Tourism Fernie 5 Year Plan 2025-2029 | Page 4

2023 Fernie’ s Approximate Lodging Units including Short-Term Rentals: ~ 1,100 – mix of hotel rooms, condos, chalets, townhomes and others. Of all accommodation units( traditional and STRs):
• There are approximately 350 1 accommodation units at Fernie Alpine Resort including STRs( A unit can be a hotel room, condo, suite, townhome or private home / chalet). a. Approximately 9 % of the units are STRs in residential zones. b. 91 % are within commercial accommodation zones.
• In the City of Fernie there are approximately 730 * accommodation units including STRs( A unit can be a hotel room, condo, suite, townhome, tiny home, chalet or B & B). a. Approximately 16 % of the units are STRs in residential zones. b. 84 % are within commercial accommodation zones.
2023 Fernie Traditional Accommodations( Source: STAR Report *) – Currency CAD
Avg Daily Room Rate( ADR **)
$ 164
( up 7 %)
Revenue Per Available Room( RevPAR **)
$ 114
( up 18 %)
Occupancy **
69.6 %( up 11 %)
Comparable 2023 Data:
Lodging Revenue( MRDT)*- avg. highest to lowest months-
February March December January August September July June October November May April
Lodging Occupancy( STAR Report)*
July August September August June February March January December May November April
* Note: These orders based on last couple of years data, post-Covid and with TC Energy
Kootenay Rockies:
ADR $ 166 / RevPAR $ 90 / Occupancy 53 %
Kelowna:
ADR $ 183 / RevPAR $ 114 / Occupancy 60 %
British Columbia:
ADR $ 236 / RevPAR $ 165 / Occupancy 69 %
Whistler:
ADR $ 411 / RevPAR $ 288 / Occupancy 66 %
* Approximately 35 %-40 % of local accommodators currently provide data in the STAR Report. Tourism Fernie is working to increase that count to better reflect local numbers given the diversity of lodging options and rates.
** ADR is the average price for a hotel room / condo unit per night over a given period of time at a specific property or region.
** RevPAR is a hotel’ s‘ gold standard’ performance metric, is shows the revenues generated per room regardless of if the rooms are occupied or not. RevPAR = Room Revenue / Total Rooms Available for a given period of time( ie a month or year).
** Occupancy is the % of room nights booked of the number available.
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Data source: KeyData Dashboard- https:// www. keydatadashboard. com / & Tourism Fernie traditional accommodator counts.
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