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Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, July 2018

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry decreased by 2,3% in July 2018 compared with July 2017.

Income from accommodation decreased by 0,5% year-on-year in July 2018, the result of a 4,2% decrease in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 3,9% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In July 2018, the types of accommodation that recorded the largest negative year-on-year growth in income from accommodation were:

  • guest-houses and guest-farms (-26,6%); and
  • caravan parks and camping sites (-14,3%).

    • The largest negative contributor to the 0,5% year-on-year decrease in income from accommodation in July 2018 was guest-houses and guest-farms (contributing -1,7 percentage points).

    Income from accommodation decreased by 0,3% in the three months ended July 2018 compared with the three months ended July 2017. Negative contributors to this decrease were:

  • hotels (-2,3% and contributing -1,5 percentage points); and
  • guest-houses and guest-farms (-21,0% and contributing -1,2 percentage points).

    • Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation decreased by 0,5% month-on-month in July 2018. Negative month-on-month growth rates were recorded for:

  • caravan parks and camping sites (-10,0%);
  • guest-houses and guest-farms (-2,1%); and
  • 'other' accommodation (-1,4%).

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