Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, September 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 5,9% in September 2014 compared with September 2013.

Income from accommodation increased by 7,9% year-on-year in September 2014, the result of a 3,7% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 4,1% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In September 2014, the types of accommodation that recorded the highest year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were hotels (9,2%) and ‘other’ accommodation (6,0%).

The main contributors to the 7,9% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in September 2014 were hotels (contributing 5,8 percentage points) and ‘other’ accommodation (contributing 1,8 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 10,2% in the third quarter of 2014 compared with the third quarter of 2013. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • hotels (9,8% and contributing 6,2 percentage points); and
  • ‘other’ accommodation (11,3% and contributing 3,4 percentage points).