Report 4

Commercial Accommodation Monitor 2009
North West Province, South Africa
Prepared by
Yaw Johnson Arkaah
Research and Planning Unit
North West Parks and Tourism Board
Heritage House

Heritage House, Mafikeng
South Africa
www.tourismnorthwest.co.za
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Commercial Accommodation Monitor 2009 Research and Planning Unit
North West Parks and Tourism Board i
Commercial Accommodation Monitor 2009
North West Province, South Africa
Prepared by
Yaw Johnson Arkaah
Research and Planning Unit
Heritage House, Mafikeng
South Africa
Disclaimer
Copyright, North West Parks and Tourism Board, June 2009
This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under Copyright
Act of South Africa, no part may be reproduced without written
permission of North West Parks and Tourism Board
Neither the Research and Planning Unit of the North West Parks and Tourism Board nor any staff
member takes responsibility in any way whatsoever to any individual or organization in respect of the
information set out in this report, including any errors or omissions therein. In the course of our
preparation of this report, it is assumed that responses provided by participating establishments are
true and are provided in good faith. Beyond this, the report has been based on correct scientific and
statistical methodology applied by best practices around the world.

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CONTENTS
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Survey Background 1
1.2 Survey Objective 1
1.3 Survey Methodology 1
1.3.1 Sample 2
1.3.2 Interview Method 2
1.3.3 Recruiting and Training of Fieldworkers 2
1.4 Survey Coverage 2
1.5 Important Terms 3
2 Profile of Participating Establishments 5
2.1 Introduction 5
2.2 Sample Size 5
2.3 Municipal Distribution 5
2.4 Establishment Type 6
2.5 Location of Establishments 7
2.5.1 Location of Establishments by Region 8
2.5.2 Location of Establishments by Establishment Type 9
2.6 Grade Status of Establishments 10
3 Room, Bed and Guest Capacity Assessment 12
3.1 Introduction 12
3.2 Accommodation Capacity Levels 12
3.2.1 Accommodation Capacity Levels by Region 12
3.2.2 Accommodation Capacity by Type of Establishment 13
3.3 Room Availability 14
3.3.1 Room Availability by Region 15
3.3.2 Room Availability by Establishment Type 16
3.3.3 Room Availability by Grade Status 16
3.3.4 Room Availability by Star Grade 17

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3.4 Bedspace Availability 18
3.4.1 Bedspace Availability by Region 18
3.4.2 Bedspace Availability by Type of Establishment 19
3.4.3 Bedspace Availability by Grade Status 20
3.4.4 Bedspace Availability by Star Grade 20
4 Room Occupancy Levels 22
4.1 Introduction 22
4.2 Summer Room Occupancy Levels 22
4.2.1 Summer Room Occupancy by Region 22
4.2.2 Summer Room Occupancy by Type of establishment 24
4.2.3 Summer Room Occupancy by Grade Status 24
4.2.4 Summer Room Occupancy by Star Grade 24
4.2.5 Summer Room Occupancy by Municipality 25
4.3 Winter Room Occupancy Levels 27
4.3.1 Winter Room Occupancy by Region 28
4.3.2 Winter Room Occupancy by Type of establishment 29
4.3.3 Winter Room Occupancy by Grade Status 30
4.3.4 Winter Room Occupancy by Star Grade 30
4.3.5 Winter Room Occupancy by Municipality 31
4.4 Weekday Room Occupancy Levels 23
4.4.1 Weekday Room Occupancy by Region 34
4.4.2 Weekday Room Occupancy by Type of establishment 35
4.4.3 Weekday Room Occupancy by Grade Status 35
4.4.4 Weekday Room Occupancy by Star Grade 36
4.4.5 Weekday Room Occupancy by Municipality 36
4.5 Weekend Room Occupancy Levels 39
4.5.1 Weekend Room Occupancy by Region 39
4.5.2 Weekend Room Occupancy by Type of establishment 40
4.5.3 Weekend Room Occupancy by Grade Status 41
4.5.4 Weekend Room Occupancy by Star Grade 41
4.5.5 Weekend Room Occupancy by Municipality 42

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4.6 Christmas Room Occupancy Levels 44
4.6.1 Christmas Room Occupancy by Region 45
4.6.2 Christmas Room Occupancy by Type of establishment 46
4.6.3 Christmas Room Occupancy by Grade Status 47
4.6.4 Christmas Room Occupancy by Star Grade 47
4.6.5 Christmas Room Occupancy by Municipality 48
5 Bed Occupancy Levels 51
5.1 Introduction 51
5.2 Summer Bedspace Occupancy Levels 51
5.2.1 Summer Bedspace Occupancy by Region 51
5.2.2 Summer Bedspace Occupancy by Type of establishment 52
5.2.3 Summer Bedspace Occupancy by Grade Status 53
5.2.4 Summer Bedspace Occupancy by Star Grade 53
5.2.5 Summer Bedspace Occupancy by Municipality 54
5.3 Winter Bedspace Occupancy Levels 55
5.3.1 Winter Bedspace Occupancy by Region 56
5.3.2 Winter Bedspace Occupancy by Type of establishment 57
5.3.3 Winter Bedspace Occupancy by Grade Status 57
5.3.4 Winter Bedspace Occupancy by Star Grade 58
5.3.5 Winter Bedspace Occupancy by Municipality 58
5.4 Weekday Bedspace Occupancy Levels 60
5.4.1 Weekday Bedspace Occupancy by Region 61
5.4.2 Weekday Bedspace Occupancy by Type of establishment 62
5.4.3 Weekday Bedspace Occupancy by Grade Status 62
5.4.4 Weekday Bedspace Occupancy by Star Grade 63
5.4.5 Weekday Bedspace Occupancy by Municipality 64
5.5 Weekend Bedspace Occupancy Levels 66
5.5.1 Weekend Bedspace Occupancy by Region 66
5.5.2 Weekend Bedspace Occupancy by Type of establishment 67
5.5.3 Weekend Bedspace Occupancy by Grade Status 68
5.5.4 Weekend Bedspace Occupancy by Star Grade 68
5.5.5 Weekend Bedspace Occupancy by Municipality 69

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5.6 Christmas Bedspace Occupancy Levels 71
5.6.1 Christmas Bedspace Occupancy by Region 71
5.6.2 Christmas Bedspace Occupancy by Type of establishment 72
5.6.3 Christmas Bedspace Occupancy by Grade Status 73
5.6.4 Christmas Bedspace Occupancy by Star Grade 73
5.6.5 Christmas Bedspace Occupancy by Municipality 74
6 GENERAL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AND WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS 77
6.1 Introduction 77
6.2 Length of Occupancy 77
6.2.1 Length of Occupancy by Region 77
6.2.2 Length of Occupancy by Type of Establishment 79
6.2.3 Length of Occupancy by Grade Status 79
6.3 Guest Type 79
6.3.1 Guest Type by Region 80
6.3.2 Guest Type by Type of Establishment 81
6.3.3 Guest Type by Grade Status 82
6.4 Growth in Occupancy Levels 82
6.4.1 Growth in Occupancy Levels by Region 82
6.4.2 Growth in Occupancy Levels by Type of Establishment 83
6.4.3 Growth in Occupancy Levels by Grade Status 83
6.5 Business Expansion Towards FIFA World Cup 2010 83
6.6 Collaboration with FIFA World Cup 2010 Affiliated Travel Agencies 85
6.7 FIFA World Cup 2010 Business Performance Expectations 87
Appendix: Survey Instrument 88

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Acknowledgements
This report acknowledges all tourism establishments that participated
in the survey by taking the time to complete the survey instrument.
We would also like to express out considerable thanks to all fieldworkers
who were contracted to collect the data for the purpose of compiling this report.
Without your effort, this report would not be possible.

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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Survey Background
This report is designed to give an overview of the performance of the commercial
accommodation in South Africa’s North West Province in 2008. It presents the main findings of
the North West Parks and Tourism Board’s Room and Bed Occupancy Survey 2009, which
assesses patterns of demand for bedrooms and beds in hotels, motels, guesthouses and bed and
breakfast accommodation facilities spread across the Province. The information gathered on
these accommodation facilities or establishments is one component of the on-going Commercial
Accommodation Monitor that commenced in April 2009.
In this report, the type of establishments included in this survey are defined as tourist or visitor
accommodation which is arranged in rooms where bed-making and cleaning services are
provided, including hotels, motels, guesthouses and bed and breakfast accommodation facilities.
1.2 Survey Objective
As stated earlier, the main objective of the Room and Bed Occupancy Survey 2009 is to give an
overview of the performance of the commercial accommodation in South Africa’s North West
Province in 2008. The report also provides an authoritative set of information on the supply and
demand for accommodation within the Province that will be used in decision-making at the
provincial level.
The survey provides information on capacity, occupancy rates, guest nights, as well as guest
nights by usual region. Further, the report provides insights into occupancy rates for both large
and small establishments as well as summer, winter, weekdays and weekend occupancy rates,
information that was previously unavailable. These factors have a significant role to play in
tourism planning and promotion for the Province.
Data are disaggregated by the four regions making up of the Province, which also include further
regional disaggregation, and by accommodation type.
1.3 Survey Methodology
The Research and Planning Unit of the North West Parks and Tourism conducted a survey of
hotels, motels, guesthouses and bed and breakfast establishments is a monthly survey of a panel
of establishments located throughout South Africa’s North West Province. In March 2009, those
who agreed to participate in the survey received a survey questionnaire which they were asked to
complete and return to fieldworkers. The survey questionnaire asked tourism establishment
owners and managers to answer series of questions, among others, the number of rooms
occupied; and the number of additional bedspaces and rooms used.

