More data on the tourism sector in Palestine can be found online at www.pcbs.gov.ps.
The following represents a comparative look at the main indicators for hotel activities in the West Bank from 1996 to 2017.
Indicator
|
YEAR |
No. of hotels1 |
No. of rooms2 |
No. of beds3 |
No. of guests4 |
No. of guest nights5 |
Room occupancy %6 |
|
2017 |
130 |
7,343 |
16,117 |
545,814 |
1,579,143 |
20.3 |
|
2016 |
125 |
6,878 |
15,145 |
448,247 |
1,310,824 |
20.6 |
|
2015 |
112 |
6,791 |
15,059 |
484,394 |
1,420,264 |
22.5 |
|
2014 |
109 |
6,666 |
14,769 |
610,347 |
1,537,311 |
25.2 |
|
2013 |
113 |
5,890 |
13,458 |
600,362 |
1,467,709 |
24.8 |
|
2012 |
98 |
5,203 |
11,883 |
575,495 |
1,336,860 |
29.1 |
|
2011 |
91 |
4,991 |
10,703 |
507,372 |
1,245,509 |
28.4 |
|
2010 |
87 |
4,590 |
9,969 |
576,159 |
1,283,178 |
37.9 |
|
2009 |
92 |
4,244 |
9,305 |
451,840 |
1,041,246 |
34.9 |
|
2008 |
80 |
4,212 |
9,331 |
444,196 |
1,119,360 |
50.8 |
|
2007 |
70 |
3,731 |
8,731 |
312,850 |
671,774 |
27.8 |
|
2006 |
68 |
3,753 |
8,167 |
149,102 |
375,536 |
17.6 |
|
2005 |
64 |
3,498 |
7,461 |
124,254 |
325,859 |
16.9 |
|
2004 |
66 |
3,131 |
6,917 |
89,786 |
247,113 |
15.2 |
|
2003 |
60 |
3,007 |
6,523 |
58,256 |
188,006 |
13.4 |
|
2002 |
57 |
2,830 |
6,159 |
45,239 |
156,676 |
11.3 |
|
2001 |
68 |
3,137 |
6,680 |
57,968 |
177,379 |
8.4 |
|
2000 |
94 |
4,266 |
9,112 |
315,709 |
968,442 |
35.1 |
|
1999 |
80 |
3,640 |
7,897 |
311,114 |
850,768 |
35.5 |
|
1998 |
83 |
3,464 |
7,541 |
203,852 |
573,589 |
27.5 |
|
1997 |
77 |
3,156 |
6,894 |
213,933 |
617,440 |
31.7 |
|
1996 |
65 |
2,909 |
6,383 |
223,322 |
713,910 |
38.3 |
JQ thanks PCBS for providing this key document to JQ readers.
1 Hotel: an accommodation establishment providing overnight lodging for visitors in a room or unit. It should hold a number of persons exceeding that of an average single family. The establishment must be under one management, and should provide various facilities and services to visitors.
2 Available hotel rooms: referring to the furnished rooms for the use of guests. Such rooms might be single, double, triple, or quadruple. Rooms closed for maintenance or repairs are excluded.
3 Available beds: referring to beds which are ready for use during the reference period.
4 Guests: referring to visitors staying at the hotels and using their facilities. Records of new guests are based on the number of visits and the number of unique visitors.
5 Number of guest nights: number of beds booked for hotel guests. Such beds are considered as occupied whether they were actually used or not. The unit of measure is ‘guest night.’
6 Percentage of occupancy of (rooms, beds) in hotels (indicator): indicator measures the percentage of occupancy of (rooms, beds) in hotels during a specific period of time.