(i) The total number of rooms in the country:
There is currently no database that reflects the universal number of rooms in the country. The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) only collects information on graded establishments and graded rooms.
(aa) 2014-2015 |
(bb) 2015-2016 |
(cc) 2016-2017 |
|
|
(graded hotel establishment rooms) |
58,186 |
55,263 |
58,684 |
59,092 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
(graded non-hotel establishment rooms) |
57,491 |
59,018 |
60,185 |
59,709 |
* The TGCSA does not track the number of graded hotel rooms according to the size of the hotel or by hotel chain.
** Non-hotel establishment rooms in the following categories:
The department recognises the need for a comprehensive database that is not solely dependent on the grading status or updates from establishments in order to support planning, growth and development of the tourism sector. In this regard, the Department, working with Provinces; Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; Municipalities; Industry and other related agencies is embarking on a process to build a comprehensive tourism database for the country through a “census” of establishments during the current financial year.