The compilation of the information obtained from survey participants is based on a non-weighted
average of the number of establishments that were involved in the survey. In that sense, it will be
crucial to note that the differing levels of response by types of establishments during analysis
were not compensated for. The main measures referred to in this report are bed and room
occupancy.
1.3.1 Sample
The sample of accommodation used is drawn from records of all known establishments from the
North West Parks and Tourism Board database. As the sample is self-selecting rather than
random, it is not possible to calculate margins of error for the occupancy rates. However, because
there is a substantial core of survey participants willingly provided the information, the findings
are believed to reflect accurately overall state of the commercial accommodation in the Province.
1.3.2 Interview Method
Personal face-to-face interviews of participants method was applied in this survey. More
specifically, researchers and fieldworkers gathered the data through direct interviews with the
accommodation owners and managers by giving them questionnaires for completion and
handing them over while others had to return them some few days after questionnaires had been
given to them. Face-to-face interviews are surely the best solution, as they usually ensure a more
representative sample and higher response rates.
1.3.3 Recruiting and Training of Fieldworkers
Interviewers or fieldworkers were recruited and trained before deploying them to the field. Apart
from a general training and some basic skills, it was ensured that the interviewers had special
characteristics according to where the survey is carried out – that is at accommodation.
1.4 Survey Coverage
The Room and Bed Occupancy Survey 2009, North West Province, South Africa covers a sample
of establishments spread across the four regions of the Province - Bojanala, Dr. Ruth Mompati
Region, Ngaka Modiri Molema Region and Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Region. This report presents the
main results of the survey, discussing the most important features of the 2009 figures. It is worth
noting here that all the occupancy figures presented in this report are net occupancy figures and
relate only to open establishments. Therefore, a room occupancy rate of, say, 70 per cent
indicates that 70 per cent of the rooms available in open establishments were occupied.
Hotels
These establishments provide suites or guest rooms within a multistory or high rise structure,
accessible from the interior only, and they generally offer guests a range of complementary

services and amenities, such as food and beverage services, parking, laundry services, swimming
pools and exercise rooms, and conference and convention facilities.
Motels
These establishments are designed to accommodate clients travelling by motor vehicle, and
provide short-stay suites or guest rooms, within a one or two story structure, characterized by
exterior access to rooms and ample parking areas adjacent to the room entrances. Limited
complementary services and amenities may also be provided.
Bed and Breakfast
These establishments provide guest rooms in private homes or in small buildings converted for
this use, and they often possess a unique or historic character. Bed and Breakfast homes are
characterized by a highly personalized service, and the inclusion in the room rate, of a full
breakfast, served by the owner or owner-supervised staff.
Resorts
These establishments feature extensive indoor and/or outdoor leisure activities on the premises
on a year-round basis. Resorts are designed to accommodate vacationers and provide full-service
suites and guest rooms, typically in a non-urban setting next to lakes, rivers or mountains.
Establishments of this type often provide access to conference facilities.
Other Accommodations
These establishments are not classified to any other industry and are primarily engaged in
providing short-term lodging. Guest Houses, tourist homes and youth hostels are included in this
category.
1.5 Important Terms
 Establishment is the smallest statistical unit operating within a single physical location and
owned by a single enterprise.
 A guest night is equivalent to one guest spending one night at an establishment. For
example, an establishment with 15 guests spending two nights would report provision of
30 guest nights of accommodation.
 A stay unit is used to describe the unit of accommodation that is available to be charged
out to guests, for example, a powered site in a caravan park, a bed in a backpackers, a
room in a hotel or motel.
 A guest is a person, including a child, who checks into an establishment and spends at least
one night there, including persons exempt from payment. A guest who left the hotel and

checked into it again within the same period (even within the same month) is counted as
two guests.
 A room refers to a space containing at least one bed intended for guests or tourists.
Potential rooms are the number of rooms described above, multiplied by the number of
nights an establishment was open during the period of the report.
 Room occupancy rates are the total number of rooms occupied, expressed as a percentage
of the total number of potential rooms available at establishments during the period of the
report.
 Beds refer to the permanent beds in the rooms in establishments described above. Double
beds are counted as two beds.
 Bed occupancy rates refer to the percentage of all bedspaces available at any given time
that are occupied by paying guests, expressed as a percentage of the total number of
potential nights spent in an establishment.

2 PROFILE OF ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY
2.1 Introduction
This section of the report summarizes the profile of the establishments that participated in the
survey. The characteristics include the sample size, the regional location, the type, the grade and
the description of location of the establishments.
2.2 Sample Size
In all, a total of 278 establishments participated in the survey. In an attempt to ensure that the
results are reliable, a considerable amount of effort was made to ensure that the response level
was encouraging. As illustrated in Display 2.1, most of the participating establishments came
from Bojanala Region with 58 percent.
Display 2.1: Distribution of Participating Establishments by Region
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda, 40,
14%
Bojanala, 161,
58%
Ngaka Modiri
Molema, 38,
14%
Dr. Ruth
Mompati, 39,
14%
2.3 Municipal Distribution
In all, 13 municipalities participated in the survey. As illustrated in Display 2.2, most of the
participating establishments were from Madibeng Municipality (80 or 29.4 percent) followed by
Rustenburg Municipality with 63 (23.2 percent) establishments.

Display 2.2: Participating Establishments by Municipality
Municipality Number of Establishments Percent
Greater Taung 12 4.4
Mamusa 4 1.5
Bloemhof 12 4.4
Ganyesa & Vryburg 11 4.0
Zeerust 10 3.7
Lichtenburg 6 2.2
Mafikeng 16 5.9
Foschville 10 3.7
Wolmaransstad 2 0.7
Potchefstroom 28 10.3
Rustenburg 63 23.2
Kgetleng 18 6.6
Madibeng 80 29.4
2.4 Establishment Type
As revealed in Display 2.3, half of the participating establishments were lodges and guesthouses
(140 establishments) followed by B&Bs (98 or 35 percent).
Display 2.3: Type of Participating Establishments
Hotel/Motel,
24, 9%
B&B, 98,
35%
Lodge/
Guesthouse,
140, 50%
Other, 16,
6%

As further shown in Display 2.4:
 Most (21 or 53.8 percent) of the establishments from the Dr. Ruth Mompati Region were
B&Bs followed by lodges/guesthouses with 8 (20.5 percent) establishments.
 The majority (18 or 47.4 percent) of the establishments from Ngaka Modiri Molema
Region were lodges/guesthouses followed by B&Bs with 16 (42.1 percent) establishments.
 The bulk (22 or 55 percent) of the participating establishments from the Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda Region was lodges/guesthouses followed by B&Bs with 14 (35.0 percent)
establishments.
 Most (92 or 57.1 percent) of the establishments from the Bojanala Region were lodges/
guesthouses followed by B&Bs with 47 (29.2 percent) establishments.
Display 2.4: Type of Participating Establishments by Region
Establishment type
B&B Hotel/Motel Lodge/Guesthouse Other ALL
Number of
Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number of
Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region
Dr. Ruth
Mompati 21 53.8 6 15.4 8 20.5 4 10.3 39 100.0
Ngaka
Modiri
Molema 16 42.1 2 5.3 18 47.4 2 5.3 38 100.0
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda 14 35.0 3 7.5 22 55.0 1 2.5 40 100.0
Bojanala 47 29.2 13 8.1 92 57.1 9 5.6 161 100.0
ALL 98 35.3 24 8.6 140 50.4 16 5.8 278 100.0
2.5 Location of Establishments
As shown in Display 2.5, 41 percent (108 establishments) of the participating establishments were
located in towns/cities followed by those located in the countryside (81 or 30 percent) and those
located in small towns (67 or 25 percent).

Display 2.5: Location of Participating Establishments
Countryside,
81, 30%
Small Town,
67, 25%
Town/City,
108, 41%
Other, 12,
4%
2.5.1 Location of Establishments by Region
As further reported in Display 2.6:
Display 2.6: Location of Participating Establishments by Region
Location of establishment
Village/Countryside Small town Town/City Other ALL
Number of
Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region
Dr. Ruth
Mompati 7 17.9 24 61.5 6 15.4 2 5.1 39 100.0
Ngaka Modiri
Molema 4 11.1 17 47.2 13 36.1 2 5.6 36 100.0
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda 4 10.0 4 10.0 30 75.0 2 5.0 40 100.0
Bojanala 66 43.1 22 14.4 59 38.6 6 3.9 153 100.0
ALL 81 30.2 67 25.0 108 40.3 12 4.5 268 100.0
 The majority (24 or 62.1 percent) of the participating establishments from the Dr. Ruth
Mompati Region were located in small towns followed by 17.9 percent (7 establishments)
who indicated they were located in the region’s countryside.

 Most (17 or 47.0 percent) of the participating establishments from Ngaka Modiri Molema
Region were located in small towns followed by 36.6 percent (13 establishments) who
indicated they were located in the region’s cities and towns.
 The largest number (30 or 75.2 percent) of the participating establishments from the Dr.
Kenneth Kaunda Region was located in cities and towns followed by 10.1 percent (4
establishments) who indicated they were located in the region’s countryside and another 4
located in small towns.
 The majority (66 or 43.2 percent) of the participating establishments from Bojanala
Region were located in the region’s countryside followed by 36.8 percent (59
establishments) who indicated they were located in towns and cities.
2.5.2 Location of Establishments by Establishment Type
A further illustration of the distribution of participating establishments’ location by type is
presented in Display 2.7.
Display 2.7: Location of Participating Establishments by Region
Location of establishment
Village/Countryside Small town Town/City Other ALL
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Establishment
type
B&B 20 20.8 28 29.2 41 42.7 7 7.3 96 100.0
Hotel/ Motel 5 21.7 6 26.1 12 52.2 . . 23 100.0
Lodge/
Guesthouse 49 36.6 29 21.6 54 40.3 2 1.5 134 100.0
Other 7 46.7 4 26.7 1 6.7 3 20.0 15 100.0
ALL 81 30.2 67 25.0 108 40.3 12 4.5 268 100.0
 The majority (49 or 60.5 percent) of the participating establishments located at the
countryside were lodges/guesthouses and B&Bs (20 or 24.7 percent).
 Most (29 or 43.3 percent) of the participating establishments located in small towns were
lodges/guesthouses and B&Bs (28 or 41.8 percent).
 The bulk (54 or 50.0 percent) of the participating establishments located in towns and
cities were lodges/guesthouses and B&Bs (41 or 38.0 percent).

