Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, November 2019

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 0,6% in November 2019 compared with November 2018.

 

Income from accommodation decreased by 0,8% year-on-year in November 2019, the result of a 0,3% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 1,0% decrease in the average income per stay unit night sold.

 

In November 2019, negative contributors to the 0,8% year-on-year decrease in income from accommodation were:

  • hotels (-3,2% and contributing -2,2 percentage points); and

  • guest-houses and guest-farms (-13,9% and contributing -0,6 of a percentage point).

 

‘Other’ accommodation increased by 8,1% (contributing 2,0 percentage points) over this period.

 

Income from accommodation increased by 2,6% in the three months ended November 2019 compared with the three months ended November 2018. The main contributor to this increase was ‘other’ accommodation (13,2% and contributing 3,6 percentage points).

 

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation decreased by 1,4% month-on-month in November 2019. ‘Other’ accommodation decreased by 8,7% over this period.