[Gocamino] New website for pilgrims office in Santiago

Sil sillydoll at gmail.com
Sun May 23 08:59:22 PDT 2010


Have you seen the new website for the Pilgrims' Office?  It is user
friendly, has up-dated information on access to the cathedral, the number of
pilgrims who arrive each day, and stats up for April; 2010.

During the month of april 2010, 19.580 pilgrims were received at the
Pilgrim's Office. The number of pilgrims in the past Holy Year, 2004, during
the same period was 15.933.
Of those pilgrims, 8.487 (43,35%) were women and 11.085 (56,61%) men. 17.313
(88,42%) pilgrims arrived on foot, 2.055 (10,50%) by bicicle, 202 (1,03%) on
horseback, and 2 (0,01%) pilgrims on wheel-chair.

Pilgrims' Age:
5.664 pilgrims were younger than 30 years old (28,93%), 11.672 were between
30 and 60 years old (59,61%), and 2.244 were aged above 60 years old
(11,46%).

Pilgrims' Motivation:
Religious: 8.773 (44,81%)
Religious and Cultural: 9.446 (48,24%)
Cultural: 1.353 (6,91%)

Starting Points:
Most of the pilgrims received in this period started their Way to Santiago
in: Sarria: 5.069 (25,89%); Cebreiro: 2.190 (11,18%); Tui: 1.500 (7,66%);
Roncesvalles: 988 (5,05%); Ponferrada: 899 (4,59%); León: 828 (4,23%); S.
Jean P. Port: 817 (4,17%); Valença do Minho: 512 (2,61%); etc.
The Chosen Routes:
Most of the pilgrims chose Frances-Camino de: 13.643 (69,68%);
Portugues-Camino: 3.138 (16,03%); Via de la Plata: 1.105 (5,64%);
Norte-Camino de: 792 (4,04%); Ingles-Camino: 431 (2,20%); etc.
 http://www.peregrinossantiago.es/
Sil
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www.vfpilgrims.blogspot.com
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