 Most (7 or 58.3 percent) of the participating establishments which did not provide their
type of location were B&Bs.
2.6 Grade Status of Establishments
As illustrated in Display 2.8, slightly over half (145 or 53.9 percent) of the 269 participating
establishments which indicated their grading status while the remaining 124 (46.1 percent) said
their establishments were not graded.
Display 2.8: Grade Status of Participating Establishments
Graded, 145,
52%
Not graded,
124, 45%
No response,
9, 3%
Of the 145 graded participating establishments, 58 (48.0 percent) were 3-star while another 58
(48.0 percent) were 4-star (Display 2.9). Only 6 (4.1 percent) were 5-star establishments while the
remaining were either 1-star or 2-star establishments.
 Most (9 or 40.9 percent) of the participating establishments from the Dr. Ruth Mompati
Region were 3-star while 6 (27.3 percent) were 1-star and another 6 (27.3 percent) were 2-
star.
 The majority (10 or 50.0 percent) of the participating establishments from Ngaka Modiri
Molema Region were 3-star while 9 (45.0 percent) were 4-star establishments.
 The bulk (14 or 48.3 percent) of the participating establishments from the Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda Region were 4-star while 9 (31.0 percent) were 3-star.

 Most (34 or 45.9 percent) of the participating establishments from Bojanala Region were
4-star while 7 (31.0 percent) were 2-star establishments.
Display 2.9: Grade Status of Participating Establishments by Region
Region
Dr. Ruth Mompati Ngaka Modiri Molema Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Bojanala
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Star Grade
1-star 6 15.8 . . 1 2.6 2 1.3
2-star 6 15.8 1 2.7 . . 5 3.3
3-star 9 23.7 10 27.0 9 23.1 30 20.0
4-star 1 2.6 8 21.6 14 35.9 34 22.7
5-star . . . . 4 10.3 . .
Non-Graded 16 42.1 18 48.6 11 28.2 79 52.7
ALL 38 100.0 37 100.0 39 100.0 150 100.0

3 ROOM, BED AND GUEST CAPACITY ASSESSMENT
3.1 Introduction
This section presents the room and guest capacity levels, together with the aggregated figures by
region, type of establishment, location of establishment and grade status of establishments.
3.2 Accommodation Capacity Levels
The maximum accommodation capacity levels provided by participating establishments ranged
between 4 and 1035 guests. Display 3.1 presents the distribution of maximum accommodation
capacities, which reveals that most (30.2 percent) of the participating establishments could
accommodate at least as 20 guests and as many as 49 guests. Only 22 (7.9 percent) could
accommodate 100 or more guests.
Display 3.1: Maximum Accommodation Capacity Levels
20-49 guests,
84, 31% 10-19 guests,
82, 29%
Less than 10
guests, 64,
23%
100+ guests,
22, 8%
50-99 guests,
26, 9%
3.2.1 Accommodation Capacity Levels by Regio n
Display 3.2 further illustrates the distribution of accommodation capacities by region. As
observed:
Region indicated that they could accommodate 10-19 guests followed by 10 (25.6 percent)
which said they could accommodate less than 10 guests at a time.

Display 3.2: Maximum Accommodation Capacity Levels by Region
Region
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number of guests
establishment can
accommodate
Less than 10 guests 10 25.6 6 15.8 9 22.5 39 24.2
10-19 guests 19 48.7 15 39.5 14 35.0 34 21.1
20-49 guests 6 15.4 12 31.6 10 25.0 56 34.8
50-99 guests 3 7.7 4 10.5 6 15.0 13 8.1
100+ guests 1 2.6 1 2.6 1 2.5 19 11.8
ALL 39 100.0 38 100.0 40 100.0 161 100.0
Molema Region indicated that they could accommodate 10-19 guests followed by 12 (31.6
percent) which said they could accommodate 20-49 guests at a time.
 The biggest fraction (14 or 35.0 percent) of the participating establishments from the Dr.
Kenneth Kaunda Region indicated that they could accommodate 10-19 guests followed by
10 (25.0 percent) which said they could accommodate 20-49 guests at a time.
 Most (56 or 34.8 percent) of the participating establishments from Bojanala Region
indicated that they could accommodate 20-49 guests followed by 39 (24.2 percent) which
said they could accommodate less than 10 guests at a time and 34 (21.1 percent) who said
they could accommodate 10-19 guests at a sitting.
3.2.2 Accommodation Capacity Levels by Type of Establishment
Display 3.3 also displays the distribution of accommodation capacities by type of establishment.
As observed:
 Most (40 or 40.7 percent) of the participating B&Bs indicated they could accommodate 10-
19 guests followed by 33 (33.6 percent) which indicated they could accommodate less than
10 guests and 21 (21.5 percent) which also indicated they could accommodate 20-29
guests at a time.
 The majority (10 or 4q.4 percent) of the participating hotels/motels indicated that they
could accommodate 100+ guests followed by 5 (20.7 percent) which said they could
accommodate 10-19 guests and another 5 (20.7 percent) which indicated they could only
accommodate 50-99 guests at one time.

 The largest number (58 or 41.5 percent) of the participating lodges/guesthouses indicated
that they could accommodate 20-49 guests followed by 34 (24.2 percent) which said they
could accommodate 10-19 guests and 16 (11.5 percent) which also said they could only
take 50-99 guests at a time.
Display 3.3: Maximum Accommodation Capacity Levels by Type of Establishment
Establishment type
B&B Hotel/Motel Lodge/Guesthouse Other
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number of
Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number of guests
establishment can
accommodate
Less than 10 guests 33 33.7 3 12.5 24 17.1 4 25.0
10-19 guests 40 40.8 5 20.8 34 24.3 3 18.8
20-49 guests 21 21.4 1 4.2 58 41.4 4 25.0
50-99 guests 3 3.1 5 20.8 16 11.4 2 12.5
100+ guests 1 1.0 10 41.7 8 5.7 3 18.8
ALL 98 100.0 24 100.0 140 100.0 16 100.0
3.3 Room Availability
The number of rooms offered by participating establishments ranged between 1 and 400.
Display 3.4: Number of Rooms Offered for Sale
20-49 rooms,
32, 12%
Less than 10
rooms, 150,
53%
10-19 rooms,
74, 27%
50-99 rooms,
14, 5%
100+ rooms,
8, 3%

As illustrated in Display 3.4:
 Most (150 or 53.0 percent) of the establishments indicated they had less than 10 room
available to visitors/guests followed by 27 percent (74 establishments) which indicated
they had 10-19 rooms available and 12 percent (32) who also indicated they had 20-49
rooms available.
 Only 8 (3 percent) of the participating establishments indicated they had 100 rooms or
more.
3.3.1 Room Availability by Region
Display 3.5 exhibits the distribution of the participating establishments’ number of rooms
available for sale by region, establishment type and grade status. As observed:
Region indicated that they had less than 10 rooms available for sale to guests followed by
13 (33.6 percent) which said they could accommodate they had 10-19 rooms available for
sale to guests.
Display 3.5: Number of Rooms Offered for Sale by Region
Number of rooms establishment have
Less than 10 rooms 10-19 rooms 20-49 rooms 50-99 rooms 100+ rooms
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region
Dr. Ruth
Mompati 24 61.5 13 33.3 2 5.1 . . . .
Ngaka Modiri
Molema 20 52.6 11 28.9 6 15.8 1 2.6 . .
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda 21 52.5 11 27.5 5 12.5 2 5.0 1 2.5
Bojanala 79 52.0 37 24.3 18 11.8 11 7.2 7 4.6
Establishment
type
B&B 68 70.8 24 25.0 3 3.1 1 1.0 . .
Hotel/Motel 5 21.7 3 13.0 4 17.4 7 30.4 4 17.4
Lodge/Guesth
ouse 65 48.5 40 29.9 21 15.7 5 3.7 3 2.2
Other 6 37.5 5 31.3 3 18.8 1 6.3 1 6.3
Grade status
Graded 65 44.8 44 30.3 20 13.8 9 6.2 7 4.8
Non-Graded 79 63.7 28 22.6 11 8.9 5 4.0 1 0.8

Molema Region indicated that they had less than 10 rooms available for sale to guests
followed by 11 (28.9 percent) with 10-19 rooms available for sale to guests.
 Of the participating establishments from Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Region, most (21 or 52.5
percent) said that they had less than 10 rooms available for sale to guests while 11 (27.5
percent) said they had 10-19 rooms available for sale to guests. Only 1 (2.5 percent)
establishment had 100 rooms or more for sale to visitors.
 Most (85 or 52.8 percent) of the participating establishments from Bojanala Region
indicated that they had less than 10 rooms available for sale to guests followed by 39 (24.2
percent) with 10-19 rooms available for sale to guests.
3.3.2 Room Availability by Establishment Type
As further observed from the results in Display 3.5:
 Most (70 or 71.4 percent) of the participating B&Bs indicated that they had less than 10
rooms available for sale to guests while 24 (24.5 percent) also indicated they could
accommodate they had 10-19 rooms.
 The majority (7 or 29.2 percent) of the participating hotels/motels indicated that they had
50-99 rooms available for sale to guests while 5 (20.8 percent) said they had 20-49 rooms
and another 5 (20.8 percent) also said they had less than 10 rooms available for sale to
guests. Four (16.7 percent) of the hotels/motels said they had 100 rooms or more for sale
to visitors.
 Of the participating lodges/guesthouses, most (69 or 49.3 percent) said that they had less
than 10 rooms available for sale to guests while 42 (30.0 percent) said they had 10-19
rooms available for sale to guests and 21 (15.0 percent) said they had 20-49 rooms. Three
(2.1 percent) of the lodges/guesthouses indicated they had 100 rooms or more for sale to
visitors.
 Six (37.5 percent) of the 16 ‘other’ establishments said that they had less than 10 rooms
available for sale to guests while 5 (31.3 percent) of them said they had 10-19 rooms
available for sale to guests and 3 (18.8 percent) also said they had 20-49 rooms for sale to
guests.
3.3.3 Room Availability by Establishment Grade Status
Display 3.5 also reveals the following findings:
 Most (65 or 44.8 percent) of the participating graded establishments indicated that they
had less than 10 rooms available for sale to guests while 44 (30.3 percent) said they had 10 -
19 rooms available for sale to guests and another 20 (13.8 percent) said they had 20-49

