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The audience

A counted audience, not an estimate.

Two independent, measured sources: vehicles counted by municipal ANPR cameras; people measured via anonymised mobile-device data (Basetis). A verified floor — not a ceiling.

How the counting works

01

The camera reads the plate

Municipal ANPR readers log every vehicle entering the municipality, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They identify no drivers and store no photographs.

02

The count is continuous

Not a sample, not a projection: the actual total of plates read, quarter by quarter, published by the town council.

03

The figure is verifiable

It's not a marketing number. It's a counter that cannot lie: either the camera reads the plate or it doesn't.

The vehicles, counted

2,555,597

vehicles · Q1–Q3 2025

Source: municipal ANPR · Ajuntament de Castell-Platja d'Aro

1,169,129

in Q3 (summer) alone

Source: municipal ANPR

+30.67%

Q2 2025 vs Q2 2024

Source: municipal ANPR

Q4 2025 will be added when the council publishes it. We don't estimate: we wait for the data.

The people, measured

up to 105,000

people in a single day — measured peak (18 April 2025, Good Friday)

Source: Basetis · anonymised mobile-device data

46,731

people/day on average — measured low-season floor (Feb–Apr 2025)

Source: Basetis

The 46,731 people/day average was measured in the quietest months of the year. The 105,000 peak shows how far a single strong day reaches: +125% over that average, still in April. In summer, the flow multiplies.

A town that multiplies

12,889

registered residents (2025)

Idescat

68.8%

of the housing stock is second homes (10,807 of 15,712)

Idescat · 2021 census

~15,700

regulated tourist beds (hotels + campsites)

Idescat · Generalitat registry

45–64 + 65+

82% of in-person tourist-office enquiries — an adult audience with spending power

Town council · Tourism Report 2024

Real average presence in Castell-Platja d'Aro nearly triples the registered population — one of the municipalities with the highest seasonal population in the province of Girona (Idescat ETCA). It isn't 8 weeks of August: it's waves — Easter, May, Sant Joan, summer, October, Christmas.

The tourist crossing the roundabout

8.18 M

tourists · Girona province, 2025

Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona · 2025 balance

€224/day

average international tourist spend in Catalonia — benchmark (€1,230/trip)

Patronat · 2025 balance

55%

of the market is international; France #1, UK +15%

Patronat · 2025 balance

2,185,561

passengers · Girona–Costa Brava airport, 2025

Aena

How we compare: OTS, not smoke

The outdoor industry tends to sell «estimated impacts» by multiplying audiences by repetitions. We publish opportunities to see anchored to the ANPR count — the real audience of the location, not an audience multiplied by how many times your spot plays. Daily plays (up to 90 or 180) are your campaign's frequency, not its audience. Smaller numbers, said with more confidence.

The audience on a one-page PDF

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