9 November 2018
2018- n° 294In Q3 2018, tourist collective accommodation attendance increased more moderately
(+1,1 % over one year, after +1,7 % in the previous quarter) Tourism occupancy in hotels, campsites and holiday and other short-stay accommodation
in metropolitan France - third quarter 2018
November 12, 2018: The supplementary data file has been updated since the publication of November 9, 2018; Comments are on data available at 9/11. In Q3 2018, throughout metropolitan France, the number of overnight stays in tourist collective accommodation was up by 1.1% compared to the same period of 2017. This increase reached 1.7% the revious quarter. Thus, after the clear dynamics of 2017, attendance returned to a moderate growth pace. As in previous quarter, the number of overnight stays was driven by non-resident (+4.6%),while the numbers of residents fell (−0.5%).
In hotels, the number of overnight stays of non-resident grew strongly
In Q3 2018, attendance in hotels increased by 2.1% compared to the same quarter of 2017 (after +1.3% in the previous quarter).
Occupancy was similar in chain hotels and independent hotels. The rise was particularly marked in the high-end (+6.6% in 4 or 5 stars).
Attendance of non-residents speeded up (7.2% after 5.9% in the second quarter), that of residents was down for the second consecutive quarter (−1.2%, after −1.3%). Thus, the dynamic gap between the two customers was important and concerned all spaces.
Occupancy in hotels rose most in Île-de-France (+7.1%), more than in mountains (+1.9%) and in coastlines (1.4%). It was stabl in provincial urban area and decreased in other area (middle montain areas and rural areas).
Tourist numbers in metropolitan France was only driven by non-resident
In Q3 2018, throughout metropolitan France, the number of overnight stays in tourist collective accommodation was up by 1.1% compared to the same period of 2017. This increase reached 1.7% the revious quarter. Thus, after the clear dynamics of 2017, attendance returned to a moderate growth pace. As in previous quarter, the number of overnight stays was driven by non-resident (+4.6%),while the numbers of residents fell (−0.5%).
In hotels, the number of overnight stays of non-resident grew strongly
In Q3 2018, attendance in hotels increased by 2.1% compared to the same quarter of 2017 (after +1.3% in the previous quarter).
Occupancy was similar in chain hotels and independent hotels. The rise was particularly marked in the high-end (+6.6% in 4 or 5 stars).
Attendance of non-residents speeded up (7.2% after 5.9% in the second quarter), that of residents was down for the second consecutive quarter (−1.2%, after −1.3%). Thus, the dynamic gap between the two customers was important and concerned all spaces.
Occupancy in hotels rose most in Île-de-France (+7.1%), more than in mountains (+1.9%) and in coastlines (1.4%). It was stabl in provincial urban area and decreased in other area (middle montain areas and rural areas).
graphiqueGraph1 – Overnight stays in hotels
Occupancy in Holiday and other short-stay accommodation was marking time
Attendance at holiday and other short stay accomodation (HOSSA) declined slightly compared to the same quarter of 2017 (−0.7% year-on-year).
It was still buoyant in the second quarter (3.7%). Unlike hotels and campsites, non-resident customers was lacking (−1.4% over one year), after more than one yeay of continous growth. Furthermore, occupancy of customers living in France slightly weakened. The rise in overnight stays remained very strong in Île-de-France (+20.2%), more marked than provincial urban area (+3.7%) and the other spaces.
On the other hand, occupancy fell back on coastlines and especially fell in mountain areas (−12.4% over one year), both resident and non-resident customers.
graphiqueGraph2 – Overnight stays in HOSSA
Occupancy in campsites continued to increase
Attendance in campsites continued to increase by 1.1% over one year, mainly due to non-resident customers (+3.5%). Growth was driven by high-end campsites (+3.7% in 4 and 5 stars) and essentially concerned pitches with rental accomodation. Occupancy in coastlines (+2.4%) benefitied from very favorable weather conditions in the third quarter and from the contribution of non-residents (+6.9%).
graphiqueGraph3 – Overnight stays in campsites
Sustained attendance in August and September
Occupancy dropped slightly in July compared to the previous year, due to the absence of a long week end for July 14, late school hollidays and perhaps a football World Cup effect, which would have caused a shift in summer break. On the other hand, the particularly favorable weather conditions increased the overnight stays in august and september, exceeding a year 2017 already record.
Revisions
Compared to the previous publication, the overall variation in the number of overnight stays in Q2 2018 has been lowered (+1.7% instead of +2.1%). It has been lowered for campsites (+0.8% instead of +1.7%), for HOSSA (+3.7% instead of +4.4%) and has been unchanged in hotels.
tableauTable1 – Overnight stays in Q3 2018*
Nights of the quarter | Year-on-year (%) (Q/Q-4) | ||||
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Total nights (millions) | % of foreign nights | Total | Foreign | French | |
Total | 202.6 | 32.6 | 1.1 | 4.6 | –0.5 |
Hotels | 69.1 | 41.7 | 2.1 | 7.2 | –1.2 |
Unclassified | 8.8 | 32.2 | 21.5 | 35.5 | 15.8 |
1 and 2 stars | 16.2 | 30.9 | –10.3 | –2.2 | –13.4 |
3 stars | 26.3 | 41.2 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
4 and 5 stars | 17.8 | 57.1 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 4.9 |
hotel chain | 32.3 | 43.2 | 2.0 | 7.2 | –1.7 |
independent hotel | 36.8 | 40.5 | 2.3 | 7.2 | –0.8 |
Ile de France | 19.6 | 65.0 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 0.1 |
Provincial urban area | 24.4 | 33.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 | –1.8 |
Coastlines | 15.2 | 35.3 | 1.4 | 5.6 | –0.8 |
Ski mountain area | 2.3 | 28.4 | 1.9 | 8.0 | –0.3 |
Other area | 7.6 | 26.4 | –1.8 | –0.8 | –2.2 |
Holiday and other short-stay accomodation | 36.6 | 17.7 | –0.7 | –1.4 | –0.6 |
Tourism residences | 25.7 | 21.0 | 1.7 | –4.9 | 3.6 |
Other | 10.8 | 10.0 | –6.1 | 21.1 | –8.4 |
Ile de France | 3.3 | 38.1 | 20.2 | 15.1 | 23.5 |
Provincial urban area | 6.0 | 18.4 | 3.7 | –15.6 | 9.3 |
Coastlines | 15.2 | 15.4 | –2.2 | 0.4 | –2.7 |
Ski mountain area | 5.5 | 11.1 | –12.4 | –11.4 | –12.6 |
Other area | 6.5 | 17.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
Campsites | 97.0 | 31.7 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.1 |
Unclassified | 4.2 | 30.5 | –6.3 | –5.9 | –6.5 |
1 and 2 stars | 12.0 | 26.5 | –4.6 | –0.4 | –6.1 |
3 stars | 30.6 | 31.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
4 and 5 stars | 50.1 | 33.4 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 2.4 |
bare pitches | 47.5 | 41.1 | –1.5 | 1.5 | –3.4 |
pitches with rental accommodation | 49.5 | 22.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
coastlines | 54.9 | 26.7 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 0.9 |
except coast | 42.0 | 38.4 | –0.5 | 0.6 | –1.1 |
- Reference area : Metropolitan France
- *provisional data
- Source: INSEE, in partnership with the Regional Committees of tourism (CRT) and DGE
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