rooms. Only 7 (4.8 percent) of the graded establishments said they had 100 or more rooms
available for sale.
 The majority (79 or 63.7 percent) of the participating non-graded establishments indicated
that they had less than 10 rooms available for sale to guests while 28 (22.6 percent) said
they had 10-19 rooms available and another 11 (8.9 percent) said they had 20-49 rooms for
sale to guests.
3.3.4 Room Availability by Star Grade
Display 3.6 presents the distribution of room availability of participating graded establishments.
The following points are worth discussed:
Display 3.6: Number of Rooms Offered for Sale by Star Grade
Number of rooms establishment have
Less than 10 rooms 10-19 rooms 20-49 rooms 50-99 rooms 100+ rooms
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Star Grade
1-star 3 33.3 4 44.4 . . 2 22.2 . .
2-star 6 54.5 2 18.2 2 18.2 1 9.1 . .
3-star 24 41.4 17 29.3 10 17.2 4 6.9 3 5.2
4-star 27 47.4 20 35.1 6 10.5 1 1.8 3 5.3
5-star 3 75.0 . . 1 25.0 . . . .
 Most (4) of the participating 9 1-star graded establishments indicated they had 10-19
rooms available for sale to guests while 3 1-star establishments said they had less than 10
rooms available for sale to guests.
 The majority (8) of the 14 2-star graded establishments said they had less than 10 rooms
available for sale to guests followed by 3 of them which said they had 20-49 rooms
available for sale to guests.
 Of the 58 3-star graded establishments, most (24 or 41.4 percent) said that they had less
rooms available for sale to guests and 10 (21.4 percent) said they had 20-49 rooms
available. Only 3 (5.2 percent) establishments had 100 rooms or more for sale to v isitors.
 Most (27 or 46.6 percent) of the 4-star graded establishments indicated that they had less

rooms available for sale to guests and another 7 (12.1 percent) also said they had 20-49
rooms. Only 3 (5.2 percent) establishments had 100 rooms or more for sale to visitors.
 Of the 4 participating 5-star graded establishments, 3 indicated that they had less than 10
rooms available for sale to guests while 1 had 20-49 rooms available for sale to guests.
3.4 Bedspace Availability
Bedspaces offered by participating establishments are illustrated in Display 3.7. As observed,
most (92 or 33.0 percent) of the establishments indicated they had 10-29 bedspaces available for
sale followed by 84 (30.0 percent) with less than 10 bedspaces and 60 (22.0 percent) with 20-49
bedspaces.
Display 3.7: Distribution of Bedspaces
10-19 beds,
92, 33%
Less than 10
beds, 84,
30%
50+ beds,
42, 15%
20-49 beds,
60, 22%
3.4.1 Bedspace Availability by Region
The distribution of bedspaces offered by participating establishments according to region is
presented in Display 3.8. As observed:
 Most (19 or 48.7 percent) of the 39 establishments from Dr. Ruth Mompati Region
indicated they had 10-19 bedspaces followed by 12 (30.8 percent) with less than 10
bedspaces.
 The majority (16 or 42.1 percent) of the 38 participating establishments from Ngaka Modiri
Molema Region said they had 10-19 bedspaces followed by 10 (25.3 percent) which said
they had 20-49 bedspaces.

 The bulk (14 or 35.0 percent) of the 40 participating establishments from Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda Region said they had 10-19 bedspaces while another 14 (35.0 percent) also said
they had less than 10 bedspaces.
 Most (50 or 31.1 percent) of the participating establishments from Bojanala Region said
they had less than 10 bedspaces followed 43 (26.7 percent) which also said they had 10-19
bedspaces.
Display 3.8: Distribution of Bedspaces by Region
Region
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number of beds
Less than 10 beds 12 30.8 8 21.1 14 35.0 50 31.1
10-19 beds 19 48.7 16 42.1 14 35.0 43 26.7
20-49 beds 5 12.8 10 26.3 6 15.0 39 24.2
50+ beds 3 7.7 4 10.5 6 15.0 29 18.0
ALL 39 100.0 38 100.0 40 100.0 161 100.0
3.4.2 Bedspace Availability by Type of Establishments
The distribution of bedspaces offered by participating establishments according to type of
establishment is presented in Display 3.9. As observed:
Display 3.9: Distribution of Bedspaces by Type of Establishment
Type of establishment
B&B Hotel/Motel Lodge/Guesthouse Other
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number of beds
< 10 beds 44 44.9 4 16.7 30 21.4 6 37.5
10-19 beds 39 39.8 3 12.5 48 34.3 2 12.5
20-49 beds 11 11.2 2 8.3 43 30.7 4 25.0
50+ beds 4 4.1 15 62.5 19 13.6 4 25.0
ALL 98 100.0 24 100.0 140 100.0 16 100.0

 Most (44 or 44.9 percent) of the participating establishments said they had less then 10
bedspaces for sale, followed by 39 (39.8 percent) which said they had 10-19 bedspaces.
 The majority (15 or 62.5 percent) of the participating hotels/motels said they had 50
bedspaces or more.
 The bulk (48 or 34.3 percent) of participating lodges/guesthouses indicated they had 10-19
beds followed by 43 (30.7 percent) which said they had 20-49 bedspaces and another 30
(21.4 percent) which said they had less than 10 beds.
 Of the 19 ‘other’ participating establishments, 6 (37.5 percent) said they had less than 10
bedspaces.
3.4.3 Bedspace Availability by Grade Status
The distribution of bedspaces offered by participating establishments according to grade status is
presented in Display 3.10. As observed:
 Most (53 or 36.6 percent) of the participating graded establishments indicated they had
10-19 bedspaces followed by 35 (24.1 percent) which also said they had less than 10
bedspaces.
 The majority (45 or 36.3 percent) of the participating non-graded establishments said they
had less than 10 bedspaces followed by 38 (30.6 percent) which said they had 10-19
bedspaces.
Display 3.10: Distribution of Bedspaces by Grade Status
Grade status of establishment
Graded Non-Graded
Number of Establishments Percent Number of Establishments Percent
Number of beds
Less than 10 beds 35 24.1 45 36.3
10-19 beds 53 36.6 38 30.6
20-49 beds 28 19.3 29 23.4
50+ beds 29 20.0 12 9.7
ALL 145 100.0 124 100.0
3.4.4 Bedspace Availability by Star Grade
The distribution of bedspaces offered by participating establishments according to graded
establishments is presented in Display 3.11. As observed:

 Most (4) of the participating 1-star graded establishments indicated they had 10-19
bedspaces followed by 3 which also said they had less than 10 bedspaces.
 The majority (4) of the participating 2-star graded establishments said they had 10-19
bedspaces.
 Most (17) of the participating 3-star graded establishments indicated they had 10-19
bedspaces.
 The majority (27) of the participating 4-star graded establishments said they had 10 -19
bedspaces.
 3 of the 4 participating 5-star graded establishments said they had less than 10 bedspaces
while the remaining 1 had 50 bedspaces or more.
Display 3.1: Distribution of Bedspaces by Graded Establishments
Number of beds establishment have
Less than 10 beds 10-19 beds 20-49 beds 50+ beds
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Star Grade
1-star 3 33.3 4 44.4 1 11.1 1 11.1
2-star 2 18.2 4 36.4 2 18.2 3 27.3
3-star 13 22.4 17 29.3 12 20.7 16 27.6
4-star 12 21.1 27 47.4 12 21.1 6 10.5
5-star 3 75.0 . . . . 1 25.0

4 ROOM OCCUPANCY LEVELS
4.1 Introduction
This section presents the occupancy levels of room and beds offered for sale to guests by
participating establishments, together with the aggregated figures by region, type of
establishment, location of establishment and grade status of establishments.
4.2 Summer Room Occupancy Levels
In the context of this study, the summer period covers the periods January-May and September-
December 2008. As illustrated in Display 4.1, most (125 or 47.0 percent) of the participating
establishments indicated that their average Summer 2008 room occupancy rate was about 80
percent or more followed by 77 (30.0 percent) of them who also indicated their average Summer
2008 occupancy stood between 60-79 percent and 18 percent of them which also indicated their
Summer 2008 average room occupancy stood between 40-59 percent.
Display 4.1: Summer Room Occupancy Levels
80+ percent,
125, 47%
Less than 20
percent, 7, 3%
20-39 percent,
6, 2%
40-59 percent,
46, 18%
60-79 percent,
77, 30%
4.2.1 Summer Room Occupancy by Region
Display 4.2 is a presentation of how summer room occupancy levels are distributed by region,
type of establishment and grade status:
 Most (21 or 58.3 percent) of the 36 participating establishments from Dr. Ruth Mompati
Region indicated that their establishments were 80 percent or more full, by room

occupancy, in Summer 2008 followed by 9 (25.0 percent) who also indicated their rooms
were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
Display 4.2: Summer Room Occupancy Levels by Region
Average number of rooms occupied in summer 2008
Less than 20 percent 20-39 percent 40-59 percent 60-79 percent 80+ percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region
Dr. Ruth
Mompati 1 2.8 . . 5 13.9 9 25.0 21 58.3
Ngaka Modiri
Molema . . 1 3.2 11 35.5 10 32.3 9 29.0
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda 1 2.9 3 8.8 9 26.5 7 20.6 14 41.2
Bojanala 5 3.3 1 0.7 19 12.6 48 31.8 78 51.7
Establishmen
t type
B&B 3 3.4 1 1.1 20 23.0 24 27.6 39 44.8
Hotel/Motel 1 4.5 1 4.5 4 18.2 10 45.5 6 27.3
Lodge/
Guesthouse 3 2.3 3 2.3 18 13.8 34 26.2 72 55.4
Other . . . . 2 15.4 6 46.2 5 38.5
Grade status
Graded 1 0.7 2 1.4 27 19.6 43 31.2 65 47.1
Non-Graded 6 5.3 3 2.6 17 14.9 31 27.2 57 50.0
 Most (11 or 35.5 percent) of the 31 participating establishments from Ngaka Modiri
Molema Region indicated that their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Summer 2008
followed by 10 (32.3 percent) who also indicated their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied
in Summer 2008.
 The majority (14 or 41.2 percent) of the 34 participating establishments from Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda Region indicated that their rooms were 80 percent or more in Summer 2008
followed by 9 (26.5 percent) who also indicated their rooms were 40.59 percent occupied
in Summer 2008.
 Most (81 or 50.6 percent) of the 160 participating establishments from Bojanala Region
indicated that their rooms were 80 percent or more full in Summer 2008 followed by 51
(31.9 percent) which also indicated their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer
2008 and 21 (13.1 percent) which also said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied.

