16 November 2016
2016- n° 299In Q3 2016, the fall in tourist nights eased (−1.6% y-o-y, after −5.2%) Tourism occupancy in hotels, campsites and holiday and other short-stay accommodation
in metropolitan France - third quarter 2016
In the third quarter of 2016, throughout metropolitan France, the number of overnight stays in tourist collective accomodation continued to fall (−1.6% compared to the same period in 2015) but less than in the previous quarter (−5.2%). This decline was significant for hotels and for holiday and other short-stay accomodation, while occupancy increased slightly in campsites. Overall, the decrease in overnight stays of foreign customers (−5.7%) eased compared with the previous quarter (−9.2%), and the nights spent by French customers bounced slightly (+0.4% after −3.1%).
- Tourist nights continued to decline in metropolitan France
- Foreign customers continued to desert hotels in the agglomeration of Paris
- Overnight stays in holiday and other short-stay accomodation went also down
- Occupancy in high-end campsites held up
- The decline in occupancy eased in September
- Revisions
Tourist nights continued to decline in metropolitan France
In the third quarter of 2016, throughout metropolitan France, the number of overnight stays in tourist collective accomodation continued to fall (−1.6% compared to the same period in 2015) but less than in the previous quarter (−5.2%). This decline was significant for hotels and for holiday and other short-stay accomodation, while occupancy increased slightly in campsites. Overall, the decrease in overnight stays of foreign customers (−5.7%) eased compared with the previous quarter (−9.2%), and the nights spent by French customers bounced slightly (+0.4% after −3.1%).
Foreign customers continued to desert hotels in the agglomeration of Paris
The decline in overnight stays in hotels persisted in the third quarter (−4.1% year-on-year after −3.6% in Q2). Occupancy fell in the agglomeration of Paris (−14.3%) and in the coastlines (−1.2%) , probably due to the terrorist attacks at the end of 2015 in Paris and Saint-Denis and then in Nice on 14 July. This decrease was sharper for foreign customers (−10.6% after −7.7%). They continued to desert the hotels of the agglomeration of Paris (−18.0%), and avoid coastlines (−7.0%). Hotel occupancy increased slightly in the urban areas of province, rural and mountainous areas. Overall, the room occupancy rate (65.4%) fell by 2.6 points year-on-year.
graphiqueGraph1 – Overnight stays in hotels
- Source: INSEE, in partnership with the Regional Committees of tourism (CRT) and DGE
tableauTable2 – Average length of stay and occupancy
| Average length of stay (days) | Occupancy rate ** in % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Q3 | Q3 * | Q3 | Q3 * | |
| Hotels | 1.8 | 1.8 | 68.0 | 65.4 |
| HOSSA | 4.9 | 4.7 | 68.5 | 68.1 |
| Campsites | 5.7 | 5.6 | 47.3 | 47.5 |
| bare pitches | 4.6 | 4.5 | 39.0 | 39.2 |
| pitches with rental accommodation | 7.9 | 7.7 | 67.6 | 66.7 |
- * provisional data
- ** The occupancy rate is calculated for hotels in rooms, in pitches for campsites and in lodging units (rooms, apartments, dormitories) for holliday and other short-stay accommodation
- Source: INSEE, in partnership with the Regional Committees of tourism (CRT) and DGE
Overnight stays in holiday and other short-stay accomodation went also down
The decline in HOSSA was less significant than in Q2 (−3.4% year-on-year after −6.3%), especially for foreign customers (−12.1% after −21.0%). Overnight stays fell in almost all areas, with the exception of rural areas which went up sharply (+10.0%), attracting resident as not resident tourists. Given that the park declined, the occupancy rate (68.1%) decreased only by 0.4 points year-on-year.
