8635.0 - Tourist Accommodation, Australia, Jun 2003  
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Average length of stay

Average length of stay is expressed in numbers of days and calculated:

  • for hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments, by dividing guest nights by guest arrivals
  • for holiday flats, units and houses, by dividing unit nights occupied by unit lettings.

Average takings per available room night

The takings from accommodation divided by the total number of guest nights for the survey period.

Average takings per room night occupied

The takings from accommodation divided by the total number of room nights occupied for the survey period.

Bed spaces

Three-quarter beds are counted as one bed space; double beds as two bed spaces. Cots are excluded.

Capacity

Capacity in terms of guest rooms/units, visitor hostel bed spaces, holiday units or caravan park sites is the maximum number available to accommodate paying guests during the survey period. Capacity closed temporarily for seasonal reasons is included.

Caravan park sites

Includes on-site vans, other powered sites, unpowered sites and cabins.

Establishments

The number of hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments, caravan parks and visitor hostels within the scope of the survey which operated for any part of the survey period, or which closed temporarily for the quarter for seasonal reasons.

Guest arrivals

The total number of paying guests counted only on the first night they stayed at the accommodation establishment during the survey period.

Guest nights

The total number of paying guests counted on each night they stayed at the accommodation establishment during the survey period.

Guest rooms

The maximum number of rooms available at each establishment during the survey period for accommodating short-term paying guests. Units and apartments within serviced apartments are treated as rooms in these survey results.

Letting entities

For holiday flats, units and houses, the number of owners, managers or real estate agents within the scope of the survey who operated for any part of the survey period.

Long-term caravan parks

Caravan parks where the majority of paying guests occupied sites for periods of more than two months.

Occupancy

Occupancy in terms of room nights, unit nights or site nights occupied refers to the total number of nights each guest room/unit or caravan park site was occupied during the survey period.

Occupancy in terms of guest nights refers to the total number of paying guests counted on each night they stayed at the accommodation establishment during the survey period.

Occupancy rates

Occupancy rates represent occupancy expressed as a percentage of total capacity available during the survey period, e.g. for the period

Equation - Room occupancy rate equals room nights occupied divided by guest rooms multiplied by number of days in the period all multiplied by 100
providing that, for establishments closing (other than for seasonal reasons) or opening during the survey period, the denominator of the above expression includes only operating periods.

Other sites permanently reserved

The total number of powered and unpowered sites, on-site vans and cabins, etc. continuously let for two months or more of the survey period to tenants who occupy the sites only on a casual or sporadic basis.

Persons employed

The total number of persons working at each accommodation establishment at the end of the survey period (including working proprietors and those working on other than accommodation activities).

Room nights available

The number of guest rooms/units available multiplied by the number of days for which they were available during the survey period. For establishments closing (other than for seasonal reasons) or opening during this period, operating periods only are included.

Room nights occupied

The number of nights each guest room/unit was occupied by a paying guest during the survey period.

Short-term caravan parks

Caravan parks where the majority of paying guests occupy sites for periods of less than two months.

Site nights available

The total number of nights each caravan park site was occupied during the survey period.

Sites occupied by long-term guests

The total number of sites, etc. occupied at the end of the survey period by guests who have stayed continuously for 2 months or more.

Star grading

The grading of hotels, motels and guest houses with facilities and serviced apartments is based on the classification system owned by AAA Tourism Pty Ltd. The gradings are allocated according to a points system based on the amenities and facilities available to guests. Details of the grading scheme are contained in the publication Accommodation Guide published by AAA Tourism Pty Ltd for each of the individual Australian Motoring Organisations. For the purpose of classifying establishments to a star grading in this publication, 'half' star gradings are ignored (e.g. a two and a half star grading has been shown as two star).

Takings from accommodation

Since 1 July 2000, takings from accommodation include gross revenue from the provision of accommodation, including GST. Takings from meals are excluded. In cases where takings from accommodation data cannot be provided inclusive of GST the amount of GST payable is estimated and the data revised accordingly.
Takings from accommodation for each month generally represent the takings received during that month. Where payments are received in advance of, or after the provision of accommodation to guests, the monthly figure for takings from accommodation may not necessarily bear a direct relationship to the number of guests accommodated during the month.

Unit lettings

The total number of times a holiday flat, unit or house was occupied by a new tenant, counted only on the first night it was occupied by the new tenant.

Unit nights

The total number of nights each holiday flat, unit or house was occupied during the survey period.