IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 83,6% in November 2021 compared with November 2020.

Income from accommodation increased by 60,5% year-on-year in November 2021, the result of a 34,8% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 19,1% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In November 2021, positive contributors to the 60,5% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation were:

• hotels (73,5% and contributing 38,1 percentage points);
•  ‘other’ accommodation (48,2% and contributing 19,5 percentage points); and
• guest-houses and guest-farms (53,7% and contributing 3,0 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 61,2% in the three months ended November 2021 compared with the three months ended November 2020. The main contributors to this increase were:

• hotels (81,5% and contributing 38,0 percentage points); and
• ‘other’ accommodation (41,9% and contributing 19,1 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation increased by 5,5% month-on-month in November 2021. Positive month-on-month growth rates were recorded for:

·       hotels (7,4%); and

·       ‘other’ accommodation (5,8%).