Slowdown in the main indicators of tourist accommodation activity

The tourist accommodation activity recorded 1.0 million guests and 2.5 million overnight stays in January 2018, figures that relate to year-on-year change rates of +3.7% and +5.1% (+11.5% and +10.0% in December, respectively). Overnight stays of the internal market increased by 7.0% (+12.2% in the previous month) while those from the external markets grew by 4.3% (+8.7% in December).
The average stay (2.47 nights) increased by 1.4% (+3.9% in the case of residents and -0.1% for non residents). The net bed occupancy rate (30.0%) increased by 1.1 p.p.
As in the case of overnight stays, revenue decelerated, with its total having increased by 12.2% (+17.5% in December), ascending to EUR 138.2 million. Revenue from accommodation increased by 14.0% (+21.0% in the previous month) totalling EUR 96.2 million.