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  • Increased turnover for land transport

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    Preliminary figures show that turnover in the division “land transport” increased by 3.4 per cent from first quarter of 2016 to the same quarter this year. 

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  • Decrease in hotel guest nights

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    The number of guest nights in Norwegian hotels reached 1.5 million in April 2017. This is a decrease of 6 per cent compared with April 2016.

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  • No passengers in 50% of taxi trips

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    Taxis drove 52.8 per cent of all kilometres with passengers in 2016. This was a decrease of 0.2 per cent compared to 2015 and 0.6 per cent from 2014. 

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  • Increased operating profit in ocean transport

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    Operating profit for enterprises within ocean transport continues to show a positive development. In 2015, it amounted to NOK 21.9 billion, an increase of 10.3 per cent from the previous year. The operating margin was 14.6 per cent, compared with ...

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  • 135 killed, 656 severely injured

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    In 2016, 135 people died in 128 fatal accidents on Norwegian roads. A total of 656 people were severely injured. This was 18 more fatalities than in 2015, while the number who were severely injured fell by 37.

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  • Rail strike led to negligible growth

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    The train has been an increasingly popular mode of transport since 2012, but the strong passenger growth stopped in 2016 due to a one-month strike by train drivers.

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  • Increased turnover for accommodation and food service activities in 2015

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    Increased turnover for accommodation and food service activities in 2015

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  • Fewer employed in water transport

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    The number of persons employed in the water transport industry division fell by almost 1 120 from the previous year, to 25 189 in 2015.

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  • 7 in 10 cabin stays via intermediaries are foreign

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    In 2016, Norwegian registered intermediaries of cabins arranged 1.06 million overnight stays in private cabins and holiday houses in Norway. Of this, 72 per cent were foreign guest nights. Denmark had 226 000 guest nights and was the largest forei...

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  • Norske lastebiler taper markedsandeler tross økt godsmengde

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    I 1. kvartal 2017 var de norskregistrerte lastebilenes andel av grensetransporten på 32,2 prosent. Dette er 1,2 prosentpoeng mindre enn i tilsvarende kvartal i fjor.

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  • Increase in hotel guest nights

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    The number of guest nights in Norwegian hotels reached 1.8 million in March 2017. This is an increase of 9 per cent compared with March 2016.

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  • Passenger numbers up in first quarter

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    There were 12.4 million air passengers in the first quarter of 2017; an increase of 2.5 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2016. 

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  • Increased national freight transport

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    Norwegian lorries carried 70.8 million tonnes of goods in the 3rd quarter of 2016; 6.8 per cent more than in the same quarter in 2015.

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  • 173 million gross tonnes in East Asia

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    In 2016, Norwegian ships made 4 465 port calls in East Asia. The gross tonnage of these port calls was 173 million. General cargo and other dry cargo vessels made up 1 788 port calls and 77 million in arrived gross tonnage.

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  • Decrease in hotel guest nights

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    The number of guest nights in Norwegian hotels reached 1.6 million in February 2017. This is a decrease of 2 per cent compared with February 2016.

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