SJPDP pilgrim office numbers - January to October 2023

[Bradypus]

The SJPDP pilgrim office numbers for January to October have just been posted on their Facebook account. After a very busy start to the year things seem to have settled down a little. By the end of October the numbers recorded by the office were 6.4% up on the same period in 2022. At the other end of the camino the running total of Compostelas issued in Santiago is about 2% up on the same period last year.

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[Vacajoe]

Sounds like the pent-up post-Covid demand is finally settling out and we may be back to the usual year-over-year increases.

 

[JustJack]

Interesting that 2023 numbers are lower than every year back to 2015.

 

[Jodean]

We did not register at the pilgrim office even though we started at SJPDP, and all those that start in Roncesvalles won't be registering there either.

 

[Bradypus]

We did not register at the pilgrim office even though we started at SJPDP, and all those that start in Roncesvalles won't be registering there either.

The statistics from the pilgrim offices in SJPDP and Santiago are only ever going to be a partial picture. I no longer register at the Santiago pilgrim office when I finish my journeys so I will not be counted in their annual statistics either. But the records do give some idea of trends over time.

 

[Bradypus]

all those that start in Roncesvalles won't be registering there either.

There was a time not so long ago when Roncesvalles was the main starting point for Spanish pilgrims on the Camino Frances but that is no longer true. The numbers of pilgrims of all nationalities who start from SJPDP greatly outnumber those who choose to start from Roncesvalles which is increasingly becoming a waypoint rather than the start of a Camino journey. We even see the bizarre situation of people taking a bus from Pamplona through Roncesvalles to SJPDP just so they can turn around and walk back west!

 

[Keith H]

There was a time not so long ago when Roncesvalles was the main starting point for Spanish pilgrims on the Camino Frances but that is no longer true. The numbers of pilgrims of all nationalities who start from SJPDP greatly outnumber those who choose to start from Roncesvalles which is increasingly becoming a waypoint rather than the start of a Camino journey. We even see the bizarre situation of people taking a bus from Pamplona through Roncesvalles to SJPDP just so they can turn around and walk back west!

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I did exactly that! I wanted to experience the Pyrenees and I’m so glad I did!

 

[Pelegrin]

Yesterday I did Sarria - Portomarin to let my cousin (66) know the Camino and we passed 15 pilgrims from Spain, Mexico, USA (Arizona), Italy and Switzerland.

 

[Bradypus]

Yesterday I did Sarria - Portomarin to let my cousin (66) know the Camino and we passed 15 pilgrims from Spain, Mexico, USA (Arizona), Italy and Switzerland.

Numbers walking the Caminos are tailing off now but still surprisingly large for the time of year. So far today the Santiago pilgrim office has recorded 433 pilgrims from all routes and there will probably be a few more before the office closes. That will bring the running total for the year so far to less than 2,000 short of the record number of pilgrims recorded during the whole of 2022.

 

[dougfitz]

Interesting that 2023 numbers are lower than every year back to 2015.

Really? It seems to me that 2020 and 2021 were substantially lower as everyone, including SJPP, was coping with COVID related travel restrictions.

 

[trecile]

Really? It seems to me that 2020 and 2021 were substantially lower as everyone, including SJPP, was coping with COVID related travel restrictions.

I think that @JustJack probably meant non pandemic years.

 

[dougfitz]

I think that @JustJack probably meant non pandemic years.

I admit that my crystal ball is quite cloudy, and I don't pretend to read minds. I expect someone who uses the phrase 'every year' means just that!

 

[JustJack]

I admit that my crystal ball is quite cloudy, and I don't pretend to read minds. I expect someone who uses the phrase 'every year' means just that!

Yeah my post was poorly worded for sure. Didn't proof read before posting.

Sorry if it caused you any concern (the exclamation mark implies alarm or surprise).

 

[Pelegrin]

Numbers walking the Caminos are tailing off now but still surprisingly large for the time of year. So far today the Santiago pilgrim office has recorded 433 pilgrims from all routes and there will probably be a few more before the office closes. That will bring the running total for the year so far to less than 2,000 short of the record number of pilgrims recorded during the whole of 2022.

Yesterday it was raining as usual. I met a French pilgrim in a bar in Baamonde. She was in her late fifties and was doing alone Camino del Norte from Bordeaux.

 

[spwalker]

The SJPDP pilgrim office numbers for January to October have just been posted on their Facebook account. After a very busy start to the year things seem to have settled down a little. By the end of October the numbers recorded by the office were 6.4% up on the same period in 2022. At the other end of the camino the running total of Compostelas issued in Santiago is about 2% up on the same period last year.

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Thank you for posting this. I read also that the number of Compostelas granted in Santiago was some 435,000, if I recall correctly. I infer from this that nearly 400,000 pilgrims did just the last 100km.

 

[Bradypus]

hank you for posting this. I read also that the number of Compostelas granted in Santiago was some 435,000, if I recall correctly. I infer from this that nearly 400,000 pilgrims did just the last 100km.

Not quite that simple. There are many possible paths and starting points. The Santiago pilgrim office records arrivals from all the Camino routes. The office in Saint Jean Pied de Port only shows numbers on one particular route. The Camino Frances was the first route to be revived in recent times but is increasingly being overtaken by the numbers of walkers choosing other paths. The Santiago office provides very detailed statistics of arrivals in Santiago who have received a Compostela broken down by nationality, route, starting point, age and so on if you are interested in looking further. The total number of Compostelas issued for all routes in 2022 was 438,307. The largest number for a single year in modern times. And that record looks likely to fall tomorrow as the running total for 2023 including today's arrivals currently stands about 177 short of that. Remarkable given that last year was a Holy Year when numbers are expected to peak and also given that there are still six weeks of the year to run.

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[spwalker]

Not quite that simple. There are many possible paths and starting points. The Santiago pilgrim office records arrivals from all the Camino routes. The office in Saint Jean Pied de Port only shows numbers on one particular route. The Camino Frances was the first route to be revived in recent times but is increasingly being overtaken by the numbers of walkers choosing other paths. The Santiago office provides very detailed statistics of arrivals in Santiago who have received a Compostela broken down by nationality, route, starting point, age and so on if you are interested in looking further. The total number of Compostelas issued for all routes in 2022 was 438,307. The largest number for a single year in modern times. And that record looks likely to fall tomorrow as the running total for 2023 including today's arrivals currently stands about 177 short of that. Remarkable given that last year was a Holy Year when numbers are expected to peak and also given that there are still six weeks of the year to run.

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Of course...I wwasn't thinking straight. Thanks for the correction

 

[Smash123]

The SJPDP pilgrim office numbers for January to October have just been posted on their Facebook account. After a very busy start to the year things seem to have settled down a little. By the end of October the numbers recorded by the office were 6.4% up on the same period in 2022. At the other end of the camino the running total of Compostelas issued in Santiago is about 2% up on the same period last year.

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Curious how those numbers are collected. I was in SJPdP in May, but never checked in. It was the end of my Chemin - almost - I went as far as Roncesvalles Yet another reason those two numbers are not necessarily related.