4-star hotels hosted largest share of Q3 guest nights

Total guests in collective accommodation establishments during the third quarter of 2022 stood at 574,067 while total nights spent amounted to 2,930,893.

Data published by the National Statistics Office show that in the third quarter of 2022, the largest share of guest nights was reported in 4-star hotels, with 46.5 per cent of the total.

The average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments went down to 5.1 nights in the third quarter of 2022, from the average of 5.2 nights registered during the same quarter of 2021. The net use of bed-places stood at 72.4 per cent, up by 17.6 percentage points when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

On a national level, during September 2022, there were 258 active collective accommodation establishments with a net capacity of 19,119 bedrooms and 44,100 bed-places.

On a regional level, total guests in Malta numbered 544,356 while number of nights spent stood at 2,826,407. Total guests and nights in Gozo and Comino decreased to 29,711 and increased to 104,486 respectively from 31,414 and 99,919 registered in 2021.

When compared with the same quarter of the previous year, in Malta, the average length of stay went down by 0.1 of a night to 5.2 nights.

In Gozo and Comino the average length of stay increased by 0.3 of a night to 3.5 nights. The net occupancy rate in Malta increased by 18.7 percentage points, reaching 73.2 per cent, and that in Gozo and Comino decreased by 3.4 percentage points to 56.9 per cent.

Total guests for the first three quarters of 2022 amounted to 1,343,581, an increase of 699,171 over the same period in 2021.

Total nights spent increased by 3,164,823 reaching 6,236,000 nights. The net use of bed-places went up by 24.1 percentage points to 54.4 per cent.