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Women travel more than men
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2003-06-26T10:00:00.000Z
Transport and tourism;Culture and recreation
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Holiday survey2002

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Women travel more than men

Norwegian women travelled on 2.8 million holiday trips of minimum 4 nights duration in 2002. Their holiday trips constituted 26.2 million overnight stays.

In total the Norwegians aged 16-79 years went on 5.4 million holiday trips in the holiday year 2002 (i.e. from November 2001 to October 2002). This was an increase of 7 per cent compared with the holiday year 2001.

Number of holiday trips to the most visited destinations abroad. 2002. 1 000

Number of holiday trips by duration. 2002. Per cent

Norwegian women constituted a good 52 per cent of all holiday trips. Their share of the total number of holiday trips increased slightly by 0.5 percentage point compared with 2001. The share of the total number of overnight stays on holiday trips by gender remained stable in the same period. In total Norwegians were away on holiday trips 50.5 million nights. This was a fall by 2 million nights from the previous year.

In the choice of holiday destination there was a significant change from 2001 to 2002. In 2001 Norwegian women made about 52 per cent of all holiday trips regardless if the holiday was spent in Norway or abroad. The year after the share of holiday trips in Norway increased to almost 55 per cent, while the share of outbound holiday trips fell to less than 50 per cent in this group.

Regardless of gender most holidaymakers went abroad in 2002.1As in earlier years, Spain, Greece, Denmark and Sweden were the most visited countries.

3.2 million holiday trips in 2002 lasted between 4 and 7 nights. This is a growth by 0.3 million holiday trips compared with the previous year. In other words, 3 out of 4 holiday trips of the growth in holiday trips were in this group.

Percentage of Norwegians on holiday. 1970-2002

Number of holiday trips per person. 2002. Per cent

The number of overnight stays for the shortest holiday trips constituted 17.2 million nights. The share of total overnight stays was 34 per cent. In 2001 the share was almost 4 percentage points lower.

On average the holidaymakers went on holiday 20.1 nights. This is a decrease by less than 2 per cent from 20.5 nights in the year before. The average number of overnight stays per holiday trip on the other hand went down by almost 10 per cent to 9.4 overnight stays per holiday trip.

Most people went on 1 holiday trip

75 per cent of all Norwegians went on 1 or more holiday trips in 2002. This constituted a good 2.5 million people. In comparison with 2001 the decrease was under 2 per cent. The decrease was greatest among those with 1 holiday trip, but it was still most common to go on 1 holiday trip a year.

Share on summer holiday by region of residence. 2002

Summertime=holiday time

The summer was the most popular time to go on holiday. An entire 63 per cent of the Norwegian population made holiday trips in the months May, June, July and August 2002. This share has stayed fairly stable the last decade.

Those living in the regions Akershus and Oslo, Western Norway and Trøndelag travelled most. Here 70, 66 and 65 per cent of the inhabitants went on holiday respectively.

In total 3.1 million holiday trips had their departure in the summer months. A majority had Norway as the main destination; 1.6 million holiday trips took place here.

1  Corrected 26 June 2003 at 4 p.m.

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