In
August 2007, total nights spent in collective accommodation establishments were
recorded
at
1,139,432, an increase of 12.0 per cent over the corresponding month in 2006, according to statistics published Thursday by the National Statistics Office.
Year-on
year,
the
average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments increased by
0.6
nights
to 7.7 nights.
Accounting
for 96.0 per cent of the national bed-stock, the overall supply of bed-places
in the
Malta
region stood at 39,672 beds, an increase of 4.3 per cent when compared to the
previous
year.
On an
annual basis, the net use of bed-places in the Malta region went up by 5.5
percentage
points to 89.3 per cent. Year-on-year, the average length of stay increased by
0.7
nights
to 7.9 nights. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 97.8 per cent of
total guestnights
in Malta.
In the
Gozo and Comino region, the overall supply of bed-places stood at 1,651 beds, a
decrease
of 6.7 per cent over the comparable month a year earlier. The net use of
bed-places
in
August was 86.2 per cent, an increase of 10.7 percentage points over the same
month in
2006.
The
average length of stay stood at 4.3 nights, down by 0.2 nights when compared to
August
last year. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 79.0 per cent of total
guestnights
in
Gozo.
