IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry decreased by 1,2% in May 2018 compared with May 2017.

Income from accommodation decreased by 2,3% year-on-year in May 2018, the result of a 7,0% decrease in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 5,0% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

• In May 2018, the types of accommodation that recorded the largest negative year-on-year growth in income from accommodation were:
• guest-houses and guest-farms (-22,4%); and caravan parks and camping sites (-8,1%).

The largest negative contributors to the 2,3% year-on-year decrease in income from accommodation in May 2018 were hotels (contributing -2,4 percentage points) and guest-houses and guest-farms (contributing -1,5 percentage points).

Income from accommodation decreased by 2,7% in the three months ended May 2018 compared with the three months ended May 2017. Negative contributors to this decrease were:

•  hotels (-3,4% and contributing -2,2 percentage points); and
•  guest-houses and guest-farms (-9,0% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation decreased by 3,0% month-on-month in May 2018. The largest negative month-on-month growth rates were recorded for:

•  caravans parks and camping sites  (-22,4%); and 
•  guest-houses and guest-farms (-16,9%).