The region’s hotels saw a marginal increase in occupancy of 0.2% to 73.2%, but a decline in average daily rate (ADR) by 1.5% to US$95.48 and revenue per available room (RevPAR) by 1.3% to US$69.91.
Asia Pacific’s hotels continued to field a sub-par performance in July compared to the year before, although there are still bright spots, according to hotel research company STR.
The region’s hotels saw a marginal increase in occupancy of 0.2% to 73.2%, but a decline in average daily rate (ADR) by 1.5% to US$95.48 and revenue per available room (RevPAR) by 1.3% to US$69.91.
Hong Kong, dogged by ongoing protests over the past three months, saw a pronounced decline in hotel demand, which fell 3% in July.
Hotel occupancy declined by 4.1% to 83.4%, plunging ADR by 9.1% to HK$1,163.21 and RevPAR to a double-digit drop of 12.9% to HK$970.42.
Preliminary figures of visitor arrivals also show a double-digit decline during the second-half of July, Hong Kong Tourism Board said.
That steep drop disrupts the strong tourism performance in the first half of the year, which showed a 13.9% rise in visitor arrivals.
A notable exception in the gloom was Singapore, which eclipsed the 90% occupancy for the first time in history.
Hotels in the Lion City raked in a strong performance across all three indicators, with occupancy experiencing a 1.9% growth to 91.8%.
ADR also rose to S$268.79, a 0.5% bump up, while RevPAR expanded by 2.4% to S$246.80.
In particular, the transient segment (bookings of less than 10 rooms), produced a strong demand growth of 7.1% during the month, while group (bookings of 10 or more rooms) demand fell 7.2%.
The country welcomed 9.3 million international visitors in the first six months of 2019, according to the Singapore Tourism Board.