Informations Rapides · 19 November 2024 · n° 284

In Q3 2024, collective tourist attendance decreased by 1.7% over a year Tourism occupancy in hotels, campsites and holiday and other short-stay accommodation in metropolitan France - third quarter 2024

In the third quarter of 2024, in France, occupancy in collective accommodations, measured in overnight stays, decreased by 1.7% compared to Q3 2023. The decrease of the attendance in holiday and other short-stay accommodations is significant (HOSSA, ‑3.9%) and, to a smaller degree, in hotels (‑2.7%). Attendance was almost stable in campsites (‑0.3%). Despite the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, attendance in collective tourist accommodations in Île-de-France area declined over the entire quarter.

In the third quarter of 2024, hotel occupancy reached 66.4 million overnight stays, that is a decrease of 1.8 million overnight stays compared to its Q3 2023 level. Over a year, the decrease is more significant for non-resident customers (‑3.8%, that is one million fewer overnight stays), than for resident customers (‑2.0%, that is 820,000 fewer overnight stays).

In Q3 2024, only upscale hotels (4- to 5- star hotels) registered a higher occupancy (+1.5%). On the other hand, attendance decreased in unclassified hotels (‑9.2%), in 1- to 2- star hotels (‑7.0%) and in 3 star hotels (‑1.9%).

Overnight stays decreased in all areas, except on coastline. The decrease is particularly noticeable in Île-de-France area (‑7.5%), mainly due to the disaffection of non-resident customers in this area (‑11.3%, that is 1.3 million fewer overnight stays).

Business attendance, less significant in summer period, also decreased in Q3 2024 compared to last year. Business nights decreased over a year by 3.4% (that is 620,000 fewer overnight stays). The decrease was particularly significant in other metropolitan area (520,000 fewer overnight stays).

In Q3 2024, non-resident customers’ overnight stays decreased by 3.8% compared to Q3 2023. European customers occupancy decreased by 5.9%, in particular British one (‑20.1%, that is 805,000 fewer overnight stays). Contrariwise, hotels occupancy from the United States sharply increased, (+18.0%, that is 526,000 more overnight stays).

In holiday and other short-stay accommodations, overnight stays decreased by 1.4 million (‑3.9%) in Q3 2024, compared to Q3 2023. As for hotels, attendance was pulled down by the disaffection of resident customers (‑3.9%) and also by non-resident one (‑4.0%).

Attendance decreased sharply in all non-urban areas. But it increased in urban areas, especially in Île-de-France, only thanks to resident customers.

In Q4 2024, overnight stays in campsites were 104.8 million, a level nearly equivalent to the same quarter in 2023 (‑0.3%, that is ‑270,000 overnight stays). Even if resident customers attendance decreased quite clearly (‑2.2% over a year, that is 1.6 million fewer overnight stays), it is almost compensated by the increase of the non-resident attendance (+4.3% over a year, that is 1.3 million additional overnight stays).

With almost 60 million overnight stays, the coastline remained the main destination for this type of accommodation (56% of total). In this area, occupancy decreased by 1.3% compared to the same quarter of 2023, whereas attendance in campsites further from the coastline increased by +1.1%.

Occupancy increased in 4- to 5- star campsites (+1.4%) and, on the contrary, it decreased in 1- to 2- star campsites (‑8.7%) and in 3 star campsites (‑2.7%). The attendance on pitches with rental accommodation increased (+1.5 million overnight stays) whereas it decreased on bare pitches (‑1.8 million overnight stays).

Compared to provisory data published on 11 August 2024, attendance evolution over a year in collective accommodations in Q2 2024 has been revised upwards, leading to a slightly less significant decline (‑3.6% instead of ‑4.0%).