Informations Rapides · 23 May 2024 · n° 122

In Q1 2024, collective tourist attendance increased over a year (+2.1%) Tourism occupancy in hotels, campsites and holiday and other short-stay accommodation in metropolitan France - first quarter 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, in France, occupancy in collective accommodations except campsites, measured in overnight stays, increased by 2.1% compared to its Q1 2023 level. It increased in both hotels (+1.2%) and holiday and other short-stay accommodations (HOSSA, +4.1%).

In the first quarter of 2024, hotel occupancy was 43 million overnight stays. It increased by 1.2% compared to its Q1 2023 level. Non-resident customers’ attendance increased by 6.1% (that is 817,000 additional overnight stays), while residents’ one decreased by 1.1% over a year.

Attendance in unclassified and 1- to 2- star hotels decreased, due solely to the disaffection of resident customers attendance. Overnight stays fell respectively by 3.8% and 2.6% compared to Q1 2023. Attendance in 3- star and in 4- to 5- star hotels increased by 2.0% and 4.2% respectively. The higher non-residents’ attendance contributed significantly to these increases.

Non-resident overnight stays in hotels increased in all metropolitan France areas. This rise is particularly marked on the coastlines (+16.5%). On the contrary, resident attendance decreased in all metropolitan France areas. In overseas territories, the situation was different: resident attendance increased and non-resident’ one decreased.

Business attendance decreased sharlpy in Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2023 (‑18.0%, that is 3.7 million fewer overnight stays). This decline impacted all areas.

Non-resident customers’ overnight stays in hotels increased in Q1 2024 compared to its Q1 2023 level (+6.1%).

They increased for German (+9.3%), British (9.5%) and for countries outside Europe and the United States (+11.5%). Especially, Chinese attendance doubled from 160,000 to 320,000 overnight stays, even if it remained well below its pre-sanitary crisis level.

On the contrary, hotel attendance of customer from Netherlands decreased (‑7.3%).

In holiday and other short-stay accommodations of metropolitan France, attendance increased by 4.1%, compared to its Q1 2023 level, that is 900,000 additional overnight stays. It increased in both tourism residences (+3.3%) and other short-stay accommodations (+6.5%). Attendance increased slightly for resident customers (+0.7%), and sharply for non-resident customers (+17.3%).

Overnight stays increased by 4.9% in the ski mountain area, which account for half of all overnight stays in HOSSA. Attendance increase by 9.9% on the coastlines, 2.3% in provincial urban area and by 2.2% in other France metropolitan areas, except in Île-de-France. In this latter area, despite a higher non-resident customers attendance, overnight stays decreased slightly (‑0.3%), due to the sharp decrease of the resident customers attendance (‑11.2%).

Compared to provisory data published on 15 February, attendance evolution over a year in collective accommodations except campsites in Q4 2023 has been slightly revised (‑3.4% instead of ‑3.2%).