Tourist accommodation in South Africa: Occupancy rates
The occupancy rate of tourist accommodation in South Africa each month since January 2007: stay unit nights sold as a share of stay unit nights available, for the industry as a whole and for hotels, caravan parks and camping sites, guest houses and guest farms, and other accommodation. Actual and seasonally adjusted figures.
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The data
236 rows, 13 columns.
- year Year
- Year of the data 2007 – 2026
- month Number
- Month of the data (1–12) 1 – 12
- year_month Date
- Year and month of the data as YYYY-MM-DD. The day (01) is a placeholder. 2007-01-01 – 2026-08-01
- total_actual Number
- Occupancy rate for all tourist accommodation (total industry) (%); actual figures, not seasonally adjusted 1.4 – 61.7
- hotels_actual Number
- Occupancy rate for hotels (%); actual figures, not seasonally adjusted 2 – 81.6
- caravan_parks_camping_actual Number
- Occupancy rate for caravan parks and camping sites (%); actual figures, not seasonally adjusted 0.4 – 61.4
- guest_houses_farms_actual Number
- Occupancy rate for guest houses and guest farms (%); actual figures, not seasonally adjusted 0.5 – 99.1
- other_accommodation_actual Number
- Occupancy rate for other accommodation, which includes lodges, bed-and-breakfast establishments and self-catering establishments (%); actual figures, not seasonally adjusted 0.6 – 42.3
- total_sa Number
- Occupancy rate for all tourist accommodation (total industry) (%); seasonally adjusted by Stats SA 1.5 – 60.2
- hotels_sa Number
- Occupancy rate for hotels (%); seasonally adjusted by Stats SA 2.2 – 76.7
- caravan_parks_camping_sa Number
- Occupancy rate for caravan parks and camping sites (%); seasonally adjusted by Stats SA 0.4 – 51.9
- guest_houses_farms_sa Number
- Occupancy rate for guest houses and guest farms (%); seasonally adjusted by Stats SA 0.6 – 92.5
- other_accommodation_sa Number
- Occupancy rate for other accommodation, which includes lodges, bed-and-breakfast establishments and self-catering establishments (%); seasonally adjusted by Stats SA 0.6 – 41.3
Latest rows
| year | month | year_month | total_actual | hotels_actual | caravan_parks_camping_actual | guest_houses_farms_actual | other_accommodation_actual | total_sa | hotels_sa | caravan_parks_camping_sa | guest_houses_farms_sa | other_accommodation_sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 2026-08-01 | 46.5 | 67.4 | 31.5 | 28.9 | 25.4 | 46.7 | 67.3 | 30.7 | 29.5 | 25.6 |
| 2026 | 7 | 2026-07-01 | 45.3 | 64.2 | 33 | 31 | 25.5 | 47.1 | 66.6 | 34.3 | 32.7 | 26.3 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2026-06-01 | 41 | 58.4 | 30.9 | 28.3 | 22.2 | 45.1 | 65.1 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 24.8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2026-05-01 | 42.6 | 60.8 | 30.1 | 29.8 | 23.2 | 46.4 | 65.4 | 32.2 | 33.4 | 25.8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2026-04-01 | 46.2 | 63.7 | 39.1 | 32.7 | 27.2 | 47.6 | 66.8 | 35.7 | 33.2 | 27.1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2026-03-01 | 48.2 | 67.9 | 30.5 | 37 | 27.5 | 47.9 | 70 | 32 | 32.4 | 26.2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2026-02-01 | 47.5 | 69.1 | 29.4 | 33.6 | 25 | 44.8 | 64.1 | 32.6 | 29.5 | 24.4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2026-01-01 | 41 | 58.4 | 30.7 | 29.2 | 22.2 | 43.9 | 62.3 | 33.2 | 29.8 | 23.2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2025-12-01 | 46.2 | 65.5 | 38.5 | 31.1 | 25.3 | 43.7 | 63.4 | 31.9 | 29.3 | 22.5 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2025-11-01 | 48.2 | 70.3 | 30.3 | 33.2 | 25 | 44.9 | 63.6 | 32.9 | 31.2 | 24.4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2025-10-01 | 48.1 | 69.9 | 37.4 | 29.5 | 25.3 | 44.9 | 64.7 | 36.6 | 29.5 | 24.3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2025-09-01 | 45.4 | 66.2 | 35.7 | 27.7 | 23.4 | 43.4 | 62.8 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 22.9 |
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