The average occupancy rate of guest rooms in April rose by 50.0 percentage points year-on-year to 79.8%, according to data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). The number of guests of hotel establishments in April leapt by 199.0% year-on-year to 1.1 million; guests from mainland China (739,000), Hong Kong (254,000) and Taiwan (18,000) jumped by 202.2%, 1,171.4% and 407.3% respectively, whereas local guests (45,000) dropped by 52.8%. In the first four months of 2023, the average occupancy rate of guest rooms of hotel establishments went up by 38.2 percentage points year-on-year to 76.2%.