Get to know the Monthly Hotel Room Occupancy Rate Survey (VHTS)

After 2022, the tourism sector will experience an extraordinary revival after slumping in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. This growth was driven by increased community mobility as well as increased tourist visits from both foreign and local tourists. The increase in the number of tourists needs to be balanced with an increase in the provision of accommodation rooms. Therefore, the hotel industry is an important element of tourism.

The length of stay of hotel guests is an important indicator to find out how interested tourists are in the area they are visiting. The longer tourists stay in an area indicates that the area is attractive to tourists. Hotel occupancy rates also play an important role as an indicator of a hotel's success in selling its rooms. The higher the occupancy rate means the greater the number of rooms that can be sold. Apart from that, currently there is a growing trend in organizing several activities at hotels such as seminars, meetings, workshops and MICE activities (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) which help encourage the development of the tourism industry and create jobs.

Therefore, it is important to provide statistical data that is informative, accurate and complete. To meet these needs, the Mesuji Regency Central Statistics Agency (BPS) conducted a Hotel Room Occupancy Rate (VHTS) survey. This survey is carried out every month on a regular basis. On Thursday (4/4/2024), field officers from BPS Mesuji Regency carried out the survey enumeration. The census was carried out by direct interviews with each hotel respondent selected as a sample using the Fasih-Mobile application. The use of Fasih-Mobile is carried out to accelerate digitalization in conducting surveys at BPS. The census was carried out at non-star hotels in Mesuji Regency. There are a total of six hotel samples that must be enumerated. All hotels have worked together well, so that there is no non-response and quality data is maintained.

(Elva Dwi Kristiani)