IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Results: Tourist accommodation for June 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown regulations since 27 March 2020 have had an extensive impact on economic activity. Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry decreased by 95,3% in June 2020 compared with June 2019.

Income from accommodation decreased by 94,5% year-on-year in June 2020, the result of a 92,3% decrease in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 29,5% decrease in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In June 2020, all accommodation types recorded large negative year-on-year growth in income from accommodation. The main contributors to the 94,5% year-on-year decrease in income from accommodation were:

• hotels (-93,9% and contributing -61,9 percentage points); and

• ‘other’ accommodation (-95,2% and contributing -27,3 percentage points).

Income from accommodation decreased by 96,9% in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2019. The main contributors to this decrease were:

• hotels (-96,7% and contributing -63,4 percentage points); and

• ‘other’ accommodation (-96,9% and contributing -28,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation increased by 201,2% month-on-month in June 2020. This followed month-on-month changes of -4,3% in May 2020 and -96,6% in April 2020.