Collectiv​e Accommodation Establishments: Q4/2020​​

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Total guests and nights spent in collective accommodation establishments during the fourth quarter of 2020 decreased by 75.6 per cent and 79.2 per cent respectively when compared to the corresponding quarter in 2019.

Collective Accommodation Establishments: Q4/2020

Cut-off date:

19 February 2021

In the fourth quarter of 2020, total guests in collective accommodation establishments numbered 118,482, while total nights stood at 459,381. The largest share of guest nights was reported in 4-star hotels with 39.6 per cent of the total (Tables 1 and 2).

The average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments went down to 3.9 nights in the fourth quarter of 2020 from the average of 4.5 nights registered during the same quarter of 2019. The net use of bed-places stood at 13.4 per cent, down by 43.7 percentage points when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year (Table 3).

On a national level, during December 2020, there were 176 active collective accommodation establishments with a net capacity of 15,308 bedrooms and 35,419 bed-places (Table 4).

Regional breakdown

On a regional level, total guests in Malta numbered 105,360, down by 77.3 per cent over the fourth quarter of 2019. Additionally, a decrease of 79.9 per cent was recorded in the number of nights spent. Total guests and nights in Gozo and Comino decreased by 38.3 per cent and 55.4 per cent, to 13,122 and 28,501 respectively (Tables 1 and 2).

When compared with the same quarter of the previous year, in Malta, the average length of stay went down by 0.5 of a night to 4.1 nights. In Gozo and Comino the average length of stay also decreased by 0.8 of a night to 2.2 nights. The net occupancy rate in Malta decreased by 44.9 percentage points, reaching 13.2 per cent, and that in Gozo and Comino decreased by 18.6 percentage points to 18.4 per cent (Table 3).

January-December 2020

Total guests in 2020 amounted to 705,337, a decrease of 65.1 per cent over the same period in 2019 (Table 1). Total nights spent went down by 70.3 per cent, surpassing 2.9 million (Table 2).

The net use of bed-places declined by 40.3 percentage points to 25.4 per cent (Table 3) 

Statistics in this News Release should be interpreted in context of the COVID-19 situation.

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Table 1. Total guests (residents and non-residents) by type of accommodation, period and region

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20201, 2	2019	20202	2019	20202
MALTA
Hotel	241,853	447,893	107,348	1,874,959	646,451
5 Star	50,020	100,100	26,744	399,094	137,280
4 Star	124,694	217,881	50,867	919,220	331,082
3 Star	61,546	114,970	26,639	497,553	159,886
2 Star	5,593	14,942	3,098	59,092	18,203
Other collective accommodation3	23,273	38,396	11,134	147,953	58,886
Total	265,126	486,289	118,482	2,022,912	705,337
Malta
Hotel	220,196	428,813	95,237	1,786,318	599,829
of which:
5 Star	42,980	94,465	22,211	374,119	121,965
4 Star	115,653	211,046	46,646	888,835	313,100
3 Star	57,616	109,603	24,411	469,393	150,483
Other collective accommodation3	20,477	36,209	10,123	137,520	53,314
Total	240,673	465,022	105,360	1,923,838	653,143
Gozo and Comino
Hotel	21,657	19,080	12,111	88,641	46,622
of which:
5 Star	7,040	5,635	4,533	24,975	15,315
4 Star	9,041	6,835	4,221	30,385	17,982
3 Star	3,930	5,367	2,228	28,160	9,403
Other collective accommodation3	2,796	2,187	1,011	10,433	5,572
Total	24,453	21,267	13,122	99,074	52,194
1 Revised.
2 Refer to methodological note 7.

3 Comprises guesthouses, hostels and tourist villages.

Note: Monthly tables available on the excel version of this news release (Table 1a):

https://nso.gov.mt/en/News_Releases/View_by_Unit/Unit_C3/Tourism_Statistics/Pages/Collective-Accommodation-Establishments.aspx

Table 2. Total nights spent (residents and non-residents) by type of accommodation, period and region

