Accommodation, February 2003

The number of guest nights at holiday dwellings increased, while the hotels, camping sites and Hostelling International Norway experienced a decrease. One reason for this is that some of the larger holiday dwellings were earlier incorrectly categorised as hotels.

Less guest nights from the Nordic market

The Nordic market (Norway excl) has two thirds of the total foreign demand. The three largest Nordic countries went down, while the number of guest nights from Iceland increased. The number of guest nights from Denmark decreased by 9 per cent, while Sweden decreased by 15 per cent compared with February last year.

Norwegians dominate

1.017 millions guest nights were by Norwegians, which corresponds to 72 per cent of the total. The camping sites had 87 per cent Norwegian guest nights, while Hostelling International Norway had 47 per cent.

Hotels dominate

In February 2003, 86 per cent of the total guest nights were at hotels and 9 per cent at camping sites.

Increase in Sweden

Swedish accommodation establishments recorded 2.0 millions guest night in February this year, an increase of 3 per cent compared with February last year. The largest foreign market Denmark increased by 9 per cent.

Tables:

• Table 1 Camping sites. Number of camping sites, by month and county. 2003
• Table 2 Camping sites. Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and county. February 2003
• Table 3 Camping sites. Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and county. January-February 2003
• Table 4 Camping sites. Guest nights, by type of accommodation and county. February 2003
• Table 5 Camping sites. Guest nights, by type of accommodation and county. January-February 2003
• Table 6 Camping sites. Guest nights, by type of accommodation and month. 2003
• Table 7 Holiday dwellings. Number of holiday dwellings, by month and county. 2003
• Table 8 Holiday dwellings. Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and county. February 2003
• Table 9 Holiday dwellings. Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and county. January-February 2003
• Table 10 Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and type of establishment. February 2003
• Table 11 Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and type of establishment. January-February 2003