6.24. Accommodation services usually represent a substantial part of total visitor expenditure and are often considered (along with passenger air transport, travel agencies and, to certain degree, souvenir and handicrafts industries) one of the most typical tourism industries. In many countries, the only available statistical information on tourism industries pertains to visitor accommodation, an activity where the link between supply and tourism demand is particularly obvious and strong: visitors consume a very substantial part (in some cases, close to 95 percent) of their characteristic supply. Few other industries, with the possible exception of travel agencies, are so highly dependent on tourism demand.
In this section:
- B.1. Categories
- B.1.1. Providers of market accommodation services classified under "Accommodation" (ISIC division 55)
- B.1.2. Providers of market accommodation services classified under "Real estate activities" (ISIC division 68)
- B.1.3. Providers of non market accommodation services free of charge: visitors staying with friends and relatives and barter transactions
- B.1.4. Providers of non market accommodation services for own final use: owner occupied vacation homes and timeshares
- B.2. Measuring the provision of accommodation services
- B.2.1. Providers of market accommodation services classified under "Accommodation" (ISIC division 55)
- B.2.2. Providers of market accommodation services classified under "Real estate activities"
- B.2.3. Providers of non market accommodation services free of charge: visitors staying with friends and relatives, and barter transactions
- B.2.4. Providers of non market accommodation services for own final use: owner occupied vacation homes and timeshares