Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, December 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 4,6% in December 2014 compared with December 2013.

Income from accommodation increased by 3,8% year-on-year in December 2014, the result of a 0,2% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 3,6% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In December 2014, the types of accommodation that recorded the highest year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were guest-houses and guest-farms (18,3%) and caravan parks and camping sites (16,7%).

The main contributors to the 3,8% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in December 2014 were hotels (contributing 1,7 percentage points) and guest-houses and guest-farms (contributing 1,2 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 7,2% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the fourth quarter of 2013. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • hotels (5,6% and contributing 3,5 percentage points); and
  • ‘other’ accommodation (8,7% and contributing 2,6 percentage points).