МК – NI 048

Accomodation establishments are supra-structural facilities facilitating visits and stay of tourists in a given environment. Their observation enables the assessment of regional development. The indicator shows the number of accommodation facilities, rooms and beds.

• Number of facilities, number of rooms and number of beds.

What is the impact of accomodation establishments on the environment?

The number of accomodation units may have both positive and negative impacts. Positive impacts are related to proper utilization of the space for facilities location, and negative impacts are made when the space is occupied iby accomodation establishments in inadequate manner.

The total number of accommodation establishments – facilities in the period 2008 to 2017 had a trend of increase by 30.26%. The number of rooms noted rising trend by 9.93%, and the number of beds noted rising trend by 6.71%, which is due to improved standard of accommodation facilities.

With regard to the structure of accommodation facilities, it is important to underline that increases occur for facilities of hotel nature, while decreases are primarily in the sphere of workers’ resorts and uncategorized facilities for accommodation. The number of hotel facilities in 2017compared to 2008 increased by 86.32%, number of holiday houses, apartments and rooms for rent and uncategorized accommodation facilities in the same period decreased by 33.33%, and number of boarding houses decreased by 50%.

Figure 1. Total number of accommodation establishments-facilities

Figure 2. Total number of accommodation establishments – rooms and beds

Figure 3. Accommodation establishments – structure of facilities

Figure 4. Accommodation establishments – rooms structure

Figure 5. Accommodation establishments – beds structure

Data coverage: excel

Data source: State Statistical Office, http://www.stat.gov.mk/Default_en.aspx

In 2008, statistical monitoring of accommodation establishments by stars was introduced for the first time. Categorization of establishments by stars cannot be automatically linked with the categorization by which establishments were monitored earlier and this caused interruption in annual data series.

The total number of accommodation establishments – facilities in the period 2008 to 2017 had a trend of increase by 30.26%. The number of rooms noted rising trend by 9.93%, and the number of beds noted rising trend by 6.71%, which is due to improved standard of accommodation facilities.

With regard to the structure of accommodation facilities, it is important to underline that increases occur for facilities of hotel nature, while decreases are primarily in the sphere of workers’ resorts and uncategorized facilities for accommodation. The number of hotel facilities in 2017compared to 2008 increased by 86.32%, number of holiday houses, apartments and rooms for rent and uncategorized accommodation facilities in the same period decreased by 33.33%, and number of boarding houses decreased by 50%.This can be assessed as positive trend because it is a result of the transformation of non-commercial into commercial sector which will have to be more observant of environmental protection standards.

In the category of motels, the number of rooms and beds had highest increase. The number of rooms increase of 3.34 times and number of beds increase of 2.67 times. In the category of sleeping cars, the number of rooms and beds recorded the greatest drop by 66.94% (rooms) and 77.14% (beds), respectively.

• Methodology for the indicator calculation

Development trend of accomodation units.

Share of individual types of accomodation establishments in the total number.