The total number of nights spent in collective accommodation establishments was recorded at 399,351 in February, an increase of 5.9 per cent over the corresponding month in 2006, the National Statistics Office reported yesterday.

Year on year, the average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments increased by 0.4 nights to 6.1 nights.

Accounting for 95.8 per cent of the national bed-stock, the overall supply of bed-places in Malta stood at 36,966 beds, a reduction of 2.2 per cent, compared to the previous year.

On an annual basis, the net use of bed-places in Malta went up by 5.6 percentage points to 43.2 per cent in February 2007.

Year-on-year, the average length of stay went up by 0.4 nights to 6.3 nights.

In Gozo and Comino, the overall supply of bed-places stood at 1,631, a reduction of 3.9 per cent over the comparable month in the previous year.

The net use of bed-places in February was at 27.6 per cent, a fall of 1.2 percentage points over the same month in 2006.

The average length of stay was 2.3 nights, down by 0.2 nights when compared to February 2006.