Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, June 2015

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 4,1% in June 2015 compared with June 2014.

Income from accommodation increased by 5,3% year-on-year in June 2015, the result of a 2,0% decrease in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 7,5% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In June 2015, the types of accommodation that recorded the highest year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were 'other' accommodation (5,5%), hotels (5,4%) and guest-houses and guest-farms (4,3%).

The main contributors to the 5,3% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in June 2015 were hotels (contributing 3,5 percentage points) and ‘other’ accommodation (contributing 1,6 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 7,0% in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the second quarter of 2014. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • hotels (7,1% and contributing 4,5 percentage points); and
  • 'other' accommodation (7,5% and contributing 2,2 percentage points).