NSCB - 2009 Factsheet - Hotel Occupancy Peaks in Valentine’s Month

Hotel Occupancy Peaks in Valentine’s Month
(FS-200903-NS1-01, posted 04 March 2009)

Based on the latest statistics from the Department of Tourism, the month of February registered the highest overall average hotel occupancy rate among hotels in Metro Manila in 2007 and 2008.

In 2007, the overall average occupancy rate for February reached 79.1% followed by November (78.9%) and January (75.7%). On the other hand, the lowest average occupancy rate was registered in April (69.4%)

Although lower by 0.5 percentage point compared to 2007, the month of February still posted the highest average occupancy rate of 78.6% in 2008. This was followed by the months of April (74.7%) and January (73.4%). The lowest was registered in December at 61.4% average hotel occupancy rate.

Meanwhile, the whole year of 2007 posted an average hotel occupancy rate of 73.1% higher by 3.3 percentage points than in 2008.

Figure 1. Average Occupancy Rate
among Hotels in Metro Manila, by month: 2007 and 2008
(in Percent)

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Source: Department of Tourism

In 2007, February also topped the other months in terms of occupancy rates among First Class (80.7%), Standard (77.9%) and Economy (69.9%) hotels while November had the highest occupancy among de Luxe hotels. In 2008, February posted the highest occupancy rates among de Luxe (80.9%), First Class (78.6%) and Standard (76.2%) hotels while April had the highest among Economy (70.8%) hotels.

Figure 2. Average Occupancy Rate
among Hotels in Metro Manila, by classification of hotel and by month: 2007 and 2008
(in Percent)

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Source: Department of Tourism

Meanwhile, the month of June posted the highest average length of stay of 2.69 days among guests in Metro Manila hotels in 2007 while the month of October had the highest in 2008 at 2.51 days. Overall, average length of stay was recorded at 2.45 days in 2007 and at 2.42 days in 2008.

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