Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, August 2020

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry decreased by 81,2% in August 2020 compared with August 2019.

 

Income from accommodation decreased by 82,4% year-on-year in August 2020, the result of a 79,4% decrease in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 14,3% decrease in the average income per stay unit night sold.

 

In August 2020, all accommodation types recorded large negative year-on-year growth in income from accommodation. The main contributors to the 82,4% year-on-year decrease in income from accommodation were:

  • hotels (-86,2% and contributing -54,6 percentage points); and

  • ‘other’ accommodation (-74,9% and contributing -24,2 percentage points).

 

Income from accommodation decreased by 88,9% in the three months ended August 2020 compared with the three months ended August 2019. The main contributors to this decrease were:

  • hotels (-90,2% and contributing -57,9 percentage points); and

  • ‘other’ accommodation (-85,9% and contributing -26,6 percentage points).

 

Seasonally adjusted income from accommodation increased by 99,0% month-on-month in August 2020 and increased by 47,2% month-on-month in July.