia 6 (0,00%)
Dinamarca 5 (0,00%)
Aveiro 4 (0,00%)
Valcarlos 4 (0,00%)
Luxemburgo 4 (0,00%)
Vincios 4 (0,00%)
Sobrado 4 (0,00%)
Peñaseita 3 (0,00%)
Rábade 3 (0,00%)
El Escamplero 3
(0,00%)
Guntín 3 (0,00%)
Jerusalem 3 (0,00%)
Gonzar 3 (0,00%)
Vilabade 3 (0,00%)
Mella 2 (0,00%)
Betanzos 2 (0,00%)
Leyre 2 (0,00%)
Inglaterra 1 (0,00%)
Pontedeume 1 (0,00%)
Reino Unido C.Ing 1
(0,00%)
mirallos 1 (0,00%)
Gándara 1 (0,00%)
O Barco 1
(0,00%)
Irlanda C. Ing 1 (0,00%)
Ortigueira 1 (0,00%)
Pardellas 1 (0,00%)
Egipto 1 (0,00%)
A Rúa 1 (0,00%)
Andorra 1 (0,00%)
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