4.2.2 Summer Room Occupancy by Type of Establishment
As further illustrated in Display 4.2:
 Most (39 or 43.8 percent) of the 89 participating B&Bs indicated that their rooms were 80
percent or more full, in Summer 2008 followed by 25 (28.1 percent) which said their rooms
were 60-79 percent occupied and 21 (23.6 percent) which also said their rooms were 40-59
percent occupied in Summer 2008.
 The bulk (10 or 43.5 percent) of the 23 participating hotels/motels said that their rooms
were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008 followed by 7 (30.4 percent) which also said
their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008.
 The majority (74 or 54.4 percent) of the 136 participating lodges/guesthouses indicated
their rooms were 80 percent or more in Summer 2008 followed by 36 (26.5 percent) which
also indicated their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008 and 19 (14.0
percent) which said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
 Most (6 or 46.2 percent) of the 13 ‘other’ participating establishments indicated that their
rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008 followed by 5 (38.5 percent) which
also indicated their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008.
4.2.3 Summer Room Occupancy by Grade Status
 Most (65 or 47.1 percent) of the 138 participating graded establishments indicated that
their rooms were 80 percent or more full, in Summer 2008 followed by 43 (31.2 percent)
which said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied and 27 (19.6 percent) which also said
their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
 Most (57 or 50.0 percent) of the 114 participating non-graded indicated that their rooms
were 80 percent or more full, in Summer 2008 followed by 31 (27.2 percent) which said
their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied and 17 (14.9 percent) which also said their rooms
were 40-59 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
4.2.4 Summer Room Occupancy by Star Grade
Display 4.3 further illustrated how the graded establishments’ rooms were occupied in Summer
2008.
 Most (5 or 55.6 percent) of the 9 participating 1-star graded establishments said that their
rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008 while 2 (22.2 percent) said their
rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008.

 The 11 participating 2-star graded establishments said that their rooms were 60 percent or
more occupied in Summer 2008.
Display 4.3: Summer Room Occupancy Levels by Graded Establishments
<40 percent 40-59 percent 60+ percent ALL
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Star Grade
1-star 1 11.1 1 11.1 7 77.8 9 100.0
2-star . . . . 11 100.0 11 100.0
3-star 1 1.9 14 25.9 39 72.2 54 100.0
4-star . . 10 18.5 44 81.5 54 100.0
5-star 1 25.0 . . 3 75.0 4 100.0
 The majority (21 or 38.9 percent) of the 54 participating 3-star graded establishments said
that their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008 followed by 18 (33.3
percent) which said their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008 and14
(25.9 percent) which also said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
 Most (32 or 59.3 percent) of the 54 participating 4-star graded establishments said that
their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008 while 12 (22.2 percent)
said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008 and the remaining 10 (18.5
percent) said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied.
 Three of the 4 participating 5-star graded establishments said that their rooms were 60
percent or more occupied in Summer 2008.
4.2.5 Summer Room Occupancy by Municipality
Summer room occupancies were further evaluated by star grade of the participating graded
establishments as illustrated in Display 4.4.
Summer Occupancy Levels in Dr. Ruth Mompati Municipalities
 The participating establishments from Greater Taung Municipality said that their rooms
were 60 percent or more full in Summer 2008.
 The participating establishments from Mamusa Municipality also said that their rooms
were 60 percent or more full in Summer 2008.

 Most (4 or 36.4 percent) of the 11 participating establishments from Bloemhof
Municipality said that their rooms were 80 percent or more full in Summer 2008 while
another 4 (36.4 percent) said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
 Most (5 or 55.6 percent) of the 9 participating establishments from Ganyesa and Vryburg
Municipality indicated that their rooms were 80 percent or more full in Summer 2008
followed by 3 (33.3 percent) which also indicated their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied
in Summer 2008.
Display 4.4: Summer Room Occupancy Levels by Municipality
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region Municipality
Greater Taung . . . . 12 100.0 12 100.0
Mamusa . . . . 4 100.0 4 100.0
Bloemhof 1 9.1 4 36.4 6 54.5 11 100.0
Dr. Ruth
Mompati
Ganyesa & Vryburg . . 1 11.1 8 88.9 9 100.0
Zeerust . . 2 22.2 7 77.8 9 100.0
Lichtenburg . . 3 75.0 1 25.0 4 100.0
Ngaka Modiri
Molema
Mafikeng 1 7.1 3 21.4 10 71.4 14 100.0
Foschville 2 25.0 2 25.0 4 50.0 8 100.0
Wolmaransstad . . . . 1 100.0 1 100.0
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda
Potchefstroom 2 8.0 7 28.0 16 64.0 25 100.0
Rustenburg 1 1.6 12 19.4 49 79.0 62 100.0
Kgetleng . . . . 18 100.0 18 100.0
Bojanala
Madibeng 6 7.5 9 11.3 65 81.3 80 100.0
Summer Occupancy Levels in Ngaka Modiri Molema Municipalities
 Most (4 or 44.4 percent) of the 9 participating establishments from Zeerust Municipality
said that their rooms were 60-79 percent full in Summer 2008, followed by 3 (33.3 percent)
which said their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008.
 Of the 4 participating establishments from Lichtenburg Municipality, 3 said that their
rooms were 40-59 percent full in Summer 2008 while remaining 1 said its rooms were 80
percent or more occupied in Summer 2008.

 Of the 14 participating establishments from Mafikeng Municipality, most (6 or 42.9
percent) said that their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008 followed by 4
(28.6 percent) which said their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008.
Summer Occupancy Levels in Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Municipalities
 Of the 8 participating establishments from Foschville Municipality, 2 each said that their
rooms were 20-39 percent full, 40-59 percent full, 60-79 percent full and 80 percent or
more full, in Summer 2008.
 The only participating establishment from Wolmaransstad Municipality that its rooms
were 80 percent full or more in Summer 2008.
 Of the 11 participating establishments from Potchefstroom Municipality, most (11 or 44.0
percent) said that their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008
followed by 7 (28.0 percent) which said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied and 5
(20.0 percent) which said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
Summer Occupancy Levels in Bojanala Municipalities
 Of the 62 participating establishments from Rustenburg Municipality, most (32 or 51.6
percent) said that their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008 followed by 7
(28.0 percent) which said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied and 17 (27.4 percent)
which said their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied and 12 (19.4 percent) which also
said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
 Of the 18 participating establishments from Kgetleng Municipality, 17 (94.4 percent) said
their rooms were 80 percent full or more in Summer 2008. The remaining one
establishment said its rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
 Of the 80 participating establishments from Madibeng Municipality, most (47 or 58.8
percent) said that their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Summer 2008
followed by 18 (22.5 percent) which said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied and 9
(11.3 percent) which said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Summer 2008.
4.3 Winter Room Occupancy Levels
In the context of this study, the winter period covers the months June to August. As illustrated in
Display 4.5, most (76 or 29.0 percent) of the participating establishments indicated that their
average Winter 2008 room occupancy rate was 60-79 percent.
 71 (28.0 percent) of the participating establishments also said their average Winter 2008
occupancy stood between 40-59 percent while another 71 (28.0 percent) which said their
Winter 2008 average room occupancy stood was at least 80 percent.

Display 4.5: Winter 2008 Room Occupancy Levels
40-59
percent, 71,
28%
60-79
percent, 76,
29%
80+ percent,
71, 28%
20-39
percent, 27,
10%
Less than
20 percent,
13, 5%
4.3.1 Winter Room Occupancy by Region
Region indicated that their rooms were 80 percent or more full in Winter 2008 followed by
10 (27.8 percent) which also indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter
2008 and 8 (22.2 percent) which also said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in
Winter 2008.
 Most (10 or 31.3 percent) of the 32 participating establishments from Ngaka Modiri
Molema Region indicated that their rooms were 80 percent or more occupied in Winter
2008 while 9 (28.1 percent) also said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter
2008 and another 8 (25.0 percent) said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied.
 The majority (11 or 33.3 percent) of the 33 participating establishments from Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda Region indicated that their rooms were 80 percent or more in Winter 2008
followed by 10 (30.3 percent) which also indicated their rooms were 60-79 percent
occupied in Winter 2008 while another 7 (21.2 percent) said their rooms were 40-59
percent occupied.
indicated that their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008 followed by 45
(28.7 percent) which also indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter
2008 and 36 (22.9 percent) which also said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied.

Display 4.6: Winter Room Occupancy Levels by Region
Average number of rooms occupied in winter 2008
Less than 20 percent 20-39 percent 40-59 percent 60-79 percent 80+ percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number of
Estabs. Percent
Region
Dr. Ruth
Mompati 1 2.8 3 8.3 10 27.8 8 22.2 14 38.9
Ngaka Modiri
Molema . . 5 15.6 9 28.1 8 25.0 10 31.3
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda 1 3.0 4 12.1 7 21.2 10 30.3 11 33.3
Bojanala 10 6.8 13 8.8 43 29.1 48 32.4 34 23.0
Establishment
type
B&B 5 5.7 11 12.6 20 23.0 24 27.6 27 31.0
Hotel/Motel 1 5.0 1 5.0 8 40.0 4 20.0 6 30.0
Lodge/
Guesthouse 5 3.8 10 7.7 38 29.2 44 33.8 33 25.4
Other 1 8.3 3 25.0 3 25.0 2 16.7 3 25.0
Grade status
Graded 2 1.5 13 9.6 39 28.7 49 36.0 33 24.3
Non-Graded 10 8.8 12 10.6 30 26.5 25 22.1 36 31.9
4.3.2 Winter Room Occupancy by Type of Establishment
 Most (27 or 30.3 percent) of the 89 participating B&Bs indicated that their rooms were at
least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008 followed by 24 (27.0 percent) which said their
rooms were 60-79 percent occupied and 21 (23.6 percent) which also said their rooms were
40-59 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 The bulk (8 or 38.1 percent) of the 21 participating hotels/motels said that their rooms
were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter 2008 followed by 7 (33.3 percent) which said their
rooms were at least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008 and another 4 (19.0 percent which
said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 The majority (46 or 33.8 percent) of the 136 participating lodges/guesthouses indicated
their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008 followed by 39 (28.7 percent)
which also indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter 2008 and 34 (25.0
percent) which said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008.

