KSH: the number of guest nights increased by 13 and the number of guests by 18 percent in May compared to a year earlier

By: Trademagazin Date: 2024. 06. 28. 11:02

In May 2024, 1.6 million guests spent 3.7 million guest nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodations. The number of guests was 18, and the number of guest nights was 13 percent higher than a year earlier – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Friday.

The number of nights spent by domestic guests increased by 5.1 percent, while the number of nights spent by foreign guests increased by 21 percent. In January-May 2024, the number of nights spent by domestic guests in tourist accommodation was 4.9, and that of foreigners by 13 percent, over the same period of the previous year.

In May, 70 percent of the guest nights were provided by commercial accommodations, where the turnover exceeded the previous year by 9.4 percent. 22 percent more guest nights were registered at private and other accommodations than a year earlier.

The number of domestic guests was 10, and the number of guest nights was 5.1 percent higher than in the same month of the previous year. The number of guests was 822,000, and the number of guest nights spent was 1.7 million in tourist accommodations, of which 583,000 guests and 1.2 million guest nights were registered in commercial accommodations. 69 percent of the latter were spent in hotels, where the number of guest nights was 7.3 percent higher than a year earlier. The number of domestic guest nights spent in private and other accommodations exceeded last May by 9.4 percent.