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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS)
Press Release on Hotel Activities Survey in the West Bank - Fourth Quarter 2013
191 Thousand Guests Spent 490 Thousand Nights
During the fourth quarter of 2013, 190,893 guests stayed in hotels in the West Bank, spending 489,517 nights. Of these nights, 33% were by guests from European Union countries, 8% by Palestinians, and 9% from the United States and Canada.
The percentage of hotel guests increased by 41% compared to the third quarter of 2013 and figures were also increased by 26% compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.
Hotel Room Occupancy during Fourth Quarter 2013
The room occupancy rate in the West Bank was 28% in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Room occupancy during the fourth quarter of 2013 increased by 22.3% compared to the third quarter of 2013 decreased by 0.7% than in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Main Hotel Indicators
|
Indicator
|
4th Quarter 2013 |
4th Quarter 2012 |
3rd Quarter 2013 |
|
No. of guests |
190,893 |
152,159 |
135,808 |
|
No. of guest nights |
489,517 |
362,286 |
321,264 |
|
Average room occupancy |
1,703.3 |
1,519.7 |
1,374.1 |
|
Average bed occupancy |
5,320.8 |
3,937.9 |
3,492.0 |
|
Room occupancy % |
28.0 |
28.2 |
22.9 |
During the fourth quarter of 2013, there were 2,950 hotel workers: 2,265 males and 685 females.
Hotel Capacity by Region
In December 2013, 113 of the 120 hotels in the West Bank responded to the survey for the fourth quarter of 2013. They had available 6,072 rooms with a total of 13,902 beds. These were distributed by region as follows:
· North of West Bank: 16 hotels comprising 300 rooms with 878 beds.
· Middle of West Bank: 34 hotels comprising 1,481 rooms with 3,529 beds.
· Jerusalem: 28 hotels comprising 1,572 rooms with 3,490 beds.
· South of West Bank: 35 hotels comprising 2,719 rooms with 6,005 beds.