 3 (25.0 percent) of the 12 ‘other’ participating establishments indicated that their rooms
were 60-79 percent occupied, another 3 (25.0 percent) with 40-59 room occupancy and yet
another 3 (25.0 percent) with at least 80 percent occupancy in Winter 2008.
4.3.3 Winter Room Occupancy by Grade Status
As also illustrated in Display 4.6:
 Most (49 or 36.0 percent) of the 136 participating graded establishments indicated that
which said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied and 33 (24.3 percent) which also said
their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 Of the 113 participating non-graded establishments, most (36 or 31.9 percent) indicated
that their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008 followed by 30 (26.5
percent) which said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied and 25 (22.1 percent) which
also said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
4.3.4 Winter Room Occupancy by Grade Sta r
Display 4.7 further illustrated how the graded establishments’ rooms were occupied in Winter
2008.
Display 4.7: Winter Room Occupancy Rates by Graded Establishments
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Star Grade
1-star 1 12.5 3 37.5 4 50.0 8 100.0
2-star . . . . 11 100.0 11 100.0
3-star 8 15.1 17 32.1 28 52.8 53 100.0
4-star 4 7.4 17 31.5 33 61.1 54 100.0
5-star 1 25.0 . . 3 75.0 4 100.0
 Most (4 or 50.0 percent) of the 8 participating 1-star graded establishments said that their
rooms were at least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008 while 3 (37.5 percent) said their
rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter 2008.

 The 11 participating 2-star graded establishments said that their rooms were 60 percent or
more occupied in Winter 2008.
 The majority (22 or 41.5 percent) of the 53 participating 3-star graded establishments said
which said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 Most (18 or 33.3 percent) of the 54 participating 4-star graded establishments said that
their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008 while 17 (31.5 percent) said their
rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter 2008 and another 15 (27.8 percent) said
 Three of the 4 participating 5-star graded establishments said that their rooms were 60
percent or more occupied in Winter 2008.
4.3.5 Winter Room Occupancy by Municipality
Winter room occupancies were further evaluated by star grade of the participating graded
Display 4.8: Winter Room Occupancy Levels by Municipality
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region Municipality
Greater Taung 2 16.7 2 16.7 8 66.7 12 100.0
Mamusa . . 1 25.0 3 75.0 4 100.0
Bloemhof 2 18.2 3 27.3 6 54.5 11 100.0
Dr. Ruth
Mompati
Ganyesa & Vryburg . . 4 44.4 5 55.6 9 100.0
Zeerust . . 2 22.2 7 77.8 9 100.0
Lichtenburg 2 50.0 1 25.0 1 25.0 4 100.0
Ngaka Modiri
Molema
Mafikeng 3 20.0 4 26.7 8 53.3 15 100.0
Foschville 3 37.5 1 12.5 4 50.0 8 100.0
Wolmaransstad . . . . 1 100.0 1 100.0
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda
Potchefstroom 2 8.3 6 25.0 16 66.7 24 100.0
Rustenburg 9 14.8 17 27.9 35 57.4 61 100.0
Kgetleng . . 7 38.9 11 61.1 18 100.0
Bojanala
Madibeng 17 21.8 21 26.9 40 51.3 78 100.0

Winter Occupancy Levels in Dr. Ruth Mompati Municipalities
 Most (6 or 50.0 percent) of the 12 participating establishments from Greater Taung
Municipality said that their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 Of the 4 participating Mamusa Municipality establishments, 2 (50.0 percent) said that their
rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 Of the 11 participating establishments from Bloemhof Municipality, 3 (27.3 percent) said
that their rooms 40-59 percent occupied, while another 3 (27.3 percent) also said their
rooms were 60-79 percent occupied, and yet another 3 (27.3 percent) said at least 80
percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 Of the 9 participating establishments from Ganyesa and Vryburg Municipality, 4 (44.4
percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied and another 4 (44.4 percent)
said their rooms were at least 80 percent full in Winter 2008.
Winter Occupancy Levels in Ngaka Modiri Molema Municipalities
 5 (55.6 percent) of the 9 participating establishments from Zeerust Municipality said that
 Of the 4 participating Lichtenburg Municipality establishments, 2 (50.0 percent) said that
their rooms were 20-39 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 Of the 15 participating establishments from Mafikeng Municipality, 5 (33.3 percent) said
that their rooms 60-79 percent occupied while another 4 (26.7 percent) also said their
rooms were 40-59 percent occupied.
Winter Occupancy Levels in Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Municipalities
 3 (37.5 percent) of the 8 participating establishments from Foschville Municipality said that
their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008 while 2 (25.0 percent) also said
 The sole participating Wolmaransstad Municipality establishment said its rooms were 60-
79 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 Of the 24 participating establishments from Potchefstroom Municipality, 10 (41.7 percent)
said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied during Winter 2008 while 6 (25.0
percent) said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied and another 6 (25.0 percent) said

Winter Occupancy Levels in Bojanal a Municipalities
 Of the 61 participating establishments from Bojanala Municipality, most (24 or 39.3
percent) said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008 while 17 (27.9
percent) also said their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter 2008 and another 11
(18.0 percent) also said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
 Of the 18 participating Kgetleng Municipality establishments, most (7 or 38.9 percent) said
their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied in Winter 2008 while 6 (33.3 percent) also said
 Of the 78 participating establishments from Madibeng Municipality, 21 (26.9 percent) said
their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during Winter 2008 and another 21 (26.9
percent) also said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied in Winter 2008 while 19 (24.4
percent) said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied in Winter 2008.
4.4 Weekday Room Occupancy Levels
As illustrated in Display 4.9, most (76 or 29.0 percent) of the participating establishments
indicated that their average weekday room occupancy levels in 2008 stood at 40-59 percent.
 64 (25.0 percent) of the participating establishments also said their average weekday
occupancy levels stood at 60-79 percent while another 59 (23.0 percent) also said their
weekend average room occupancy was at least 80 percent.
Display 4.9: Winter 2008 Room Occupancy Levels
80+ percent,
59, 23%
60-79
percent, 64,
25%
40-59
percent, 76,
29%
20-39
percent, 42,
16%
Less than 20
percent, 19,
7%

4.4.1 Weekday Room Occupancy by Region
The distribution of weekday room occupancy levels is illustrated in Display 4.10. As observed from
these results:
Region said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the
2008 season, while 8 (22.2 percent) also said their rooms were 60-79 occupied and another
7 (19.4 percent) also indicated their rooms were 20-39 percent occupied during that time
of the week.
Display 4.10: Weekday Room Occupancy Levels by Attribute
Average number of rooms occupied on weekday in 2008
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region
Dr. Ruth Mompati 11 30.6 5 13.9 20 55.6 36 100.0
Ngaka Modiri Molema 6 18.2 8 24.2 19 57.6 33 100.0
Dr. Kenneth Kaunda 9 26.5 9 26.5 16 47.1 34 100.0
Bojanala 31 20.9 51 34.5 66 44.6 148 100.0
Establishment type
B&B 24 27.0 21 23.6 44 49.4 89 100.0
Hotel/Motel 5 23.8 6 28.6 10 47.6 21 100.0
Lodge/Guesthouse 22 17.2 43 33.6 63 49.2 128 100.0
Other 6 46.2 3 23.1 4 30.8 13 100.0
Grade status
Graded 34 24.8 40 29.2 63 46.0 137 100.0
Non-Graded 23 20.2 33 28.9 58 50.9 114 100.0
ALL 57 22.7 73 29.1 121 48.2 251 100.0
 The majority (13 or 39.4 percent) of the 33 participating establishments from Ngaka Modiri
Molema Region said their rooms were 60-79 percent occupied on weekdays throughout
the 2008 season, while 8 (24.2 percent) also said their rooms were 40-59 occupied and
another 6 (18.2 percent) also indicated their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied
during that time of the week.
 9 (26.5 percent) of the 34 participating establishments from Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Region
said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008
season, while another 9 (26.5 percent) also said their rooms were 40-59 occupied and 8

(23.5 percent) also indicated their rooms were 20-39 percent occupied during that time of
the week.
said their rooms were at 40-59 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008
season, followed by 36 (22.9 percent) which said their rooms were 60-79 occupied and 32
(20.4 percent) which also indicated their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied during
that time of the week.
4.4.2 Weekday Room Occupancy by Type of Establishment
 Most (25 or 27.5 percent) of the 91 participating B&Bs said their rooms were at least 80
percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season and 41 (45.1 percent) also said
their rooms were 40-79 occupied, while the remaining 25 (27.3 percent) indicated their
rooms were less than 40 percent occupied during that time of the week.
 Most (8 or 36.4 percent) of the 22 participating hotels/motels said their rooms were 60-79
percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season and 6 (27.3 percent) also said
their rooms were 40-59 occupied, while 6 (27.3 percent) indicated their rooms were less
than 40 percent occupied during that time of the week.
 Of the 134 participating lodges/guesthouses, 61 (48.5 percent) said their rooms were at
least 60 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season, while the remaining
73 (51.5 percent) said their rooms were less than 60 percent occupied during that time of
the week.
 Only 4 of the ‘other’ 13 participating establishments said their rooms were at least 60
percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season. The remaining 9 said theirs
were less than 60 occupied during the weekdays of 2008.
4.4.3 Weekday Room Occupancy by Grade Status
As also reported in Display 4.10:
 Most (40 or 29.2 percent) of the 137 participating graded establishments said their rooms
were 40-59 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season while 63 (46.0
percent) also said their rooms were at least 60 percent occupied. The remaining 34 (24.9
percent) indicated their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied during the weekdays.
 Most (33 or 28.9 percent) of the 114 participating non-graded establishments said their
rooms were 40-59 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season while 58
(50.8 percent) said their rooms were at least 60 occupied. The remaining 23 (20.2 percent)
indicated their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied during that time of the week.

