The global hotel industry has seen year-over-year growth over the past decade. According to the source, there were 16.97 million hotel rooms worldwide in 2018. This shows an increase of just over 2.5 million hotel rooms globally over the past 10 years.
Total number of hotel rooms worldwide from 2008 to 2018
(in millions)
* 2018 data is as of February.
The source does not give figures for 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 or 2017.
A hotel is defined as somewhere that generates revenue on a nightly per-room basis, has 10 or more rooms and is open to the public (excludes those properties requiring membership, affiliation or club status).
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TravelDailyNews. (March 28, 2018). Total number of hotel rooms worldwide from 2008 to 2018 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092527/number-of-hotel-rooms-worldwide/
TravelDailyNews. "Total number of hotel rooms worldwide from 2008 to 2018 (in millions)." Chart. March 28, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092527/number-of-hotel-rooms-worldwide/
TravelDailyNews. (2018). Total number of hotel rooms worldwide from 2008 to 2018 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092527/number-of-hotel-rooms-worldwide/
TravelDailyNews. "Total Number of Hotel Rooms Worldwide from 2008 to 2018 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092527/number-of-hotel-rooms-worldwide/
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