According to a press release issued by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on hotel activity during the second quarter of 2016, 113,517 guests stayed in hotels in the West Bank during this period, 27% of whom were from European Union countries and 11% were Palestinians.

The number of hotel guests was 42% higher than in the first quarter of 2016 and 21% lower than in the second quarter of 2015.

During the second quarter of 2016, the number of guest nights in West Bank hotels reached 354,787: 28% of which were spent by guests from European Union countries, 12% by guests from Palestine, and 11% by guests from the United States and Canada.

Additionally, during the second quarter of 2016, there were 2,878 hotel workers, 2,211 of whom were males and 667 were females.

As for the Hotel Room Occupancy rate, it reached 23% in the West Bank during the second quarter of 2016. It was 40% higher than in the first quarter of 2016 and 9% lower than in the second quarter of 2015.

The PCBS also stated that a hundred and thirteen hotels operating in the West Bank responded to the Hotel Activities Survey for the second quarter of 2016.  These hotels had 6,710 rooms with 14,798 beds. These were distributed by region as follows:

North of West Bank: 21 hotels comprising 435 rooms with 1,212 beds.

Middle of West Bank excluding Jerusalem governorate: 36 hotels comprising 1,634 rooms with 3,353 beds.

Jerusalem governorate: 20 hotels comprising 1,259 rooms with 2,821 beds.

South of West Bank: 36 hotels comprising 3,382 rooms with 7,412 beds.