Occupancy down 16% compared to September 2021 as hotels host an average of just 122 guests each per night.
staycationers
As Covid-19 pandemic travel restrictions bite, guests from mainland China fall by almost 60% to 244,000, but locals ‘holidaying at home’ fill 95,000 beds.
Most guests mainlanders or staycationers; figures still well short of pre-pandemic 2019, when almost every bed was filled every night.
Mainlanders make up the bulk of the market, however beds stand empty for around one night in two, with occupancy rates at 44%.
In the wake of Covid-19, guests are up 552 per cent compared to 2020, but 34 per cent less than the glory days of the year before.
Occupancy is increasing steadily, helped by staycationers, although so far this year more than half of available beds lie empty.
