Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, January 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 12,8% in January 2014 compared with January 2013.

Income from accommodation increased by 15,8% year-on-year in January 2014, the result of a 10,0% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 5,3% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In January 2014, the types of accommodation that recorded the highest year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were guest-houses and guest-farms (24,9%) and `other` accommodation (24,3%).

  •  The main contributors to the 15,8% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in January 2014 were hotels (contributing 7,1 percentage points) and `other` accommodation (contributing 6,7 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 15,5% in the three months ended January 2014 compared with the three months ended January 2013. The main contributors to this increase were

  •  hotels (15,3% and contributing 9,5 percentage points); and
  • `other` accommodation (16,1% and contributing