In the national total, by May 2023 the percentage of hotel occupancy was 48.5 percentslightly below the 49.9 percent registered in the same month last year.
The main reason for Colombians to travel this month was leisure, contributing 25.9 percentage points to the occupancy rate, as revealed by Dane. In second place are business trips.
(Also read: Retail sales complete 3 months down: in May they fell 5.1%)
In Bogotá, the occupancy rate was 59.8 percent. The main reason for travel was business, contributing 31.7 percentage points to the occupancy rate for May.
Meanwhile in cartagenaOccupancy was 61.1 percent, mainly due to leisure trips, contributing 43.7 percentage points to the occupancy rate.
For the national total, in May the rate of the simple accommodation type presented an annual variation of 21 percent and a monthly variation of -2.4 percent. For double accommodation, the annual variation was 19.9 percent and a monthly variation of -3.2 percent.
In terms of actual revenue, the drop in accommodation was 2 percentemployed personnel increased 10.6 percent and real wages showed growth of 1.1 percent.
(Also read: Production of the manufacturing industry continued to fall in Colombia: -3.4% in May)
Cesar Melgarejo. TIME. ARCHIVE
Income for travel agencies
In May, the nominal income of the travel agencies appeared a variation of 11.3 percent compared to the same month last year. Meanwhile, employed personnel began an increase of 12.2 percent.
The Dane also revealed that the average nominal staff salary of travel agencies had a variation of 21.3 percent with respect to the same month last year.