4.4.4 Weekday Room Occupancy by Star Grade
Weekday room occupancies were further evaluated by star grade of the participating graded
establishments as illustrated in Display 4.11. As shown:
Display 4.11: Weekday Room Occupancy Levels by Star Grade
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Star Grade
1-star 5 55.6 1 11.1 3 33.3 9 100.0
2-star 3 27.3 1 9.1 7 63.6 11 100.0
3-star 12 22.6 20 37.7 21 39.6 53 100.0
4-star 11 20.4 17 31.5 26 48.1 54 100.0
5-star 1 25.0 . . 3 75.0 4 100.0
 3 (33.3 percent) of the 9 participating 1-star graded establishments said their rooms were
at least 60 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season while 5 (55.5
percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied.
 Of the 11 participating 2-star graded establishments, 7 (63.6 percent) said their rooms
were at least 60 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season while 3 (27.3
percent) said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied.
 Of the 53 participating 3-star graded establishments, 21 (39.6 percent) said their rooms
 26 (48.2 percent) of the 54 participating 4-star graded establishments said their rooms
 Of the 4 participating 5-star graded establishments, 3 (75.0 percent) said their rooms were
at least 60 percent occupied on weekdays throughout the 2008 season while the
remaining 1 said its rooms were less than 20 percent occupied on weekdays of 2008.
4.4.5 Weekday Room Occupancy by Municipality
Weekday room occupancies were further evaluated by star grade of the participating graded

Display 4.12: Weekday Room Occupancy Levels by Municipality
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region Municipality
Greater Taung 6 54.5 2 18.2 3 27.3 11 100.0
Mamusa . . 1 25.0 3 75.0 4 100.0
Bloemhof 4 36.4 . . 7 63.6 11 100.0
Dr. Ruth
Mompati
Ganyesa & Vryburg 1 10.0 2 20.0 7 70.0 10 100.0
Zeerust 2 22.2 1 11.1 6 66.7 9 100.0
Lichtenburg 1 20.0 . . 4 80.0 5 100.0
Ngaka Modiri
Molema
Mafikeng 2 13.3 6 40.0 7 46.7 15 100.0
Foschville 3 37.5 2 25.0 3 37.5 8 100.0
Wolmaransstad 1 100.0 . . . . 1 100.0
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda
Potchefstroom 5 20.0 7 28.0 13 52.0 25 100.0
Rustenburg 10 16.1 24 38.7 28 45.2 62 100.0
Kgetleng 5 27.8 9 50.0 4 22.2 18 100.0
Bojanala
Madibeng 20 26.0 21 27.3 36 46.8 77 100.0
Weekday Occupancy Levels in Dr. Ruth Mompati Municipalities
 3 of the 11 participating establishments from Greater Taung Municipality said that their
rooms were less than 20 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008 while another 3
also indicated that their rooms were 20-39 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008.
 Of the 4 participating Mamusa Municipality establishments, 3 said that their rooms were
at least 80 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008.
 Of the 11 participating establishments from Bloemhof Municipality, 4 said that their rooms
60-79 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008, while 3 also said their rooms were
20-39 percent occupied, and another 3 said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied
during the weekdays of 2008.
 Of the 10 participating establishments from Ganyesa and Vryburg Municipality, 5
indicated their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied while another 4 said their rooms
were 40-79 percent full during the weekdays of 2008.

Weekday Occupancy Levels in Ngaka Modiri Molema Municipalities
 Of the 9 participating establishments from Zeerust Municipality, 5 said that their rooms
were 60-79 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008.
 Of the 5 participating Lichtenburg Municipality establishments, 4 said that their rooms
were at least 60 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008.
 Of the 15 participating establishments from Mafikeng Municipality, 11 said that their
rooms 40-79 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008, while 2 also said their rooms
Weekday Occupancy Levels in Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Municipalities
 Of the 9 participating establishments from Foschville Municipality, 5 said that their rooms
were 40-79 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008 while 3 said theirs were 20-39
percent occupied and the remaining 2 indicating that theirs were at least 80 percent
occupied.
 The sole participating Wolmaransstad Municipality establishment said its rooms were only
20-39 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008.
 Of the 25 participating establishments from Potchefstroom Municipality, 13 said that their
rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008, while 7 also said
their rooms were 20-59 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008.
Weekday Occupancy Levels in Bojanala Region Municipalities
 Of the 62 participating establishments from Rustenburg Municipality, 28 said that their
rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008 while 29 said theirs
were 20-59 percent occupied and the remaining 5 indicating that theirs were less than 20
percent occupied.
 Most (9 or 50.0 percent) of the 18 participating Kgetleng Municipality establishments said
its rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008 while 4 said theirs
 Of the 77 participating establishments from Madibeng Municipality, 21 said that their
rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008, while 36 also said their
rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during the weekdays of 2008. The remaining 20
said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied.

4.5 Weekend Room Occupancy Levels
As illustrated in Display 4.13, most (92 or 35.9 percent) of the participating establishments
indicated that their average weekend room occupancy levels in 2008 were at least 80 percent
followed by 68 (27.0 percent) which also said their room occupancy levels stood within the 60 -79
percent range.
Display 4.13: Weekend Room Occupancy Levels
80+ percent,
92, 35%
20-39
percent, 35,
14%
40-59
percent, 43,
17%
60-79
percent, 68,
27%
Less than 20
percent, 18,
7%
 43 (17.0 percent) of the participating establishments also said their average weekend
occupancy levels stood with the 40-59 percent.
 The remaining 73 (21.0 percent) said their weekend average room occupancy was at least
40 percent.
4.5.1 Weekend Room Occupancy by Region
Display 4.14 is a tabular representation of weekend room occupancy levels by attribute. As clearly
observed:
 12 (33.3 percent) of the 36 participating establishments from Dr. Ruth Mompati Region
said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied on weekends throughout the 2008
season, while 19 (47.2 percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied
during the weekend. The remaining 7 (19.4 percent) said their rooms were 40-59 percent
occupied during the weekend.
 Of the 31 participating establishments from Ngaka Modiri Molema Region, 14 (45.1
percent) said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied on weekends throughout the
2008 season, while 13 (41.9 percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 occupied. The

remaining 4 (12.9 percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the
weekend.
Display 4.14: Weekend Room Occupancy Levels by Attribute
Average number of rooms occupied on weekend in 2008
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region
Dr. Ruth Mompati 17 47.2 7 19.4 12 33.3 36 100.0
Bojanala 13 8.8 23 15.5 112 75.7 148 100.0
Establishment type
B&B 22 25.9 17 20.0 46 54.1 85 100.0
Hotel/Motel 7 35.0 6 30.0 7 35.0 20 100.0
Other 2 15.4 1 7.7 10 76.9 13 100.0
Grade status
Graded 27 20.1 23 17.2 84 62.7 134 100.0
Non-Graded 26 23.0 17 15.0 70 61.9 113 100.0
 Of the 32 participating establishments from Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Region, 16 (50.0 percent)
said their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied on weekends throughout the 2008
season, while another 10 (31.3 percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 percent
occupied. The remaining 6 (18.8 percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent
occupied during the weekend.
 Of the 157 participating establishments from Bojanala Region, 118 (75.1 percent) said their
rooms were at least 80 percent occupied on weekends throughout the 2008 season, while
13 (8.3 percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining
26 (16.6 percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the weekend.
4.5.2 Weekend Room Occupancy by Type of Establishment
 Of the 87 participating B&Bs, 47 (54.0 percent) said their rooms were at least 60 percent
occupied on weekends throughout the 2008 season while 12 (25.3 percent) said their

rooms were less than 40 occupied. The remaining 18 (20.7 percent) indicated their rooms
were 40-59 percent occupied during that time of the week.
 8 (38.1 percent) of the 21 participating hotels/motels said their rooms were at least 80
percent occupied on weekends throughout the 2008 season while 7 (33.3 percent) said
their rooms were less than 40 occupied. The remaining 6 (28.6 percent) indicated their
rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during that time of the week.
 Of the 135 participating lodges/guesthouses, 95 (70.4 percent) said their rooms 12 (16.3
percent) said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied during that time of the week.
The remaining 18 (13.3 percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during
that time of the week.
 10 of the ‘other’ 13 participating establishments said their rooms were at least 60 percent
occupied on weekends throughout the 2008 season. The remaining 3 said theirs were less
than 60 occupied during the weekends of 2008.
4.5.3 Weekend Room Occupancy by Grade Status
As also shown in Display 4.14:
 Of the 134 participating graded establishments, 84 (62.7 percent) said their rooms were at
least 60 percent occupied on weekends throughout the 2008 season while 27 (21.1
percent) said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 23 (17.2
percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the weekends.
 Of the 113 participating non-graded establishments, 70 (61.9 percent) said their rooms
were at least 60 percent occupied on weekends throughout the 2008 season while 26 (23.0
percent) said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 17 (15.0
percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during that time of the week.
4.5.4 Weekend Room Occupancy by Star Grade
Weekend room occupancies were further evaluated by star grade of the participating graded
establishments as illustrated in Display 4.15. As revealed:
 3 of the 7 participating 1-star graded establishments said their rooms were at least 60
percent occupied on weekends throughout the 2008 season while 4 said their rooms were
less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 2 indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent
occupied during that time of the week.
 Of the 11 participating 2-star graded establishments, 8 said their rooms were at least 60

 All 4 participating 5-star graded establishments said their rooms were at least 60 percent
occupied on weekends throughout the 2008 season.
Display 4.15: Weekend Room Occupancy Levels by Star Grade
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Star Grade
1-star 2 28.6 2 28.6 3 42.9 7 100.0
2-star 1 9.1 2 18.2 8 72.7 11 100.0
3-star 11 21.2 11 21.2 30 57.7 52 100.0
4-star 10 18.5 8 14.8 36 66.7 54 100.0
5-star . . . . 4 100.0 4 100.0
4.5.5 Weekend Room Occupancy by Municipality
Weekend room occupancies were further evaluated by star grade of the participating graded
Weekend Occupancy Levels in Dr. Ruth Mompati Municipalities
 5 of the 11 participating establishments from Greater Taung Municipality said that their
rooms were at least 80 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008 while the remaining
6 indicated that their rooms were less than 60 percent occupied.
 Of the 4 participating Mamusa Municipality establishments, 2 said that their rooms were
at least 80 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008 while the remaining 2 said their
rooms were 20-39 percent occupied.

