Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, December 2013

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 11,1% in December 2013 compared with December 2012.

Income from accommodation increased by 17,9% year-on-year in December 2013, the result of a 5,9% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and an 11,3% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

  • In December 2013, the types of accommodation that recorded the highest year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were caravan parks and camping sites (51,1%), hotels (20,3%) and `other` accommodation (13,3%).
  • The main contributors to the 17,9% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in December 2013 were hotels (contributing 11,7 percentage points) and `other` accommodation (contributing 4,1 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 14,3% in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with the fourth quarter of 2012. The main contributors to this increase were:

  •  hotels (14,5% and contributing 9,1 percentage points); and `other` accommodation (13,7% and contributing 3,8 percentage points).