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Compared to the same month last year, September 2019 saw an overall increase in overnight stays in hotels, camping sites and holiday dwellings. Hotels contributed most to this growth.

Written by: Kristin Aasestad

Recent figures from the accommodation statistics show about 2.8 million guest nights at accommodation establishments in Norway in September 2019. This is 112 000 more guest nights than in September last year. Hotels, with 106 000 more guest nights, contributed most to this increase.

Figure 1. Accommodation. Guest nights, by type of accommodation

Norwegian Foreign
Sept. 2019 90157 87466
Sept. 2018 89722 87080
Holiday dwellings:
Sept. 2019 304821 99558
Sept. 2018 311532 89541
Camping sites:
Sept. 2019 1607517 568076
Sept. 2018 1535611 533611
Hotels :

County differences

There were 2.2 million guest nights in Norwegian hotels in September, an increase of 5.1 per cent from September last year. There were large county-level differences. Nearly three quarters of this growth was in Oslo and Rogaland county. Other counties, however, saw a decline. The counties Hedmark and Møre og Romsdal had the largest decrease with about 4 000 fewer guest nights each.

Both foreign and Norwegian guest nights increased, by 6.5 and 4.7 per cent, respectively.

Figure 2. Percentage change in guest nights at hotels by county from September 2018 to September 2019

ØSTFOLD 4.8
AKERSHUS 1.3
OSLO 11.4
HEDMARK -8.2
OPPLAND -1.4
BUSKERUD -1.8
VESTFOLD -3.5
TELEMARK 4.5
AUST-AGDER -7.2
VEST-AGDER 2.1
ROGALAND 22.5
HORDALAND 5.7
SOGN OG FJORDANE 5.5
MØRE OG ROMSDAL -4.3
TRØNDELAG 3.4
NORDLAND 5.5
TROMS 6.0
FINNMARK 1.0
SVALBARD -2.4
Figure 2. Percentage change in guest nights at hotels by county from September 2018 to September 2019
ØSTFOLD 4.8
AKERSHUS 1.3
OSLO 11.4
HEDMARK -8.2
OPPLAND -1.4
BUSKERUD -1.8
VESTFOLD -3.5
TELEMARK 4.5
AUST-AGDER -7.2
VEST-AGDER 2.1
ROGALAND 22.5
HORDALAND 5.7
SOGN OG FJORDANE 5.5
MØRE OG ROMSDAL -4.3
TRØNDELAG 3.4
NORDLAND 5.5
TROMS 6.0
FINNMARK 1.0
SVALBARD -2.4

Svalbard

Svalbard had 11 440 guest nights in hotels in September. This was a 2.4 per cent reduction against September 2018. One in three guest nights in Svalbard were foreign and it was the foreign guest nights that contributed to the decline.

Germans accounted for the most foreign tourists in September, followed Americans and then the British. The number of Norwegian guest nights in hotels in September 2019 remained unchanged from September 2018.

Figure 3 . Guest nights in Svalbard for September. 2014-2019

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total 8821 10298 9443 10077 11724 11440
Norway 6691 6839 6269 5877 7557 7569
Foreign 2130 3459 3174 4200 4167 3871

More foreign guest nights in camping sites…

  • 404 000 guest nights in camping sites in September 2019
  • Foreign guest nights increased by 11 per cent
  • Norwegian guest nights decreased by 2.1 per cent

… and at holiday dwellings

  • 177 000 guest night in holiday dwellings in September 2019
  • Foreign guest nights went up 7.5 per cent
  • Norwegian guest nights decreased by about 6 per cent

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