In January bed-place occupancy in collective accommodation establishments went down by 3.4 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 3.4 percentage points in January 2009 over the comparative month in 2008, to stand at 31.5 per cent.

Length of stay and nights spent

In January 2009, the total arrivals in collective accommodation establishments were recorded at 44,938, of which 36,186 or 80.5 per cent, were non-resident arrivals.

For the period under review, total nights spent in collective accommodation establishments were recorded at 325,385, a decrease of 13.8 per cent over the corresponding month in 2008, 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 7.2 nights.

Regional overview

Accounting for 95.5 per cent of the national bed-stock, the overall supply of bed-places in Malta stood at 37,097 beds, an increase of 2.5 per cent when compared to January 2008. On an annual basis, the net use of bed-places in Malta went down by 3.2 percentage points to 32.3 per cent. The average length of stay stood at 7.5 nights. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 94.6 per cent of total guest-nights in Malta.

In Gozo and Comino, the overall supply of bed-places stood at 1,742 beds, an increase of 1.6 per cent over the comparable month a year ago. The net use of bed-places in January was 13.9 per cent, a decrease of 3.5 percentage points over January 2008. The average length of stay stood at 2.6 nights, at the same level as January 2008. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 49.4 per cent of total guest-nights in Gozo.

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