Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

Category of Apartment Hotels No. of Hotels No. of Rooms
Three Star Apartment Hotels in Delhi 1 52
Four Star Apartment Hotels in Noida 1 44
Three Star Apartment Hotels in Kochi 1 58
Five Star Deluxe Apartment Hotels in Mumbai 1 80
Five Star Apartment Hotels in Pune 1 100
7.4. OCCUPANCY RATES OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF HOTELS BY DOMESTIC &
FOREIGN TOURISTS DURING 2006
An analysis of data received from some of the approved hotels indicates that the average hotel occupancy
rate in 2006 was 60.4 % compared to 67.7 % in 2005. In estimating the hotel occupancy rate, information
on number of rooms in hotels, number of guests checked in (separately for domestic and foreign guests),
bed nights occupied, etc. received from a sample of hotels of various categories (star categories, heritage
and unapproved hotels) located in selected States have been analysed. The States are Andhra Pradesh,
Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil
Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi, Orissa, Bihar, Assam, Punjab and Uttaranchal. The table below
indicates the occupancy rates of different categories of hotels by domestic and foreign tourists:-
TABLE 7.4.1
OCCUPANCY RATE, 2005 & 2006
Category Domestic tourists Foreign tourists Total
2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006*
1 Star 45.3 % 16.9 % 15.9 % 5.2 % 61.2 % 22.1 %
2 Star 44.4 % 22.3 % 11.5 % 5.6 % 55.9 % 22.9 %
3 Star 48.4 % 49.3 % 14.6 % 13.5 % 63.0 % 62.8 %
4 Star 47.3 % 54.4 % 25.7 % 27.0 % 73.0 % 81.4 %
5 Star 35.4 % 34.0 % 43.8 % 48.8 % 79.2 % 82.8 %
5* Deluxe 28.9 % 42.0 % 40.4 % 45.5 % 69.3 % 87.5 %
Heritage 26.9 % 16.1 % 46.1 % 32.3 % 73.0 % 48.4 %
Others 46.0 % 49.4 % 6.2 % 5.3 % 52.2 % 54.7 %
Overall 39.4 % 34.7 % 28.3 % 25.7 % 67.7 % 60.4 %
Source:-Information compiled from returns submitted by Approved Hotels to Ministry of Tourism.
* Occupancy Rate is calculated on the basis of information received from about 100 hotels in different
categories.
Out of 60.4% occupancy in 2006, 34.7% was by domestic tourists and 25.7% by foreign tourists. The
occupancy levels in the hotels of 5-star and 5-star deluxe category was 82.8% & 87.5% respectively,
whereas the occupancy rate of heritage hotels was observed to be 48.4% during the year. The average
occupancy was the highest for 5-star deluxe hotels among all the categories.
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