{
  "query": {
    "country": "ES",
    "area": "Benidorm"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "EUR",
    "unit": "per occupied room per night",
    "value": 175.18,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-08-01",
    "to": "2026-08-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-08",
    "note": "Average price actually charged per occupied hotel room per night, as surveyed by INE (not a quote for particular dates, not a booking price)."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-18T12:43:20.846Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "es-ine-hotels",
    "name": "Hotel profitability indicators: average daily rate (ADR), monthly",
    "publisher": "Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Spain",
    "licence": "INE legal notice: INE content may be reused, including commercially, under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0), crediting INE as the source and stating the date of the last update.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.ine.es/dyngs/AYU/en/index.htm?cid=125",
    "attribution": "Source: INE website (www.ine.es), Hotel profitability indicators (IRSH). Prepared by ProofPrice using data extracted from the INE website; figures are passed on as published. INE does not endorse ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736177109&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735576863"
  },
  "method": "INE (Spain's statistics office) surveys hotels every month and publishes the average daily rate (ADR): the average price actually charged per occupied room per night. ProofPrice returns the published figure for the latest month, unchanged, with INE's annual change for the same month. It is an average over all hotels in the area, not a range of individual bookings and not a quote for given dates; INE gives no sample size, so no range is calculated.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In August 2026 hotels in Benidorm charged an average of 175.18 euro per occupied room per night (INE average daily rate). That is 6.02% higher than in August 2025. Official average published by Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Spain for 2026-08.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "area": "Benidorm",
    "scope": "region, province or tourist site",
    "month": "2026-08",
    "change_on_year_earlier_percent": 6.02,
    "price_basis": "average price charged per occupied room per night (official statistic)",
    "ine_series": "EOT43599",
    "ine_table": 46298
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_8b850d6deeead50f6bf4",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-18T12:43:20.846Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-08-31",
  "data_age_days": 48,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published average or median with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}