8635.0 - Tourist Accommodation, Australia, Dec 2003
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MAIN FEATURES DECEMBER QUARTER SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND TREND KEY FIGURES (a),
Hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments - Australia
Accommodation takings The trend estimate of the total accommodation takings for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments combined was $1,399.3 million in the December quarter 2003. The trend estimate rose 4.2% in December quarter 2003 compared with September quarter 2003. The seasonally adjusted estimate of the total accommodation takings rose by 6.0% in December quarter 2003 compared with September quarter 2003, to $1,421.5 million. Graph - Accommodation Takings (a), Seasonally adjusted and Trend - Australia The room occupancy rate, being derived from number of rooms and number of nights occupied, is not subject to a break in series. This is explained in the Appendix. The trend estimate of the room occupancy rate for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments combined rose 1.4 percentage points from 60.5% in September quarter 2003 to 61.9% in December quarter 2003. The trend estimate has been increasing since the March quarter 2002. The seasonally adjusted estimate of the room occupancy rate rose by 1.2 percentage points in December quarter 2003 compared with September quarter 2003, to 62.2%. ORIGINAL DECEMBER QUARTER ORIGINAL KEY FIGURES, Australia (a)
Accommodation takings In December quarter 2003, accommodation takings for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments combined were $1,499.3 million. This was an increase of 9.2% ($125.9 million) from September quarter 2003. The average takings per room night occupied for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments combined was $126.00. Hotels were the highest contributor to accommodation takings with $759.6 million (50.7%). Takings per room night occupied in the December quarter 2003 were highest for hotels at $152.00. The contributions of accommodation takings in the December quarter 2003 for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments combined were highest in New South Wales (35.1%) and Queensland (27.5%) and lowest in the Northern Territory (2.3%). Room nights occupied Total room nights occupied were 11.9 million in December quarter 2003 for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments combined. Room nights occupied increased by 2.1% (0.2 million) from September quarter 2003 to December quarter 2003. Of the total, hotels contributed 5.0 million (42.0%) while motels and guest houses contributed 4.4 million (36.8%). Serviced apartments had the lowest room nights occupied at 2.5 million (21.2%) room nights. Room occupancy rate The room occupancy rate for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments combined was 63.5% in December quarter 2003 compared with 62.5% in September quarter 2003. This was an increase of 1.0 percentage point. Hotels recorded the largest increase in the room occupancy rate at 2.3 percentage points. Serviced apartments recorded a decrease of 0.2 percentage points. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the highest room occupancy rate for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments combined with 70.3%. This was followed by Queensland (67.3%) and New South Wales (64.6%). Graph - Room Occupancy Rates, Original - Australia NOTES INTRODUCTION This data cube presents results from the quarterly Survey of Tourist Accommodation (STA). The scope of the regular, annual STA includes hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms. For the four quarters of 2003 the scope of the STA has been expanded to include:
HOTELS, MOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES AND SERVICED APARTMENTS Data quality improvements In the June quarter 2003 the ABS identified 132 hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments which had been operating for a number of quarters but were not on the STA frame. These additional establishments were included in the STA from the June quarter 2003. Break in time series The addition of the 132 tourism establishments resulted in a break in time series between the March and June quarters 2003. The impact of the break in time series is explained in Appendix 1. Particular care needs to be taken when calculating percentage changes between the June quarter 2003 and previous quarters. HOLIDAY FLATS, UNITS AND HOUSES, CARAVAN PARKS AND VISITOR HOSTELS The ABS has collected data for holiday flats, units and houses, caravan parks and visitor hostels for all quarters in 2003. These data will be released after December quarter 2003 data has been collected and processed. DATA REVISIONS Revisions have been made to the September quarter 2003 data in Table 2. Revision tables 19 to 21 are included on pages 42 to 47 of the publication. These provide revisions to Australia, Victoria and Melbourne Tourism Region for persons employed in hotels for the September quarter 2003. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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