Tourist hotel nights up 20% in Q1
Number of overnight stays in Israel's hotels in first three months of 2011 totals 4.4 million; tourists make up 58% of all hotel stays
Compared to the same period last year, a 7% rise was recorded in all overnight stays – stemming from a 20% increase in tourist stays, which slightly compensated for the 3% drop in Israelis' hotel stays.
The drop in Israelis' hotel stays could be explained by the fact that this year the Passover holiday took place on April, while last year it began in late March.
Room occupancy from January to March 2011 reached 59%, while in the same period last year the occupancy was only 56%.
Highest occupancy: Dead Sea, Tel Aviv
A rise in room occupancy was recorded in all of Israel's districts during the first quarter of the year, excluding the central district. The biggest increase was seen in the Haifa district. The occupancy ranged between 51% in the northern district and 67% in the Tel Aviv district.
Room occupancy in selected communities shows that the highest occupancy in March was recorded in the Dead Sea and Tel Aviv-Jaffa (more than 75%), while in the other tourist cities the occupancy was much lower – ranging between 62-70%.
An analysis of the tourist stays trend shows that in 2011's first three months, the rise in hotel nights was higher (4.5% every month, or 70% according to an annual calculation) compared to the rise recorded in the previous three months (2.3% every month, or 31% according to an annual calculation).
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