South East Accommodation Supply
Every year TSE carries out an audit of commercial accommodation stock in the region. Stock data is drawn from a number of sources including VisitBritain, individual local authority databases, yellow pages, Thompsons Business Directory, Internet searches and tourism brochures and guides.
Businesses, bedspaces and quality grading by sector 2009
| No. Businesses | No. Bedrooms or Pitches | No. Bedspaces | % Quality Assured | |
| Serviced | 488 | 49,868 | 229,685 | 35.5 |
| Self Catering | 95 | 12,210 | 16,814 | 29.5 |
| Caravan & Camping | 2,649 | 10,520 | 21,415 | 58.9 |
| Group | 6,064 | 87,192 | 179,154 | 34.5 |
| Total | 9,296 | 159,760 | 447,071 | 41.5 |
Source: Tourism South East Accommodation Audit
Number of accessible accommodation businesses by sector 2009
| No. Businesses | No. Bedrooms or pitches | No. Bedspaces | % Quality Assured | |
| Serviced | 535 | 30,153 | 63,902 | 47.1 |
| Self Catering | 89 | 677 | 1,486 | 68.5 |
| Caravan & Camping | 51 | 11,476 | 50,931 | 84.3 |
| Group | 6 | 1,432 | 2,191 | 83.3 |
| Total | 681 | 43,738 | 118,510 | 53.6 |
Source: Tourism South East Accommodation Audit
Number of accessible accommodation businesses by accreditation 2009
| No. Businesses | No. Bedrooms or pitches | No. Bedspaces | % Quality Assured | |
| NAS | 50 | 2,389 | 7,695 | 92.0 |
| RADAR approved | 142 | 16,207 | 44,970 | 44.4 |
| LA recommended | 54 | 2,851 | 5,788 | 44.4 |
| Other | 449 | 23,016 | 61,579 | 49.3 |
Source: Tourism South East Accommodation Audit
NB: Totals in the table above will not match the totals of accessible accommodation businesses / bedrooms / bedspaces due to some businesses falling into two or more categories.
Definition of each Business Sector
Serviced accommodation: B&Bs, farm B&Bs, guest houses, hotels, country house hotels, motels or budget hotels, townhouse hotels, castles, restaurants with rooms and inns or pubs. Some university accommodation that offered serviced rooms was also included in this category rather than the group accommodation category. Similarly, serviced apartments were also included in this category.
Self Catering accommodation: Cottages, flats, apartments, houses, chalets, bungalows, moored houseboats.
Caravan & Camping: Touring caravans, motor homes, tents, static caravans for hire, owned static caravans, chalets and timber lodges. Holiday Centres are also included in this category
Group: YHA hostels, other hostels for visitors, camping barns, university or campus accommodation (that is not let as serviced accommodation), accommodation used for schools, scout and other groups.
Marina and second home accommodation was not covered in year one or two of the accommodation audit but may be added in year three.
Definition of Accessibilty Categories:
NAS: Number of businesseses which were part of the National Accessible Scheme (NAS).
RADAR Approved: Number of businesses that had their disabled access approved by Radar.
LA Recommend: Number of Local Authorities (LA) that recommend on their website, or list, accommodation within their area that has disabled access.
Other: Other accommodation businesses that had not been mentioned in the previous three sections but were also accessible for people with disabilities. These businesses were found through various sources including websites and accessibility guides.