Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, December 2021

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 46,6% in December 2021 compared with December 2020.

Income from accommodation increased by 18,4% year-on-year in December 2021, the result of an 11,5% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 6,3% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In December 2021, positive contributors to the 18,4% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation were:


  • hotels (45,1% and contributing 20,2 percentage points); and
  • guest-houses and guest-farms (45,7% and contributing 2,3 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 38,7% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the fourth quarter of 2020. The main contributors to this increase were:

  •  hotels (61,4% and contributing 28,7 percentage points); and
  •  ‘other’ accommodation (16,9% and contributing 7,6 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation increased by 7,7% month-on-month in December 2021. Positive month-on-month growth rates were recorded for:

  •   guest-houses and guest-farms (17,8%); and
  •  hotels (14,8%).