In October bed-place occupancy in collective accommodation establishments went down by 4.9 percentage points when compared to the corresponding month last year.

Occupancy trends

The overall occupancy rate in collective accommodation establishments (net use) went down by 4.9 percentage points in October 2008 over the comparative month in 2007, to stand at 59.1 per cent.

Length of stay and nights spent

In October 2008, total nights spent in collective accommodation establishments were recorded at 710,633, a decrease of 6.8 per cent over the corresponding month in 2007, with the largest drops being registered in the 3-star and 4-star hotel categories. In the month under review, the average length of stay stood at 6.6 nights .

Regional overview

Accounting for 95.5 per cent of the national bed-stock, the overall supply of bed-places in Malta stood at 37,142 beds, a decrease of 1.3 per cent when compared to October 2007. On an annual basis, the net use of bed-places in Malta went down by 4.8 percentage points to 59.4 per cent. The average length of stay stood at 6.8 nights. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 96.9 per cent of total guest-nights in Malta.

In Gozo and Comino, the overall supply of bed-places stood at 1,736 beds, an increase of 6.6 per cent over the comparable month a year ago. The net use of bed-places in September was 52.8 per cent, a decrease of 5.9 percentage points over October 2007. The average length of stay stood at 4.4 nights, a decrease of 0.2 nights. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 85.2 per cent of total guest-nights in Gozo.

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