55 - Accommodation

This Chapter has been extracted from the ONS Explanatory Notes and provides a more detailed explanation of possible activities that could fall within the SIC Codes related to the Chapter.

This division includes the provision of short-stay accommodation for visitors and other travellers.
Also included is the provision of longer term accommodation for students, workers and similar individuals. Some units may provide only accommodation while others provide a combination of accommodation, meals and/or recreational facilities.

This division excludes activities related to the provision of long-term primary residences in facilities such as apartments typically leased on a monthly or annual basis classified in Real Estate (section L).

55.1 Hotels and similar accommodation

55.10 Hotels and similar accommodation

This class includes the provision of accommodation, typically on a daily or weekly basis, principally for short stays by visitors.  This includes the provision of furnished accommodation in guest rooms and suites. Services include daily cleaning and bed-making. A range of additional services may be provided such as food and beverage services, parking, laundry services, swimming pools and exercise rooms, recreational facilities as well as conference and convention facilities.

This class includes accommodation provided by:
- hotels
- resort hotels
- suite / apartment hotels
- motels

This class excludes:
- provision of homes and furnished or unfurnished flats or apartments for more permanent use, typically
on a monthly or annual basis, see division 68

55.2 Holiday and other short-stay accommodation

55.20 Holiday and other short-stay accommodation

This class includes the provision of accommodation, typically on a daily or weekly basis, principally for short stays by visitors, in self-contained space consisting of complete furnished rooms or areas for living/dining and sleeping, with cooking facilities or fully equipped kitchens. This may take the form of apartments or flats in small free-standing multi-storey buildings or clusters of buildings, or single storey bungalows, chalets,  cottages and cabins. Very minimal complementary services, if any, are provided.

This class includes accommodation provided by:
- children’s and other holiday homes
- visitor flats and bungalows
- cottages and cabins without housekeeping services
- youth hostels
- mountain refuges

This class excludes:
- provision of furnished short-stay accommodation with daily cleaning, bed-making, food and beverage
services, see 55.10
- provision of homes and furnished or unfurnished flats or apartments for more permanent use, typically
on a monthly or annual basis, see division 68

55.20/1 Holiday centres and villages

This subclass includes:
- provision of holiday and other collective accommodation in holiday centres and holiday villages

55.20/2 Youth hostels

This subclass includes:
- mountain refuges

This subclass excludes:
- protective shelters or plain bivouac facilities for placing tents and/or sleeping bags, see 55.30

55.20/9 Other holiday and other short stay accommodation (not including holiday centres and villages or youth hostels) n.e.c.


This subclass includes:
- provision of holiday and other collective accommodation other than that provided in holiday centres and holiday villages or in youth hostels

55.3 Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks

55.30 Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks

This class includes:
- provision of accommodation in campgrounds, trailer parks, recreational camps and fishing and hunting camps for short stay visitors.
- provision of space and facilities for recreational vehicles

This class also includes accommodation provided by:
- protective shelters or plain bivouac facilities for placing tents and/or sleeping bags

This class excludes:
- mountain refuges, cabins and hostels, see 55.20

55.9 Other accommodation

55.90 Other accommodation

This class includes the provision temporary or longer-term accommodation in single or shared rooms or
dormitories for students, migrant (seasonal) workers and other individuals.

This class includes:
- student residences
- school dormitories
- workers’ hostels
- rooming and boarding houses
- railway sleeping cars

 

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