Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, December 2022

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 41,9% in December 2022 compared with December 2021.

Income from accommodation increased by 43,5% year-on-year in December 2022, the result of a 19,9% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 19,7% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In December 2022, the largest contributors to the 43,5% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation were:

  • hotels (62,8% and contributing 28,5 percentage points); and
  • ‘other’ accommodation (27,8% and contributing 12,3 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 46,7% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with the fourth quarter of 2021. The main contributors to this increase were:

  •  hotels (63,3% and contributing 29,2 percentage points); and
  •   ‘other’ accommodation (33,4% and contributing 14,8 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation increased by 5,1% month-on-month in December 2022 following a decrease of 2,8% month-on-month in November 2022.