IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Results: Tourist accommodation for June 2019

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 6,7% in June 2019 compared with June 2018.

Income from accommodation increased by 8,2% year-on-year in June 2019, the result of a 3,2% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 4,9% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In June 2019, the types of accommodation that recorded the largest year-on-year growth in income from accommodation were:

•  caravan parks and camping sites (55,4%); and

•  ‘other’ accommodation (11,0%).

The main contributors to the 8,2% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in June 2019 were:

• hotels (contributing 4,3 percentage points); and

• ‘other’ accommodation (contributing 3,2 percentage points).

   

Income from accommodation increased by 5,6% in the second quarter of 2019 compared with the second quarter of 2018. The main contributors to this increase were:

• ‘other’ accommodation (9,5% and contributing 2,7 percentage points); and

• hotels (3,6% and contributing 2,3 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation increased by 8,4% month-on-month in June 2019. Positive month-on-month growth rates were recorded for:

• caravans parks and camping sites (15,6%);

• ‘other’ accommodation (10,6%); and

• hotels (8,0%).