1.02 million tourist overnights in hotels were posted in November - a 36% increase compared to November 1999. This is the second consecutive month in which the number of tourist overnights crossed the 1 million line. The average national hotel occupancy in November was 70.5% - a 14% increase compared to November 1998. This emerges from figures published by the Hotels Association’s economic department.
Around 8.4 million tourist overnights in hotels have been posted since the beginning of the year - a 17% rise compared to January-November 1998.
An increase was posted throughout the country, notably in kibbutzim (68%), Tiberias (57%), Netanya (49%), and the Dead Sea (40%).
An increase was also posted in Israeli overnights, albeit a predictably more moderate one. About 8.9 million Israeli overnights were posted in hotels since the beginning of the year - a 7% increase compared to the corresponding period last year. Some 629,000 Israeli overnights in hotels were posted in November - a 4% increase compared to November 1998.
Israeli overnights in November sharply declined in Netanya (39%), Tiberias (11%), and West Jerusalem (11%).
Peak occupancy was posted in Dead Sea hotels (85%) and in West Jerusalem hotels (80%). Occupancy in Eilat was 76%, in Tel Aviv 74%, and in Tiberias 72%.
The number of rooms was 42,678 - a 6% increase compared to November 1998.
Published by Israel's Business Arena December 20, 1999