OCCUPANCY Smoothing seasonality is critical to increasing the sustainability of accommodation businesses in the Visitor economy. Post covid seasonality has been exacerbated and in 2023 we saw the off peak season stretch from May through to October, with an uplift in September which hosts school holidays. Source: Localis Accommodation Dashboard April 2024. Localis measures occupancy utilising major OTA databases and therefore excludes much of the caravan park accommodation stock. Average annual was 43%, this is A occupancy in 2023 40% DEcrease WHEN COMPARED TO AVERAGE ANNUAL OCCUPANCY OF 72% IN 2019 76% 73% 79% 80% 70% 65% 66% 65% 53% 56% 63% 52% 45% 48% 62% 39% 58% 56% 48% 50% 47% 67% 20% 62% 64% 53% 46% 53% 56% 18% 45% 46% 38% 42% 56% 33% 43% 45% 41% 38% 57% 47% 52% 46% 40% 40% 56% 36% 37% 41% 38% 36% 60% 43% 42% 53% 49% 44% 58% 52% 46% 48% 40% 41% 59% 62% 61% 49% 47% 48% 65% 71% 70% 57% 54% 53% PERCENTAGE