Number of guests, night spent in hotels up significantly in April – NSO

Total guests and nights spent in collective accommodation establishments during April 2017 advanced by 17.0 and 11.7 per cent respectively when compared to the corresponding month in 2016, the NSO said today.

Collective Accommodation Establishments: April 2017

In April, total guests in collective accommodation establishments numbered 166,721, while total nights spent amounted to 824,005. Collective accommodation categories registered increases in total nights spent, with the exception of the 'other' category. The largest share of guest nights was reported in 4-star hotels, accounting for 397,201 nights, or 48.2 per cent of the total.

The average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments went down to 4.9 nights in April 2017 from 5.2 nights in the same month of 2016. The net use of bed-places stood at 70.1 per cent, up by 4.4 percentage points when compared to the corresponding month last year.

On a national level, there were 173 active collective accommodation establishments during April 2017, with a net capacity of 17,622 bedrooms and 39,677 bed-places.

Regional breakdown

Total guests in Malta numbered 159,505, up by 17.5 per cent over April 2016. Additionally, an increase of 11.4 per cent was recorded in the number of nights spent. Total guests and nights spent in Gozo and Comino increased by 7.7 per cent and 22.9 per cent when compared to the comparative month last year, to 7,216 and 24,270 respectively.

In Malta, the average length of stay went down by 0.3 of a night to 5.0, and that in Gozo and Comino edged up by 0.5 of a night to 3.4, when compared with the same month last year. The net occupancy rate in Malta advanced by 4.1 percentage points, reaching 71.2 per cent, and that in Gozo and Comino rose by 8.7 percentage points to 46.6 per cent over the same month of 2016 (Table 3).

January-April

Total guests in the first four months of 2017 amounted to 508,119, an increase of 16.5 per cent over the same period in 2016. Total nights spent went up by 8.0 per cent, reaching almost 2.5 million. The net use of bed-places advanced by 3.0 percentage points to 55.0 per cent.

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