7 February 2020

2020

In Q4 2019, tourist collective accomodation attendance increased slightly (+0.8 % year on year) Tourism occupancy in hotels, campsites and holiday and other short-stay accommodation in metropolitan France - fourth quarter 2019

In Q4 2019, troughout metropolitan France, the number of overnight stays in tourist collective accommodation went up slightly (+0.8 % compared to the fourth quarter of 2018), after two quarters of more sustained growth. Growth was driven by residents (1.9%), while non-resident occupancy was down (−3.8%).

In Q4 2019, overnight stays in hotels rose by +1.0% year-on-year, after +0.4 % in the previous quarter. Attendance by residents increased (+3.9%), offsetting the decline in non-resident customers (−4.7%).

Attendance in high-end hotels was dynamic : the number of overnight stays rose, driven by the increase in resident customers. Non-resident occupancy rose in 4-5 star hotels, while it declined in 3, 2 and 1 star hotels.

Attendance was down in Île-de-France (−0.9%). Overnight stays by non-resident customers was particularly sharp (−4.9%), while occupancy grew for residents (+3.8%).

Attendance was up in provincial urban areas (+1.8%). The dynamic was driven by resident customers (+4.3%) while overnight stays by non-residents fell sharply (−7.3%).

The increase was very strong in mountain areas for both resident and non-resident customers, but the number of overnight stays was much lower.

In Q4 2019, overnight stays in holiday and other short-stay accommodation stabilised (+0.1%), after two quarters of sustained growth (+2.6% year-on-year), due to tourism residences.

Occupancy fell sharply in Île-de-France (−6.2%) due to the drop in non-resident customers. Activity declined also on the coastline (−4.2%). On the other hand, accommodation in ski mountain area expanded.

The number of overnight stays in tourist collective accommodation was down on the previous year, particularly in HOSSA. On the other hand, occupancy was up in November and December compared to the same months in 2018, at the height of the « gilets jaunes » movements. The increase of occupancy by resident customers over these two months offseting the lower of non-residents.

Compared to the previous publication, the overall variation in the number of overnight stays in Q3 2019 was unchanged. It has been raised for hotels (0.4% instead of +0.3%), and it was unchanged for HOSSA.