In spite of weaker May, more guests and overnight stays overall
(ffm) As expected, the month of May generated 476,374 overnight guests (- 3.5 percent compared to the same period last year) and 777,853 overnight stays (- 5.2 percent). Although the leading trade fair IMEX took place as last year, in contrast to 2017 the public holidays were less favourable for the business travel market. The leading international trade fair Techtextil also took a rotational break and will not be held again until 2019.
The average length of stay increased from 1.72 to 1.73 days in the first five months. Bed occupancy is at 49.2 percent, which translates to room occupancy of about 70 percent. The number of beds increased from 50,007 to 52,962 (+ 2,955 units) and the number of lodging establishments increased from 271 to 289 (+ 18 units).
From January to May 2018, 2,286,988 overnight visitors (+ 5.1 per cent compared to the same period last year) arrived, generating 3,963,796 overnight stays (+ 6.0 per cent) and bringing significant growth to Frankfurt am Main as a tourist destination.
In terms of overnight stays, both the domestic (+ 5.0 per cent) and foreign markets (+ 7.3 per cent) maintained their positive momentum. The largest foreign source market, the USA (+ 5.9 percent), continues to grow strongly.
The other most important overseas markets are also developing positively for the most part: India (+ 12.2 percent), China (+ 9.4 percent) and Japan (+ 8.0 percent). Only the Arab Gulf States (- 4.0 percent) show losses.
The future markets Russia (+ 6.8 percent) and Brazil (+ 4.0 percent) are also growing.
All major European foreign markets have double-digit growth rates: Spain (+ 19.1 percent), the UK (+ 12.2 percent), the Netherlands (+ 11.3 percent), Italy (+ 10.8 percent) and France (+ 10.1 percent).
The Southeast European markets are growing particularly strongly: Hungary (+ 44.5 percent), Bulgaria (+ 30.3 percent) and Romania (+ 14.8 percent)