Display 4.16: Weekend Room Occupancy Levels by Municipality
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region Municipality
Greater Taung 2 18.2 4 36.4 5 45.5 11 100.0
Mamusa 2 50.0 . . 2 50.0 4 100.0
Bloemhof 6 54.5 3 27.3 2 18.2 11 100.0
Dr. Ruth
Mompati
Ganyesa & Vryburg 7 70.0 . . 3 30.0 10 100.0
Zeerust 3 33.3 1 11.1 5 55.6 9 100.0
Lichtenburg 2 50.0 . . 2 50.0 4 100.0
Ngaka Modiri
Molema
Mafikeng 6 42.9 3 21.4 5 35.7 14 100.0
Foschville 5 71.4 . . 2 28.6 7 100.0
Wolmaransstad 1 100.0 . . . . 1 100.0
Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda
Potchefstroom 4 16.7 6 25.0 14 58.3 24 100.0
Rustenburg 8 13.3 16 26.7 36 60.0 60 100.0
Kgetleng . . . . 18 100.0 18 100.0
Bojanala
Madibeng 5 6.3 10 12.7 64 81.0 79 100.0
 Of the 11 participating establishments from Bloemhof Municipality, only 2 said that their
rooms were at least 80 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008, while 6 said their
rooms were less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 3 said their rooms were 40-59
percent occupied during the weekends of 2008.
 Of the 10 participating establishments from Ganyesa and Vryburg Municipality, 3
indicated their rooms were at least 80 percent occupied while the remaining 7 said their
rooms were less than 40 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008.
Weekend Occupancy Levels in Ngaka Modiri Molema Municipalities
 Of the 9 participating establishments from Zeerust Municipality, 5 said that their rooms
were at least 60 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008 while 3 said theirs were
less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 1 said its rooms were 40-59 percent
occupied during the weekends of 2008.
 2 of the 4 participating Lichtenburg Municipality establishments said that their rooms
were at least 80 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008 while the remaining 2 said
theirs were less than 20 percent.

 Of the 15 participating establishments from Mafikeng Municipality, 5 said that their rooms
at least 60 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008, while 6 also said their rooms
were less than 40 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008. The remaining 3 said its
rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008.
Weekend Occupancy Levels by Municipalities in Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Region
 Of the 7 participating establishments from Foschville Municipality, 2 said that their rooms
were 60-79 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008 while the remaining 5 said
theirs were less than 40 percent occupied.
 The sole participating Wolmaransstad Municipality establishment said its rooms were only
20-39 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008.
 Of the 24 participating establishments from Potchefstroom Municipality, 14 said that their
rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008, while 4 also said
their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008. The
remaining 6 said its rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008.
Weekend Occupancy Levels by Municipalities in Bojanala Region
 Of the 60 participating establishments from Rustenburg Municipality, 36 said that their
rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008 while 8 said theirs
were less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 16 indicated that theirs were 40-59
percent occupied during the weekend.
 All 18 participating Kgetleng Municipality establishments said their rooms were at least 60
percent occupied during the weekends of 2008.
 Of the 79 participating establishments from Madibeng Municipality, 64 (81.0 percent) said
that their rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during the weekends of 2008, while 5
(6.3 percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied during the
weekends of 2008. The remaining 10 (12.7 percent) said their rooms were less than 40
percent occupied.
4.6 Christmas Room Occupancy Levels
As illustrated in Display 4.17, most (103 or 50.0 percent) of the 203 participating establishments
which provided information of their Christmas occupancy levels said that their Christmas room
occupancy levels were at least 80 percent.
 33 (16.0 percent) of the participating establishments also said their Christmas occupancy
levels in 2008 were 40-59 percent while 28 (13.0 percent) also said their Christmas room
occupancy levels were in the 20-39 percent range.

Display 4.17: Christmas Room Occupancy Levels
80+ percent,
103, 50%
60-79
percent, 19,
9%
40-59
percent, 33,
16%
20-39
percent, 28,
13%
Less than 20
percent, 26,
12%
4.6.1 Christmas Room Occupancy by Region
The distribution of Christmas room occupancy levels by attribute is reported in Display 4.14. As
observed in Display 4.18:
 Of the 27 participating establishments from Dr. Ruth Mompati Region, 8 (29.6 percent)
said their rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during Christmas 2008 season, while 16
(59.2 percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 occupied during Christmas. The
remaining 3 (11.1 percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied.
 Of the 26 participating establishments from Ngaka Modiri Molema Region, 8 (30.7
percent) said their rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during Christmas 2008 season,
while 12 (46.1 percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 occupied during Christmas.
The remaining 6 (23.1 percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied.
 13 (54.2 percent) of the 24 participating establishments from Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Region
said their rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during Christmas 2008 season, while 8
(33.4 percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 occupied during Christmas. The
remaining 3 (12.5 percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied.
 Of the 132 participating establishments from Bojanala Region, 93 (70.5 percent) said their
rooms were at least 60 percent occupied during Christmas 2008 season, while 18 (13.7
percent) also said their rooms were less than 40 occupied during Christmas. The remaining
21 (15.9 percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied.

Display 4.18: Christmas Room Occupancy Levels by Region
Average number of rooms occupied during Christmas 2008
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region
Dr. Ruth Mompati 16 59.3 3 11.1 8 29.6 27 100.0
Bojanala 15 12.2 18 14.6 90 73.2 123 100.0
Establishment type
B&B 22 33.3 13 19.7 31 47.0 66 100.0
Hotel/Motel 8 44.4 5 27.8 5 27.8 18 100.0
Other 2 20.0 1 10.0 7 70.0 10 100.0
Grade status
Graded 32 29.1 19 17.3 59 53.6 110 100.0
Non-Graded 19 21.1 11 12.2 60 66.7 90 100.0
ALL 51 25.5 30 15.0 119 59.5 200 100.0
4.6.2 Christmas Room Occupancy by Type of Establishment
 Of the 68 participating B&Bs, 31 (45.6 percent) said their rooms were at least 60 percent
occupied during the Christmas of 2008 season while 24 (35.3 percent) said their rooms
were less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 13 (19.1 percent) indicated their rooms
were 40-59 percent occupied during Christmas of 2008.
 Only 6 (31.6 percent) of the 19 participating hotels/motels said their rooms were at least
60 percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008 season while 8 (42.1 percent) also said
their rooms were less than 40 occupied. The remaining 5 (26.3 percent) indicated their
rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the Christmas period.
 Of the 112 participating lodges/guesthouses, 78 (69.6 percent) said their rooms were at
least 60 percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008, while 20 (17.8 percent) said their
rooms were less than 40 percent occupied during that period. The remaining 14 (12.5
percent) indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the Christmas period.

 Of the 10 ‘other’ participating establishments, 7 said their rooms were at least 60 percent
occupied during the Christmas of 2008 while the remaining 3 said theirs were less than 60
occupied during the Christmas of 2008.
4.6.3 Christmas Room Occupancy by Grade Status
As also shown in Display 4.18:
 Of the 110 participating graded establishments, 59 (53.6 percent) said their rooms were at
least 60 percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008 while 32 (29.1 percent) also said
their rooms were less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 19 (17.3 percent) indicated
their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008.
 60 (66.7 percent) of the 90 participating non-graded establishments said their rooms were
at least 60 percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008 while 19 (21.1 percent) said their
rooms were at less than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 11 (12.2 percent) indicated
their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008.
4.6.4 Christmas Room Occupancy by Star Grade
Christmas room occupancies were further evaluated by star grade of the participating graded
establishments as illustrated in Display 4.19. As shown:
 All 7 participating 1-star graded establishments said their rooms were less than 40 percent
percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008 while the remaining 2 said their rooms
were less than 60 percent occupied.
Display 4.19: Christmas Room Occupancy Levels by Star Grade
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Star Grade
1-star 7 100.0 . . . . 7 100.0
2-star 1 11.1 1 11.1 7 77.8 9 100.0
3-star 9 23.7 9 23.7 20 52.6 38 100.0
4-star 13 27.7 7 14.9 27 57.4 47 100.0
5-star . . 1 25.0 3 75.0 4 100.0

percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008 while 9 said their rooms were at less than
40 percent occupied. The remaining 9 indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent occupied
during the Christmas of 2008.
percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008 season while 13 said their rooms were less
than 40 percent occupied. The remaining 7 indicated their rooms were 40-59 percent
percent occupied during the Christmas 2008 while the remaining 1 said its rooms were 40-
59 percent occupied during the Christmas of 2008.
4.6.5 Christmas Room Occupancy by Municipality
Christmas room occupancies were further evaluated by star grade of the participating graded
Display 4.20: Christmas Room Occupancy Levels by Municipality
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Number
of Estabs. Percent
Region Municipality
Greater Taung 10 83.3 . . 2 16.7 12 100.0
Mamusa 1 100.0 . . . . 1 100.0
Bloemhof 3 33.3 2 22.2 4 44.4 9 100.0
Dr. Ruth
Mompati
Ganyesa & Vryburg 2 40.0 1 20.0 2 40.0 5 100.0
Zeerust . . 3 42.9 4 57.1 7 100.0
Lichtenburg 3 75.0 1 25.0 . . 4 100.0
Ngaka Modiri
Molema
Mafikeng 8 72.7 1 9.1 2 18.2 11 100.0
Foschville 2 100.0 . . . . 2 100.0Dr. Kenneth
Kaunda
Potchefstroom 6 27.3 3 13.6 13 59.1 22 100.0
Rustenburg 17 42.5 13 32.5 10 25.0 40 100.0
Kgetleng . . . . 17 100.0 17 100.0
Bojanala
Madibeng 1 1.3 8 10.7 66 88.0 75 100.0

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