IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 1,1% in January 2015 compared with January 2014.

Income from accommodation decreased by 1,5% year-on-year in January 2015, the result of a 9,3% decrease in the number of stay unit nights sold and an 8,5% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In January 2015, the types of accommodation that recorded negative year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were ‘other’ accommodation (-9,2%) and caravan parks and camping sites (-3,2%).

The only significant negative contributor to the 1,5% year-on-year decrease in income from accommodation in January 2015 was  ‘other’ accommodation  (contributing -3,0 percentage points) .

Income from accommodation increased by 2,8% in the three months ended January 2015 compared with the three months ended January 2014. The main contributors to this increase were:

• hotels (3,1% and contributing 1,9 percentage points); and
  
• guest-houses and guest-farms (10,9% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).