Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, March 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 2,6% in March 2014 compared with March 2013.

Income from accommodation increased by 5,7% year-on-year in March 2014, the result of a 0,5% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 5,1% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In March 2014, the types of accommodation that recorded positive year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were guest-houses and guest-farms (23,1%) and hotels (7,0%).

  • Positive contributors to the 5,7% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in March 2014 were hotels (contributing 4,4 percentage points) and guest-houses and guest-farms (contributing 1,7 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 9,9% in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the first quarter of 2013. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • hotels (8,2% and contributing 5,3 percentage points); and
  • 'other' accommodation (10,3% and contributing 2,8 percentage points)