Income

The total income for the accommodation industry in 2022 was R46,2 billion. This represents a decrease of 3,9% per annum compared with the income reported in the corresponding survey of 2018 (R54,2 billion). Comparing 2018 and 2022, a large decrease was reported for ‘hotels, motels and inns’ (-R9,0 billion) and an increase was reported for ‘other accommodation’ (+R1,5 billion).

Between 2012 and 2022, ‘other accommodation’ gained the biggest percentage share (12,7 percentage points) in income from the accommodation industry (from a percentage contribution of 10,8% in 2012 to 23,5% in 2022). ‘Hotels, motels and inns’ lost the biggest percentage share (-13,4 percentage points) over the same period (from 85,3% in 2012 to 71,9% in 2022).

Employment

The total number of persons employed in the accommodation industry as at end of June 2022 was 83 869. ‘Hotels, motels and inns’ employed the largest number of persons (58 202 or 69,4%), followed by ‘other accommodation’ (19 798 or 23,6%). ‘Guest-houses and guest-farms’ employed the smallest number of persons (5 869 or 7,0%).

Employment in the accommodation industry decreased from 98 444 in 2012 to 83 869 in 2022, a loss of 14 575 jobs. Job losses were reported in ‘hotels, motels and inns’ (a loss of 13 521 jobs) and ‘guest-houses and guest-farms’ (a loss of 1 326 jobs). ‘Other accommodation’ reported a gain of 272 jobs.

Gender ratios

The proportion of females out of the total persons employed in the accommodation industry in 2022 was 57,5%. ‘Guest-houses and guest-farms’ had the highest proportion of females employed (59,3%) while ‘other accommodation’ had the highest proportion of males employed (43,3%).