Hotel Occupancy Rate Reaches Record High of 51.67% in December 2021

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the Hotel Room Occupancy Rate (HROR) for star-rated hotels in Indonesia in December 2021 reached a record high of 51.57%. This is the first time the HROR for star-rated hotels has exceeded 50% since the Covid-19 pandemic hit Indonesia in March 2020.

The HROR for star-rated hotels in December 2021 increased by 3.74 percentage points month-on-month compared to 47.8% in November 2021. The highest increase was recorded in Bali, with a surge of 10.00 percentage points, followed by North Sumatra, Central Java, and Jambi with 6.91, 6.74, and 6.64 percentage points respectively.

Several other provinces experienced a month-on-month decrease in HROR. West Papua saw a sharp decline of 13.40 percentage points, followed by North Sulawesi with 8.92 percentage points, and North Kalimantan with 8.50 percentage points.

Year-on-year, the HROR increased by 10.78 percentage points from 40.79% in December 2020. Most provinces experienced an increase, with the highest recorded in Yogyakarta Special Region at 23.46 percentage points, followed by Banten at 17.55 percentage points, and Riau at 15.98 percentage points.

Conversely, several provinces experienced a year-on-year decrease in HROR in December 2021. West Sulawesi recorded a significant decrease of 13.90 percentage points, followed by West Papua and Gorontalo at 4.75 and 4.32 percentage points respectively.