In Q3 2022, the total number of arrivals in collective accommodation establishments increased by 11.1%, year-on-year (y-o-y), and the number of overnight stays of guests in collective accommodation establishments increased by 7.4%. More guests from abroad were accommodated, however, the number of domestic guests decreased, y-o-y. In comparison to the pre-COVID year 2019, the volume of the number of guests reached 97% in the summer months.
Czech Republic: The number of overnight stays of guests in collective accommodation establishments reached 20.4 million nights in total in Q3 2022, which was 7.4% more compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. The number of overnight stays of non-residents increased almost twofold; however, the number of overnight stays of residents (domestic guests) decreased by 10.5%, year-on-year.
“In the reference period, 7.3 million guests in total arrived in collective accommodation establishments, which was 11% more compared to the previous year. The numbers of guests from abroad who were accommodated in the summer season were higher than last year, however, the demand of domestic tourists for accommodation decreased,” Marie Boušková, Director of the Trade, Transport, Services, Tourism, and Environmental Statistics Department of the CZSO, stated.
The number of guests in hotels increased by 23.9%, year-on-year in the period from July to September (4.2 million guests in total). A lower number of persons accommodated in boarding houses compared to the previous year, it was a decrease of 6.2%. Operators of tourist campsites also reported a worse season than a year ago. The number of Czechs accommodated there dropped by 6.6%. As for regional comparison, the total number of the accommodated increased in six Regions of the Czech Republic, namely thanks to the clientele from abroad. In all Regions of Czechia, the number of domestic guests decreased, year-on-year.
“Compared to the summer season in the pre-COVID year 2019, 14% more Czechs were accommodated this year. However, there is still a lack of guests from abroad; by a quarter fewer foreign guests accommodated than three years ago,” Pavel Vančura, Head of the Tourism and Environmental Statistics Unit of the CZSO, said.
In Q3 2022, the highest number of foreign guests (non-residents; by citizenship) came to accommodate collective accommodation establishments from Germany. In the surveyed accommodation establishments, Germans still made over a fifth of guests from abroad (582 thousand arrivals). Compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 57.2%. The second most numerous group consisted of guests from Slovakia (264 thousand) with a year-on-year increase of 58.1%. Guests from Poland ranked third (248 thousand arrivals, a year-on-year increase of 73.1%). From non-European countries, inhabitants of the United States of America were represented the most in accommodation establishments (139 thousand arrivals) and, as for the number of overnight stays, also tourists from Israel (195 thousand nights).
