Hotel occupancy down 6.7% in November

Hotel occupancy went down by 6.7 percent in November 2008 over the comparative month a year before, to stand at 39.9 per cent, the NSO said today.

It said total nights spent in collective accommodation establishments totalled 435,792, a decrease of 13.4 percent over the corresponding month in 2007, with the largest drops being registered in the 3-star and 4-star hotel categories.

The average length of stay stood at 6.2 nights.

The overall supply of bed-places in Malta stood tt 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 percent. 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 percent over the comparable month a year ago. The net use of bed-places in November was 27.9 percent, 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.