Percentage of Return Pilgrims?

[Robo]

Just curious.
I'm sure we ran a poll somewhere.

But I wonder in any given year, what the % of return Pilgrims might be?
A large proportion of us here seem to 'repeat offenders' but we are only a small sample.

Are there any stats anywhere?

 

[trecile]

When I walked this year I met mostly first timers and less than five repeat pilgrims while I was on the Francés. While I was on the Aragonés and Invierno the percentage of repeat pilgrims was a lot higher, but not 100%.

 

[Robo]

When I walked this year I met mostly first timers and less than five repeat pilgrims while I was on the Francés. While I was on the Aragonés and Invierno the percentage of repeat pilgrims was a lot higher, but not 100%.

Yes, same here. 1 or 2 newbies only on the VdlP and Invierno.
But quite a few on the CF.

Just wonder to what extent 'we' contribute to the 'busy' feel of the popular routes?

 

[Flog]

A very high proportion of the pilgrims we speak to at the Pilgrims Office are first timers.. But then, many repeat pilgrims don't bother to collect a compostela.

 

[davejsy]

I would hazard a guess that on my CF it was about 70% newbies of those I met. But that is only a snapshot of the people I met and spoke to.

 

[Anhalter]

Since it is nowhere registered (Pilgrim office/credential) if it's a first or repeat Camino i guess we can only take clues from what we experience on the road and what our gut tells us.
I would assume that first timers are a higher percentage on the popular routes, CF, CP, CdN and Primitivo. Go to something like the Salvador, Llana or VdlP, i would not be surprise that a significant percentage of pilgrims would not be on their first.

 

[woody66]

A very high proportion of the pilgrims we speak to at the Pilgrims Office are first timers.. But then, many repeat pilgrims don't bother to collect a compostela.

Yep i said one was enough didn't need more!

 

[Antonius Vaessen]

A very high proportion of the pilgrims we speak to at the Pilgrims Office are first timers.. But then, many repeat pilgrims don't bother to collect a compostela.

There are "first-timers" who don't bother either.

 

[CTLawGal]

There are "first-timers" who don't bother either.

I was one of those! Arriving in Santiago I was overwhelmed with emotion, but didn't even consider stopping to get mine even though I had dutifully obtained all my stamps; but I continued walking on to Finisterre and Muxia, and by the time I returned to Santiago I had decided that if there wasn't a line, I would get mine. I stopped by the Pilgrim's Office around 4 pm, no line! I got my compostela and started to weep. I've framed everything and am glad I did.

But back to the topic, walking on the Norte and Primitivo, I would say more than 50% of those I spoke with had already walked at least one other Camino, many had walked several.