Income

The total income for the accommodation industry in 2009 was R28 122 million. The largest contributor to the total income was hotels, motels and inns (R22 067 million or 79%), followed by other accommodation (R3 778 million or 13%) and guest houses and guest farms (R1 686 million or 6%) (Figure 1 and Table 1, page 6 of P6411)

Large enterprises (those with turnover equal to or greater than R13 million) generated 69% or R19 219 million of the total income of the accommodation industry in 2009 (Figure 2 and Table 3, page 8 of P6411).

Expenditure

Expenditure in the accommodation industry in 2009 amounted to R24 843 million. The expenditure consisted primarily of salaries and wages (R5 670 million or 23%), followed by purchases (R5 623 million or 23%) and rental of land (R1 516 million or 6%) (Figure 3 and Table 4, page 9 of P6411).

Employment

The total number of persons employed in the accommodation industry at the end of June 2009 was 87 982. Hotels, motels and inns employed the largest number of persons (53 360 or 61%), followed by other accommodation (22 875 or 26%) and guest houses and guest farms (8 786 or 10%) (Figure 6 and Table 9, page 14 of P6411).
The proportion of females out of the total persons employed was 61% and that for males was 39%. The industry with the highest proportion of females employed was other accommodation (68%), while hotels, motels and inns had the lowest proportion of females employed (56%) (Figure 8 and Table 9, page 14 of P6411).
Employment by enterprise size indicates that the micro enterprises employed 49% or 43 053 of the total persons employed in the accommodation industry in 2009, followed by large enterprises at 42% or 36 914, medium enterprises at 7% or 6 534 and small enterprises at 2% or 1 481 (Figure 7 and Table 10, page 15 of P6411).