graphiqueGraph2 – Overnight stays in HOSSA
- Source: INSEE, in partnership with the Regional Committees of tourism (CRT) and DGE
Occupancy in high-end campsites held up
Overnight stays in campsites grew (+1.0% year-on-year) at practically the same pace for French and foreign customers. Occupancy was driven by the high-end campsites (+2.8% for 4-5 stars). The pitches with rental accommodation were much demanded. However, the decline in tourist nights spent in coastlines also affected campsites situated there (−0.8% over one year).
graphiqueGraph3 – Overnight stays in campsites
- Source: INSEE, in partnership with the Regional Committees of tourism (CRT) and DGE
The decline in occupancy eased in September
Overnight stays decreased sharply in July (−1.6% year-on-year) and August (−1.8%), especially on the coastlines and in Île-de-France. The attack in Nice on 14 July weighted particularly heavily on the occupancy in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. In September, the overall decrease eased (−1.1% year-on-year).
tableauTable1 – Overnight stays in Q3 2016 *
| Nights of the quarter | Year-on-year (%) (Q/Q-4) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nights (millions) | % of foreign nights | Total nights | Foreign nights | |
| Total | 192.4 | 31.2 | –1.6 | –5.7 |
| Hotels | 64.3 | 38.5 | –4.1 | –10.6 |
| Unclassified | 6.0 | 28.1 | –10.5 | –14.9 |
| 1 and 2 stars | 18.7 | 25.9 | –2.0 | –8.9 |
| 3 stars | 24.3 | 39.6 | –3.9 | –11.5 |
| 4 and 5 stars | 15.3 | 56.3 | –4.3 | –9.8 |
| hotel chain | 29.9 | 39.8 | –4.6 | –12.0 |
| independent hotel | 34.4 | 37.4 | –3.7 | –9.3 |
| Agglo. of Paris | 16.0 | 62.7 | –14.3 | –18.0 |
| coastlines | 14.1 | 33.3 | –1.2 | –7.0 |
| mountain | 8.9 | 25.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| other urban area | 20.5 | 31.8 | 0.2 | –5.2 |
| other rural area | 4.8 | 26.6 | 0.4 | –3.5 |
| Holiday and other short-stay accomodation | 34.6 | 18.7 | –3.4 | –12.1 |
| Tourism residences | 23.6 | 23.2 | –4.8 | –12.6 |
| Holiday villages | 9.9 | 8.0 | 0.0 | –9.9 |
| Other | 1.1 | 19.0 | –2.7 | –7.5 |
| Agglo. of Paris | 2.1 | 50.8 | –13.6 | –18.2 |
| coastlines | 14.6 | 16.2 | –5.7 | –14.2 |
| mountain | 9.2 | 12.2 | –3.2 | –12.0 |
| other urban area | 4.5 | 22.9 | –1.7 | –14.1 |
| other rural area | 4.2 | 21.1 | 10.0 | 7.4 |
| Campsites | 93.4 | 30.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Unclassified | 5.2 | 29.9 | –6.1 | –4.1 |
| 1 and 2 stars | 13.3 | 25.6 | –0.7 | –2.7 |
| 3 stars | 31.2 | 30.0 | 0.4 | –1.1 |
| 4 and 5 stars | 43.8 | 33.1 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| bare pitches | 48.4 | 38.8 | –1.2 | –2.4 |
| pitches with rental accommodation | 45.0 | 22.3 | 3.4 | 7.5 |
| coastlines | 52.3 | 25.7 | –0.8 | 0.7 |
| except coast | 41.1 | 37.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 |
- Reference area : Metropolitan France
- * provisional data
- Source: INSEE, in partnership with the Regional Committees of tourism (CRT) and DGE
Revisions
Compared to the previous publication, the overall variation in the number of overnight stays in Q2 2016 has been revised downwards (−5.2% instead of −4.8%) due to the integration of data known in the meantime. The decrease has been lowered by 0.1 points in hotels (−3.6% instead of −3.5%), by 1.4 points in campsites (−8.2% instead of −6.8%) and raised by 0.1 points in HOSSA (−6.3% instead of −6.4%).
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