Hotel and room stock and its legal classification
- Tourism, hospitality and residency
- The hotel stock and its pipeline
- Audited
INGUAT had 4,651 registered lodging establishments (hotels, motels, guesthouses) in June 2026. The only national room count found dates from November 2014: an INGUAT statement to Hosteltur that the figure 'se sitúa en 15.000' — 15,000 rooms, written with the Spanish thousands separator — now 12 years old. ECLAC (CEPAL, 2016, drawing on INGUAT 2014) counted 'category I' hotels suitable for international tourism: Guatemala 66 establishments/3,425 rooms, Antigua 74/1,262, Panajachel 33/751 and Esquipulas 23/732; Sacatepéquez had 154 establishments, 2,130 rooms and 6,225 bed places (2013). Hotel employment was 12,498 permanent staff + 2,062 temporary, 1 permanent job for every 3.3 occupied rooms (ASIES 2014). The legal classification is the Regulation for Lodging Establishments, Governmental Agreement 1144-83: Group 1, hotels of 1–5 stars; 2, motels; 3, guesthouses A/B/C; 4, hostels A/B/C.
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Figures
- Establecimientos registrados en INGUAT
- 4,651
- Habitaciones en el país
- ≈15,000
- Hoteles categoría I Antigua
- 74 estab. / 1,262 hab.
- Hoteles categoría I Guatemala
- 66 estab. / 3,425 hab.
- Empleo hotelero
- 12,498 fijos + 2,062 temporales
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