New figures from the accommodation statistics show that there were around 6.7 million Notice the difference between “guest nights” and “guest”. One guest may have several guest nights. at The numbers refer to hotels, short-term holiday dwellings, camping sites, and youth hostels. in July this year. This is an increase of 0.9 percent since July last year.

There were 4.5 million Norwegian guest nights in July, a fall of 26 percent compared with July last year. Numbers from the travel survey show that the number of Norwegians traveling abroad in the 2nd quarter this year is back to the levels before the pandemic.

– There was no repeat of the last two years’ high numbers of Norwegian guest nights, but the level is still higher than before the pandemic. It seems that Norwegians are choosing to travel abroad again now that travel restrictions are lifted, says Higher Executive Officer Boyd Oyier in SSB.

After two years of travel restrictions and markedly fewer foreign guests many have now returned. This is especially true for German, Dutch and Swedish guests. Guests from these countries accounted for approximately half the 2.2 million foreign guest nights in July this year.

Corrected for The number of overnight stays varies during the year and the pattern is repeated every year. Seasonal adjustment is used to remove what we call seasonal variations, such as public holidays from monthly time series. The adjustment removes the effects of these fluctuations, giving a clearer picture of the time series. the number of guest nights at hotels, camping sites and holiday dwellings fell by 1.1 percent from the previous month. Norwegian guest nights fell by 3.9 percent, while foreign guest nights increased by 0.9 percent. Seasonally adjusted Norwegian guest nights are now at the same level as before the pandemic, while foreign guest nights are lagging behind.

Figure 1. Seasonally adjusted guest nights. Norwegian and foreign. January 2019- July 2022
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Figure 1. Seasonally adjusted guest nights. Norwegian and foreign. January 2019- July 2022
MonthNorwegian guest nightsForeign guest nights
jan.191 984 351848 508
feb.191 944 880825 933
mar.191 986 704868 330
apr.192 035 696886 319
may.192 042 768883 158
jun.192 041 838884 787
jul.192 038 933901 405
aug.192 026 260899 895
sep.192 051 503898 626
oct.192 097 669925 675
nov.192 085 560920 923
dec.192 141 080950 876
jan.202 141 660954 997
feb.202 122 124965 995
mar.20892 546434 969
apr.20344 127100 275
may.20969 09084 414
jun.201 625 15473 121
jul.202 877 199183 161
aug.202 054 290273 526
sep.201 617 492240 953
oct.201 593 617276 290
nov.20982 772303 671
dec.201 323 581196 613
jan.211 015 670236 120
feb.211 193 291133 470
mar.211 038 317144 816
apr.21962 287175 530
may.211 475 466123 879
jun.211 923 30081 770
jul.212 921 665207 731
aug.212 512 513375 040
sep.212 192 278533 418
oct.212 436 170610 146
nov.212 244 149679 870
dec.211 740 141581 775
jan.221 386 612549 655
feb.221 875 256714 142
mar.222 192 026791 719
apr.222 306 205807 434
may.222 299 832806 599
jun.222 285 549820 073
jul.222 196 570827 545

More guest nights at hotels than last year

There were 3.3 million guest nights at hotels in July. This is an increase of 8.2 percent compared to July last year, and with that the second-best July recorded in this statistics history.

The increase in hotel guest nights comes on the back of a fivefold increase in the number of foreign guest nights. Foreign guest nights increased in every county compared with July last year and increased the most in Vestland and Oslo.

Norwegian guest nights at hotels fell by 20 percent, with a decrease in every county except Viken and Oslo. The largest contributors to the decline were Vestland and Innlandet.

Figure 2. Percentage change in hotel guest nights by county. July 2021 – July 2022

Figure 2. Percentage change in hotel guest nights by county. July 2021 – July 2022

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Source: Accomodation, Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Mapping Authority.

In accordance with definitions from Eurostat, refugees should be excluded from tourism statistics and not be considered as guests in the context of tourism statistics when they stay at a tourist accommodation establishment. Refugees from Ukraine cannot be assigned by purpose as holiday, occupation or course, conference. It was not possible to extract all refugees guest nights and some stays are included in the statistics. For accommodation establishments that have more than 25 guest nights from Ukraine during the month, the guest nights have been removed from the statistic. Establishments that are exclusively hosting refugees are not included in the statistics.

Seasonally adjusted figures for accommodation statistics were first introduced with the publication of the January 2022 statistics. Monthly time series are often characterized by considerable seasonal variations, which might complicate their interpretation. Seasonal adjustment removes the effects of these fluctuations, giving a clearer picture of the time series