Total income for the South African accommodation industry increased by 2.5 percent in August to R1.708 billion from 1.6 percent in August 2010.
Income from accommodation for the three months ended August 2011 compared with the three months ended August 2010 decreased by 30.0 percent and is said to have been largely driven by hotels (-35.0 percent and contributing -26.2 percentage points), followed by other accommodation (-15.7 percent and contributing -3.0 percentage points) and guest houses and guest farms (-16.0 percent and contributing -0.8 of a percentage point).
This was revealed in the SA August Tourism Accommodation by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).
This is a monthly survey covering a sample of public and private enterprises involved in the short-stay accommodation industry in South Africa.
Data indicates that total income for the accommodation industry for the three months ended August 2011 decreased by 18.7 percent compared with the three months ended August 2010 while income from accommodation for the three months ended August 2011 decreased by 30.0 percent compared to the same period in 2010.
Stats SA says the decrease was due to a decrease of 12.5 percent in the number of stay unit nights sold and a decrease of 20.0 percent in the average income per stay unit night sold.
The number of stay units available for the three months ended August 2011 decreased by 2.7 percent compared with the three months ended August 2010 and the number of stay units available in August 2011 decreased by 2.5%.
Income from accommodation for the three months ended August 2011 compared with the three months ended August 2010 decreased by 30.0 percent and is said to have been largely driven by hotels (-35.0 percent and contributing -26.2 percentage points), followed by other accommodation (-15.7 percent and contributing -3.0 percentage points) and guest houses and guest farms (-16.0 percent and contributing -0.8 of a percentage point).
According to the report, the main contributor to the year-on-year increase of 1.6% in income from accommodation was other accommodation (4.9 percent and contributing 1.2 percentage points), followed by hotels (0.6 percent and contributing 0.4 of a percentage point) and caravan parks and camping sites (55.9 percent and contributing 0.2 of a percentage point). – Denise Mhlanga
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