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• The Xunta Council reported on the progress of this initiative, launched in 2023, which is about to exhaust all discount vouchers.
• Participants spent an average of €400 on tourist packages.

The Xunta Council reported last Thursday, March 7, on the progress of the Xacobeo Xove program, an initiative that promotes the experience of the Camino de Santiago among youth through discounts on packages designed by Galician travel agencies. A total of 25 Galician retail and wholesale travel agencies participate in this initiative.

The program is advancing at a good pace, on the verge of marketing all available trips. At the moment, 3,100 discounts have already been applied, both individually and in groups. They are mainly young Spaniards, up to 30 years old, students, who choose different types of trips (as a couple, with family or with friends). Most of them belong to different parts of Spain, but reservations from young people from Italy, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Sweden were also registered.

The price of the marketed trips was 408 euros per person. This initiative allowed a large part of society to live the experience of the Camino de Santiago through a discount of 200 euros on the usual price. Since its launch, more than 60 tourist packages have been active and can be consulted through the website www.xacobeoxove.com.

The Xacobeo Xove program is an initiative financed by the Galician Tourism Agency in collaboration with the Department of Social Policy and Youth, the Galician Tourism Cluster, the Association of Travel Agencies of Galicia (Agavi), the Association of Incoming Tour Operators of Galicia (Atrega) and the Provincial Association of Travel Agencies of Pontevedra ( Avipo). Its objective is to promote pilgrimage among the newest population and promote the future of the Camino de Santiago.