Statistics | Visitors on package tours down by 6.8 pct

The number of visitors on package tours reached 806,000 in April, down by 6.8 percent year-on-year, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). The average occupancy rate of hotels and guesthouses reached 79.4 percent, representing a decrease of 5.9 percentage points year-on-year.
Package tour visitors from mainland China (648,000) and Taiwan (45,000) dropped by 6.6 percent and 19.6 percent year-on-year, while those from South Korea (35,000) and Hong Kong (29,000) rose by 11.9 percent and 0.5 percent respectively.
A total of 827,000 guests checked into hotels and guesthouses in April, representing a decrease of 7.1 percent year-
on-year. Tourists from mainland China (521,000) decreased by 12 percent, while those from Hong Kong (125,000) and Taiwan (29,000) increased by 10.9 percent and 8.6 percent respectively.
The average length of guests’ stay held steady at 1.4 nights compared to April 2014.
The average occupancy rate of hotels and guesthouses was 79.4 percent, a rebound from March (77.2 percent) yet still down by 5.9 percentage points year-on-year. The rate for 4-star hotels and 5-star hotels was 82.2 percent and 79.5 percent respectively.
In the first four months of 2015, the number of hotel guests reached 3,184,000, down by 10.4 percent year-on-year; the average occupancy rate stood at 79.0 percent, a decrease of 7.3 percentage points. Visitor-guests accounted for 68.1 percent of the total overnight visitors, down by 1.5 percentage points year-on-year.