Total arrivals and nights spent in collective accommodation establishments during May advanced by 9.5 and 2.2 per cent respectively when compared to the corresponding month last year.

Total arrivals in collective accommodation establishments during the month under review numbered 156,747, while total nights spent amounted to 819,874. All hotel categories recorded increases in nights spent, except 4-star hotels. The latter maintained the largest share of guest nights, accounting for 376,164 nights, or 45.9 per cent of the total.

The average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments went down from 5.6 nights in May 2013 to 5.2 nights during the month under review. The net use of bed-places stood at 66.9 per cent, up by 3.2 percentage points when compared to the corresponding month last year.