Overall, more visitors came to Catalina in January 2023 than in January 2022, according to figures that Love Catalina Island released this week.
The numbers
“January visitation increased year-over-year by 5.7% or 2,226 visitors,” according to the Love Catalina website.
“January 2023’s total of 41,437 was below 2020’s pre COVID-19 total monthly arrivals of 52,691 by 11,254 visitors. January 2023 was below the peak visitation for the month in 2018 of 52,997 by 11,560 travelers,” according to the website.
“Passengers arriving by sea, totaled 39,522 for the month, an increase of 8.4% from last year,” according to Love Catalina.
“Cross Channel Passenger counts were down year-over-year by 17.1% or a decrease of 4,368 people,” according to Love Catalina.
“Cross Channel Passengers made up 50.44% of total monthly arrivals,” according to Love Catalina.
“There were 9,654 cruise passengers in January 2022,” according to Love Catalina.
“Cruise Passengers made up 43.11% of total monthly arrivals,” according to Love Catalina.
“Private Boater Passenger counts were down from last year by 51% @ 756 vs 1,544,” according to Love Catalina.
“Private Boaters Made up 1.82% of total monthly arrivals,” according to Love Catalina.
“January’s number of Vessels Anchored was up 97.6% @ 83 vs 42 last year,” according to Love Catalina.
“January’s number of Vessels on Moorings was down 51% from last year @ 189 vs 386,” according to Love Catalina.
“Private Aircraft Passengers (Airport in the Sky) were down 39.9% @ 1,062 vs 1,767 last year,” according to Love Catalina.
“January Private Aircraft Passengers made up 2.56% of total monthly arrivals,” according to Love Catalina.
“Helicopter Passenger counts were down year-over-year by 13.6% @ 853 vs. 987,” according to Love Catalina.
Lodging
Visitors bring money. Visitors who spend a night or two bring more money than visitors who stay for part of a day.
“Hotel Occupancy for January was up by 23% @ 53.4% vs. 43.2% in 2022,” according to Love Catalina.
Hotel Occupancy was above the three and five-year averages by 33.6% and 7.2% respectively, but below the ten-year average by 1.3%,” according to Love Catalina.
Short-Term Rental Occupancy for January was down 5.4% @ 35% vs. 37% in 2022,” according to Love Catalina.
“Among our competitive set, Catalina ranked 8th in Hotel Occupancy and 10th in STR Occupancy for January 2023 (high to low),” according to Love Catalina.
“January Short-Term Rental Occupancy was greater than Catalina’s all competing markets,” according to Love Catalina.
“January Hotel Average Daily Rate was up 30.2% @ $215.05 vs. $165.12 in 2022,” according to Love Catalina.
“January Short-Term Rental Average Daily Rate was up down by 5.9% @ $502.00 vs. $539.00 in 2022,” according to Love Catalina.
“January Hotel Revenue Per Available Room was up 61.1% @ $114.78 vs. $71.25 in 2022,” according to Love Catalina.
“January Short-Term Rental Revenue Per Available Room was $198.00, down .5% from $197.00 in 2022,” according to Love Catalina.
