Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, March 2022

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 110,6% in March 2022 compared with March 2021.


Income from accommodation increased by 87,6% year-on-year in March 2022, the result of a 48,7% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 26,2% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

 

In March 2022, the largest contributors to the 87,6% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation were:

  •         hotels (110,3% and contributing 54,4 percentage points); and
  •         ‘other’ accommodation (67,5% and contributing 29,0 percentage points).

 

Income from accommodation increased by 83,3% in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the first quarter of 2021. The main contributors to this increase were:

  •         hotels (118,0% and contributing 54,8 percentage points); and
  •        ‘other’ accommodation (48,9% and contributing 22,0 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation increased by 26,3% month-on-month in March 2022 and by 3,4% month-on-month in February 2022.