The capital of Alagoas will have, this year, four new hotels, which should be inaugurated in the coming months. Above all, the local Tourism Secretariat commemorates the economic impact of R $ 111 million due to the openings. There will be 1.8 thousand beds added to the destinations and 240 people employed.

One of the hotels is the Intercity Condo Hotel in Ponta Verde, which has an investment of R $ 25 million. It will generate 425 new beds and 70 direct jobs. Record Offices & Suites, also in Ponta Verde, had an investment of R $ 11 million, will generate 623 beds and employ 70 people.

In the same neighborhood will also be inaugurated the Comfort Condo Hotel, which had an investment of R $ 50 million. There will be 40 new jobs for direct jobs and 264 jobs. Finally, Hotel Porto Jatiúca, in the neighborhood of Jatiúca, is the fourth hotel that is expected to open this year: 504

According to the setur of Maceió, with the inauguration of these four new hotels, the destination will increase by almost 11% in the number of beds, reaching 18,300.

“The completion of the four new hotel projects foreseen for 2017 in Maceió signaled well the growth that the tourism sector has had in recent years, and is the result of the positive indicators that the destination is having in the market, mainly in the Brazilian and the South American. In addition to increasing the number of beds in the capital, allowing for an even greater annual flow of tourists, enterprises also generate large employment and income opportunities for the population of the capital, especially youth, since tourism has the capacity to Absorb this profile of labor, “explained the Secretary of Tourism of Maceió, Jair Galvão

Hotel growth in Alagoas

According to data from the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (Sedetur), Alagoas currently has 22 hotels under construction, installation or expansion of the existing structure, with investments totaling at least R $ 329.5 million. The agency also estimates that the new ventures, combined, generate at least 2,500 jobs. The forecast is that in the next three years, construction projects and expansion of hotels in the State will add 6.2 thousand beds to the approximately 16 thousand already existing in the State, representing a growth of 38.7% in the offer to travelers.