Tourism - 1. quarter of 2021

In the Q1 2021, the total number of guests accommodated in collective accommodation establishments decreased by 91.1%, year-on-year (y-o-y), and the number of overnight stays of guests in collective accommodation establishments decreased by 88.2%, y-o-y. The restriction on providing of accommodation services due to the coronavirus pandemic lasts for over a year.

The number of overnight stays of guests in collective accommodation establishments reached 1.1 million nights in total in the Q1 2021, which was by 88.2% less compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. The number of overnight stays of guests from the Czech Republic (CR) decreased by 81.2% and the number of overnight stays of guests from abroad decreased by 96.1%, y-o-y. The number of overnight stays in hotels in total decreased by 90%, y-o-y, and in boarding houses by 89%, y-o-y.

Mere 282 thousand guests arrived to collective accommodation establishments during the surveyed period, which was a decrease by 91.1%, y-o-y. Compared to the previous year, the number of guests from abroad (non-residents) dropped by 96.3% and the number of guests from the Czech Republic (residents) decreased by 86.4%. Hotels recorded a slump of the total number of guests by 91.5%. Arrivals in boarding houses dropped by 87.3% and in other accommodation establishments by 92.5%. As for the regional comparison, the numbers of arrivals in all Regions is on the level of 3 to 17% of last year’s figures.

A significant decrease in the numbers of arrivals is still observed as for all source foreign markets. In the Q1 2021, the highest number of guests from abroad came from Slovakia; only 12 thousand of Slovaks were accommodated in the surveyed collective accommodation establishments, which was by 88.4% less than in the previous year. The number of Germans accommodated only amounted to 2% and the number of Poles to 4% of the last year’s number of guests in the Q1. Also numbers of arrivals of other guests from abroad do not reach even a tenth of the last year’s results.

The coronavirus crisis also had an impact on spa accommodation establishments. Spas were open and they are still open; however, they could only provide care paid by health insurance companies and not by self-payers. The results for the whole quarter show a 53% decrease in the number of overnight stays of residents and a 68% decrease in arrivals of guests from the Czech Republic. The average stay in spa lasted for 14 nights.

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Responsible head at the CZSO: Marie Boušková, Director of the Trade, Transport, Services, Tourism, and Environmental Statistics Department, phone number (+420) 274 052 935, e-mail: marie.bouskova@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Pavel Vančura, Head of the Tourism and Environmental Statistics Unit, phone number (+420) 274 052 096, e-mail: pavel.vancura@csu.gov.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO in collective accommodation establishments
End of data collection: 22 April 2021
End of data processing: 30 April 2021
Related data set: https://csu.gov.cz/tourism_ekon
Next News Release will be published on: 9 August 2021