20201, 2	2019	20202	2019	20202
MALTA
Hotel	1,003,200	2,045,343	414,802	9,190,590	2,703,835
5 Star	191,566	358,668	80,447	1,567,644	471,366
4 Star	521,944	1,072,194	181,929	4,841,789	1,400,854
3 Star	263,482	538,965	134,414	2,476,372	723,918
2 Star	26,208	75,516	18,012	304,785	107,697
Other collective accommodation3	85,766	166,275	44,579	720,692	240,683
Total	1,088,966	2,211,618	459,381	9,911,282	2,944,518
Malta
Hotel	944,133	1,987,247	388,767	8,899,593	2,584,497
of which:
5 Star	168,885	343,427	70,544	1,493,173	426,628
4 Star	497,835	1,047,754	171,756	4,721,566	1,353,205
3 Star	254,407	522,988	130,325	2,391,263	704,090
Other collective accommodation3	78,022	160,535	42,113	691,065	227,057
Total	1,022,155	2,147,782	430,880	9,590,658	2,811,554
Gozo and Comino
Hotel	59,067	58,096	26,035	290,997	119,338
of which:
5 Star	22,681	15,241	9,903	74,471	44,738
4 Star	24,109	24,440	10,173	120,223	47,649
3 Star	9,075	15,977	4,089	85,109	19,828
Other collective accommodation3	7,744	5,740	2,466	29,627	13,626
Total	66,811	63,836	28,501	320,624	132,964
1 Revised.
2 Refer to methodological note 7.

3 Comprises guesthouses, hostels and tourist villages.

Note: Monthly tables available on the excel version of this news release (Table 2a):

https://nso.gov.mt/en/News_Releases/View_by_Unit/Unit_C3/Tourism_Statistics/Pages/Collective-Accommodation-Establishments.aspx

Table 3. Net use of bed-places by type of accommodation, period and region

per cent
July-September	January-December
20201, 2	2019	20202	2019	20202
MALTA
Hotel	30.7	58.7	13.5	67.3	26.0
5 Star	32.2	61.1	12.6	67.6	22.4
4 Star	33.8	62.8	12.8	70.4	29.8
3 Star	26.2	51.6	15.0	63.0	22.7
2 Star	22.4	52.8	17.3	58.3	26.7
Other collective accommodation3	23.5	42.7	12.5	50.1	19.9
Total	30.0	57.1	13.4	65.7	25.4
Malta
Hotel	30.2	59.6	13.2	68.1	25.9
of which:
5 Star	30.5	63.0	11.8	68.9	21.6
4 Star	33.7	63.8	12.6	71.3	30.2
3 Star	25.7	51.6	14.7	63.2	22.4
Other collective accommodation3	23.5	44.2	12.8	51.8	20.2
Total	29.5	58.1	13.2	66.6	25.3
Gozo and Comino
Hotel	44.6	39.7	20.1	49.4	28.5
of which:
5 Star	54.2	36.4	23.7	49.0	34.4
4 Star	36.2	36.7	15.3	46.7	22.3
3 Star	56.6	53.5	31.7	57.0	38.9
Other collective accommodation3	24.4	21.8	9.5	28.6	15.9
Total	40.7	37.0	18.4	46.3	26.4
1 Revised.
2 Refer to methodological note 7.

3 Comprises guesthouses, hostels and tourist villages.

Note: Monthly tables available on the excel version of this news release (Table 3a):

https://nso.gov.mt/en/News_Releases/View_by_Unit/Unit_C3/Tourism_Statistics/Pages/Collective-Accommodation-Establishments.aspx

Table 4. Number of establishments, net bedrooms and net bed-places by type of accommodation, period and region

DecemberType of accommodation

Establishments

2019 1	2020
MALTA
Hotel	125	101	16,969
5 Star	14	15	3,196
4 Star	42	36	8,019
3 Star	49	38	5,028
2 Star	20	12	726
Other collective accommodation2	92	75	1,559
Total	217	176	18,528
Hotel	112	89
of which:
5 Star	12	13
4 Star	38	32
3 Star	45	35
Other collective accommodation2	84	66
Total	196	155
Hotel	13	12
of which:
5 Star	2	2
4 Star	4	4
3 Star	4	3
Other collective accommodation2	8	9
Total	21	21
1 Revised.

2020	2019 1	2020
13,972	38,280	31,638
3,375	6,377	7,030
6,247	18,444	14,244
3,887	11,821	9,312
463	1,638	1,052
1,336	4,337	3,781
15,308	42,617	35,419
16,274	13,313	36,797	30,231
2,979	3,158	5,922	6,575
7,682	5,910	17,720	13,520
4,922	3,817	11,603	9,170
1,440	1,219	4,077	3,521
17,714	14,532	40,874	33,752
1,483	1,407
455	455
724	724
218	142
260	260
1,743	1,667

Malta

Bedrooms

2019 1

Bed-places

Gozo and Comino

695 659

217 217

337 337

106 70

119 117

814

776

2 Comprises guesthouses, hostels and tourist villages.

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