Total guests and nights spent in collective accommodation establishments
in January advanced by 17.1 and nine per cent respectively when compared to the same month last year.

In January, total guests in collective accommodation establishments - hotels, guesthouses, tourist villages and hostels - numbered 86,854, while total nights spent amounted to 452,373.

Five-star and two-star hotels were the only collective accommodation categories registering decreases in total nights spent. The largest share of guest nights was reported in four-star hotels, accounting for 218,360 nights, or 48.3% of the total.

The average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments went down to 5.2 nights in January this year from 5.6 nights in the same month last year.

The net use of bed-places stood at 40.9%, up by 2.4 percentage points when compared to the corresponding month last year.

On a national level, there were 156 active collective accommodation, with a net capacity of 16,303 bedrooms and 36,546 bed-places.

Total guests in Malta numbered 83,621, up by 17.9% over January last year. Additionally, an increase of 9.1% was recorded in the number of nights spent.

In Gozo and Comino, total guests decreased slightly to 3,233, while total nights spent went up by 2.6% to 8,727 when compared to the comparative month last year.

In Malta, the average length of stay edged down by 0.4 of a night to 5.3, while that in Gozo and Comino edged up by 0.1 of a night to 2.7, when compared with the same month last year.

The net occupancy rate in Malta advanced by 2.5 percentage points, reaching 41.8%, and that in Gozo and Comino rose by 0.4 percentage points to 19.4% over the same month of 2016.

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