Le padel increasingly intrudes into our daily lives. It has become a real place of cohesion and unique socialization.

Another advantage, this discipline has no season. As said Pedro Claveria, co-founder of the Playtomic platform "Today you can play padel when you want, where you want and find people of the same level as you without knowing them." So of course, when the holidays and sunny days come, the padel becomes a tool of attraction for tourists. For several years now, holiday homes and residences have been equipped with ski slopes. padel to seduce fans of the little yellow ball. But how to explain this phenomenon?

Mind-boggling numbers

85 lands expected for 2026, over 200 million invested in 2022 to build new courts : the fever of padel rise in the world. According to a study by Monitor Deloitte, the world's leading professional services and consulting firm, in collaboration with Playtomic, the leading racquet sports technology platform, le padel is constantly increasing.

As every year, Monitor Deloitte carried out a complete inventory of the padel on a European scale. During the year 2022, the number of runways padel increased from 29 to 000, an increase of 38%. The world's leading professional services and consulting firm estimates that this growth will continue over time and that the number of pitches could reach 85 in 000.

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©Monitor Deloitte

Since 2016, the number of clubs has increased from 2 to 800 in 9, be one colossal increase of 249% !

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©Monitor Deloitte

The current and future development of padel is marked by construction of courts/clubs, the promotion of competitions/federations and the arrival of many brands, sponsors and public figures which allow to give a good visibility to this sport. Many investors and construction companies have entered this market. Le padel represents a real social phenomenon.

Besides this social phenomenon, le padel is also a real financial opportunity for large investors. More than a fad, the padel becomes one of the sports of the moment.

Today, there are nearly 20 million practitioners : the virus padel is progressing all over the world. Inevitably, in view of these figures, owners of vacation homes or residences see opportunities to attract small-ball fans, but also to grow their business.

Aperitif, rest, swimming pool and padel, it's possible

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Sun, holidays, friends, family and padel. Combining passions and holidays is not forbidden. For some time now, houses and summer residences have been equipping themselves with padel to sell better.

Indeed, we were able to observe it recently on the AirBnB rental site. Several owners have opted for originality by offering their guests padel :

Enjoying a villa with a sea view, by the pool, with family and friends is fine, but with a plot of padel more is better!

Masterclasses padel and vacation

Of course, you also have the very simple possibility of going an internship padel.

For this, all the information, it happens HERE.

Or get closer of the club near your vacation spot.

Vincent Gallie

A fan of oval football, round ball but also racket sports, he was stung by the padel during his adolescence in Galicia. As comfortable in front of the camera as behind a microphone, Vince will be able to bring his vision and expertise as a fan of the little yellow ball.