Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, May 2024

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 4,4% in May 2024 compared with May 2023.

Income from accommodation increased by 5,8% year-on-year in May 2024, the result of a 10,6% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In May 2024, the largest contributors to the 5,8% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation were:

  • ‘other’ accommodation (10,7% and contributing 3,3 percentage points); and
  • hotels (3,8% and contributing 2,4 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 7,5% in the three months ended May 2024 compared with the three months ended May 2023. The main positive contributors to this increase were:

  • hotels (6,3% and contributing 4,0 percentage points); and
  • ‘other’ accommodation (12,4% and contributing 3,7 percentage points).

Guest-houses and guest-farms (-6,1% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point) was the only negative contributor.

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation increased by 7,6% month-on-month in May 2024, following an increase of 1,3% month-on-month in April 2024.