[Gocamino] Fw: More on 2006 pilgrims

[Mary V. Wallis]

found another one. Since this alludes to an error in one of the others, I 
thought I'd better send it.

Mary



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Subject: [Gocamino] More on 2006 pilgrims


> Hello you all,
> Gosh.... so much interest!
> First, there was an error in the earlier message: the number of 
> Compostela-earning pilgrims that manifested a religious-cultural interest 
> was, actually, 49,726.
> The month-to-month pilgrims were:
> January, 314; February, 351, March, 1,093; April, 7,438; May, 9,992; June, 
> 12,946; July, 18,560; August, 25,968; September, 13,451; October, 7,661; 
> November, 1,755 and December, 848.
> To save time, here are the top twenty, in pilgrim numbers, of the 135 
> listed, pilgrim countries, other than Spain, in Spanish alphabetical 
> order, and the equivalent 2005 numbers (in parenthesis):
> Germany 8,097 (7,155); Australia - including Wendy Morris- 730 (666); 
> Austria 1,422 (1,470=; Belgium 1,443 (1,283); Brasil 1,172 (1,163); Canada 
> 1,546 (1,420); Denmark 801 (698); United States 1,909 (2,047); France 
> 6,791 (5,909); Holland 1,633 (1,610); Hungary 609 (326); Ireland 849 
> (622); ITALY 10,013 (7,430); Mexico 484 (473); Poland 600 (422); Portugal 
> 3,365 (2,574); United Kingdom 1,541 (1,512); Chekoslovakia 399 (330); 
> Sweden 411 (340); Switzerland 780 (726).
> Pilgrims also came from Mauricio (?), the Feroe Islands (?), Iran, Israel 
> and even Pakistan.
> For those of you with specific questions about countries not included 
> above:  Iceland 22 (10); New Zealand 138 (125); Norway 373 (278).
> I should think that the decline in U.S. pilgrims might be due to the 
> continuing fall of the Dollar. An Euro costs about $1.40 and it is 
> expected to be at least $1.50 by the Summer because of the growing 
> domestic deficit and the national debt, or so the newspapers say.
> Again, the figures available only show those pilgrims who actually 
> received the Compostela. As we know, thex represent about 1/5 of the 
> actual pilgrims on the various routes of the Camino at any time.
>
> Big hug!
>
> Rosina
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