Statistics Norway

20.51 Hotels and similar establishments1. Capacity and utilization of capacity
Year Capacity, number of beds Utilization of bed capacity, per cent
Total Town hotels Rural hotels Tourist and mountain hotels Total Town hotels Rural hotels Tourist and mountain hotels
1950 20 756 8 399 6 159 6 198 57.6 73.7 40.4 46.3
1951 20 921 8 453 6 145 6 323 57.0 72.7 41.2 43.0
1952 21 563 8 807 6 280 6 476 59.6 73.7 44.6 45.0
1953 22 076 9 495 5 994 6 587 61.1 74.6 44.3 48.9
1954 22 231 9 707 5 842 6 682 62.7 75.7 44.4 52.2
1955 22 024 9 700 5 586 6 738 64.7 75.9 44.1 57.6
1956 22 558 9 859 5 969 6 730 63.9 73.9 47.0 58.0
1957 23 591 10 452 6 037 7 102 63.2 71.0 48.8 59.6
1958 23 546 10 475 6 115 6 956 59.3 68.2 44.4 52.5
1959 23 799 10 821 6 073 6 905 58.7 66.8 42.3 56.2
1960 23 949 11 038 6 094 6 817 60.8 68.6 44.6 58.3
1961 25 288 11 628 6 150 7 510 61.1 67.9 45.9 59.7
1962 25 819 11 588 6 408 7 823 59.2 66.7 45.1 55.5
1963 26 213 11 818 5 980 8 415 57.4 64.6 44.6 52.7
1964 26 508 11 834 6 193 8 481 58.1 65.8 44.5 53.7
1965 27 561 12 521 5 780 9 260 58.2 65.3 44.7 54.3
1966 28 099 12 711 5 680 9 708 57.9 64.5 45.8 53.6
1967 29 406 13 176 6 092 10 138 56.0 63.5 43.3 51.3
1968 30 431 13 661 6 120 10 650 55.3 62.3 42.8 51.3
1969 31 608 13 988 6 347 11 273 55.1 61.0 44.1 52.2
1970 32 229 14 557 5 828 11 844 55.1 61.0 44.6 51.1
1971 33 715 15 540 5 668 12 507 55.1 59.6 47.6 51.6
1972 35 365 16 746 5 926 12 693 53.3 56.0 46.3 52.3
1973 35 760 16 733 5 981 13 046 52.4 54.5 46.8 51.9
1974 37 352 16 934 6 168 14 250 49.7 53.1 43.5 48.0
1975 38 990 16 940 6 457 15 593 48.9 52.2 41.9 47.8
1976 40 911 18 268 6 290 16 353 49.2 52.2 42.7 48.0
1977 41 490 18 564 5 936 16 990 49.8 54.2 40.5 47.8
1978 42 429 18 932 5 669 17 828 47.6 51.2 38.9 46.5
1979 44 065 19 552 5 748 18 765 47.5 51.0 37.9 46.6
1980 45 441 20 029 5 754 19 658 47.7 51.1 38.1 47.1
1981 48 835 20 920 6 530 21 385 45.5 49.2 35.5 44.9
1982 50 995 22 136 6 405 22 454 41.8 45.6 32.9 40.5
1983 52 539 22 699 6 820 23 020 41.6 45.8 32.2 40.4
1984 53 803 22 989 7 455 23 359 42.3 46.8 32.6 41.2
1984 96 008 31 705 40 944 23 359 38.8 45.5 31.6 41.2
1985 97 344 31 627 42 371 23 346 43.5 49.5 36.2 46.4
1986  101 547 31 733 44 524 25 290 41.8 49.1 33.4 45.5
1987  103 833 33 341 44 863 25 629 39.6 46.9 32.1 43.3
1988  105 923 35 280 45 528 25 115 38.0 42.7 31.8 41.1
1989  105 286 34 054 46 236 24 996 36.5 41.5 30.4 39.6
1990  112 660 37 643 49 275 25 742 35.4 39.2 29.8 39.0
1991  116 926 39 233 51 352 26 341 36.0 39.8 30.3 39.5
1992  120 480 39 896 54 061 26 523 36.0 40.7 29.9 39.6
1993  123 126 40 746 55 671 26 719 37.2 42.8 30.4 40.6
1994  129 199 43 304 58 154 27 741 37.5 44.8 30.2 39.6
1995  131 217 43 583 59 719 27 914 36.7 44.1 29.7 38.2
1996  133 521 44 556 60 127 28 838 37.3 46.1 29.2 37.8
1997  135 605 .. .. .. 37.7 .. .. ..
1998  137 188 .. .. .. 39.0 .. .. ..
1999  137 653 .. .. .. 38.8 .. .. ..
2000  140 578 .. .. .. 37.5 .. .. ..
2001  143 802 .. .. .. 37.0 .. .. ..
2002  143 635 .. .. .. 36.3 .. .. ..
2003  143 799 .. .. .. 35.5 .. .. ..
2004  141 096 .. .. .. 37.0 .. .. ..
2005  143 569 .. .. .. 38.1 .. .. ..
2006  145 048 .. .. .. 38.9 .. .. ..
2007  147 938 .. .. .. 39.5 .. .. ..
2008  149 824 .. .. .. 37.8 .. .. ..
2009  158 698 .. .. .. 34.8 .. .. ..
1  From 1950-1984 the statistics included only licensed hotels, since 1984 all hotels and similar establishments with 20 beds and more have been included.
Source: Accommodation statistics, Statistics Norway].
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