Capacity and occupancy of tourist accommodation establishments

The National Institute of Statistics releases statistics on the capacity and occupancy of tourist accommodation establishments for the year 2013.The “Capacity of tourist accommodation establishments” is an annual census survey and it collects the main structural information regarding the accommodation establishments in Italy.

The survey quantifies the number of establishments, bed places, bedrooms and bathrooms for hotels and similar accommodation, the number of establishments and bed places for the other collective accommodation establishments. The “Occupancy of tourist accommodation establishments” is a monthly census survey and collects mainly data on arrivals and nights spent (by residents and non-residents) at tourist accommodation establishments in Italy. The accommodation establishments are classified into two main typologies: hotels and similar accommodation and other collective accommodation establishments.

The two surveys are carried out through the local tourism bodies and according to the Eu Regulation 692/2011 concerning European statistics on tourism.

In 2013 there were more than 157 thousand tourist accommodation establishments (+0.2% compared with 2012), providing more than 4.7 million of bed-places (-0.7% compared with 2012).

Hotels and similar accommodation were more than 33 thousand and offered 2.2 million of bed-places (respectively -1.2% and -0.8% compared with 2012). Other collective accommodation establishments were 124 thousand (+0.6%) with 2.5 million of bed-places (-0.7%).

In the year 2013 arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments increased slightly by 0.1 per cent while the number of nights spent decreased by -1.0 per cent, compared with the same period of the previous year. The average length of stay changed from 3.67 nights in 2012 to 3.67 in 2013.

In hotels and similar accommodation about 82.6 million of arrivals and 254.8 million of nights spent (-0.3% compared with 2012) were recorded, and the average length of stay remained substantially unchanged.

In other collective accommodation establishments arrivals (21 million) increased by 0.6 per cent, while the number of nights spent (122 million) decreased by 2.5 per cent, thus resulting in a reduction of the average length of stay (-0.18 nights).

For information:

Short-term economic statistics directorate
Istat – National Institute of Statistics
Laura Leoni
ph. +39 0646737268
leoni@istat.it
Maria Teresa Santoro
ph. +39 0646737268
masantor@istat.it