Income from accommodation increased by 7% year on year in February 2014‚ the result of a 3.4% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 3.5% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In February 2014‚ the types of accommodation that recorded the highest year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were guesthouses and guest farms (29.8%) and hotels (6.6%).

The main contributors to the 7% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in February 2014 were hotels (contributing 4.3 percentage points) and guesthouses and guest farms (contributing 2.2 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 13.5% in the three months ended February 2014 compared with the three months ended February 2013.

The main contributors to this increase were hotels (12.7% and contributing 7.9 percentage points); and other accommodation (13.8% and contributing 3.9 percentage points).