IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 3,7% in February 2014 compared with February 2013. Income from accommodation increased by 7,0% year-on-year in February 2014, the result of a 3,4% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 3,5% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold. In February 2014, the types of accommodation that recorded the highest year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were guest-houses and guest-farms (29,8%) and hotels (6,6%). • The main contributors to the 7,0% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in February 2014 were hotels (contributing 4,3 percentage points) and guest-houses and guest-farms (contributing 2,2 percentage points). Income from accommodation increased by 13,5% in the three months ended February 2014 compared with the three months ended February 2013. The main contributors to this increase were: • hotels (12,7% and contributing 7,9 percentage points); and • ‘other’ accommodation (13,8% and contributing 3,9 percentage points)