The overall occupancy rate in collective accommodation establishments (net use) went down by 6.7 percentage points in November 2008 over the comparative month a year before, to stand at 39.9 per cent.

Length of stay and nights spent – In November 2008, total nights spent in collective accommodation establishments were recorded at 435,792, a decrease of 13.4 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 6.2 nights.

Regional overview – Accounting for 95.6 per cent of the national bed-stock, the overall supply of bed-places in Malta stood at 37,328 beds, an increase of 2.4 per cent when compared to November 2007. On an annual basis, the net use of bed-places in Malta went down by 7.0 percentage points to 40.3 per cent. The average length of stay stood at 6.4 nights. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 94.3 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 November was 27.9 per cent, an increase of 0.5 percentage points over November 2007. The average length of stay stood at 2.7 nights, a decrease of 0.2 nights. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 56.0 per cent of total guest-nights in Gozo

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