A record-breaking year

In accommodation establishments as a whole, Norwegian guest nights increased by 1.4 per cent, while the foreign ones increased by 1.8 per cent.

Of the total foreign guest nights registered in the accommodation statistics, Germans still have the highest figure, followed by Sweden. Guest nights by Germans are highest mainly due to the large number of guest nights at camping sites. New from last year, are the guest nights from the USA, which have climbed from 6th to 3rd place. This is due to a substantial increase in the guest nights at hotels.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Another hotel record

With a total of 23.7 million guest nights in 2018, Norwegian hotel establishments experienced another record-breaking year. This is 1.9 per cent more than in 2017.

The number of Norwegian guests nights also increased by 2.3 per cent, while the foreign ones increased by 0.8 per cent. Here, the number of guest nights was highest for visitors from the USA, surpassing the number of Swedish and German guest nights since last year.

Compared to 2017, total sales at hotels increased by 3 per cent to a total of NOK 15.1 billion. The average price per room for the whole year increased from NOK 946 to 960. The number of available rooms increased in 2018 compared to 2017, and despite the increase in the number of guest nights, the utilisation of capacity of rooms declined from the year before. The revenue per available room therefore remained approximately the same as the year before.

Campers increases in popularity

Guest nights in camping sites increased by 3.1 per cent from 2017 to 2018, largely due to the increase in guest nights in campers compared to the year before. Compared to 2017, registered guest nights in campers increased by 23 per cent.

Fewer guest nights at holiday Dwellings

• 2.3 million guest nights in 2018
• 6.1 per cent decline since 2017
• Norwegian guest nights declined 12 per cent
• Number of foreign guest nights unchanged

More foreign guest nights in Svalbard

• 155 000 guest nights in 2018
• 6 per cent increase since 2017
• Number of Norwegian guest nights unchanged
• Foreign guest nights increased by 16 per cent

Minor decline in December

In December 2018, there were slightly below 1.5 million guest nights in total, which is a decline of 1.3 per cent. Both Norwegian and foreign guest nights declined, by 0.9 and 2.3 per cent, respectively. Guest nights at holiday dwellings declined by 23 per cent, while at camping sites they increased by 6.5 per cent. At the hotels, the figures remained approximately the same.