Source: Statistics and Census Service

Tuesday 31st October, 2017

Package Tours and Hotel Occupancy Rate for September of 2017

Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours rose by 25.6% year-on-year to 760,000 in September 2017, with a month-to-month increase of 8.9%. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (635,000), the Republic of Korea (34,000) and Taiwan (37,000) went up by 32.4%, 10.8% and 2.4% respectively year-on-year, while those from Japan (13,000) and  Hong  Kong (11,000)  dropped  by 7.1%  and 21.1%  respectively.  In  the  first three quarters of 2017, visitors on package tours totalled 6,012,000, up by 11.0% year-on-year. 

　　　
Outbound  residents  using  services  of  travel  agencies  increased  by  6.7% year-on-year to 106,000. Residents travelling on package tours grew by 7.4% to 39,000, with those going to Mainland China (26,000) rising by 4.7%. In the first three quarters of 2017, outbound residents using services of travel agencies totalled 1,017,000, up by 11.0% year-on-year.
　　　
There were 107 hotels & guesthouses operating at the end of September 2017. Number of guest rooms increased by 1.4% year-on-year to 37,000, with 5-star hotel rooms rising by 2.3% to 22,000, accounting for 60.6% of the total.
　　　
Number of guests of hotels & guesthouses in September 2017 increased by 3.2% year-on-year to 1,047,000. Guests coming from Mainland China (711,000) and the Republic of Korea (41,000) rose by 10.9% and 45.0% respectively year-on-year, whereas those from Hong Kong (105,000) and Taiwan (42,000) decreased by 29.4% and 6.1%. The average length of stay of guests went up by 0.1 night to 1.5 nights. The average occupancy rate of hotels & guesthouses rose by 3.9 percentage points year-on-year to 86.6%, with that of 4-star hotels rising by 3.1 percentage points to 89.6%; the occupancy rates of 5-star (86.9%)  and  3-star hotels (86.0%) also grew by 4.5 percentage points and 3.2 percentage points respectively. 
　　　
In the first three quarters of 2017, guests of hotels & guesthouses totalled 9,699,000, up by 12.5% year-on-year. The average occupancy rate of hotels & guesthouses rose by 3.7 percentage points to 85.6%. The average length of stay of guests went up by 0.1 night year-on-year to 1.5 nights. Visitor-guests accounted for 72.2% of the total overnight visitors, up by 0.9 percentage points year-on-year.