Blekinge County
Accommodation and Travel Stats
March 2020
Blekinge County: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
23,500
21,800
1,700
11,800
11,100
660
12.4 mill. SEK
52
1,700
3,500
25 %
22 %
2.0
2.0
2.6
Paid bed nights
23,500 registered bed nights
In March 2020, 23,500 registered bed nights were recorded in Blekinge County (-27.7 %), of which 21,800 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,700 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 23 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 60 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 28 percent from last year's March.
3,400 rooms (-41.3 %) were booked by leisure visitors and 9,200 rooms (-25.4 %) by business visitors.
Between January and March, 74,100 registered bed nights (+5.3 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 7,600 (-25.9 %) for foreigners in Blekinge County, in total 81,700 (+1.4 %) registered nights.
Registered bed nights statistics include stats for registered accommodations: hotels, holiday villages, youth hostels and campsites. Establishments with fewer than 9 beds or 5 rooms are excluded.
Registered bed nights
Registered bed nights by country of arrival
Length of stay increased 11 percent in registered accommodation
Length of stay in registered accommodation increased 11 percent compared to earlier year. In Blekinge County, length of stay in March was on average 2.0 nights and in Sweden 2.7 nights (+19.0 %).
During March, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Blekinge County on average 2.0 nights (+8.0 %) and foreigners 2.6 nights (+1.7 %).
11,800 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 35 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 94.4 percent were domestic, and 5.6 percent were from foreign countries.
During March, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Blekinge County on average 2.0 nights (+0.25) and foreigners 2.6 nights (+0.03).
Visitors
Visitors by region
Visitors by city
Visitors by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 12.4 million crowns
Registered accommodation sales in March were 12.4 million crowns (-5.1 million).
Registered January-March sales were 44.8 million crowns and they decreased 1.2 million crowns from the previous year.
Average prices
|
March 2020
Amount |
Change |
jan-March 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 980 SEK | 2.2 % | 960 SEK | 1.6 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 530 SEK | -1.8 % | 550 SEK | -4.0 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 250 SEK | -28.0 % | 300 SEK | -4.2 % |
Total accommodation sales
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
52 accommodation establishments (+1)
1,700 rooms (+22)
3,500 beds (+65)
Room utilization 25.3 % (-11)
Unsold rooms 1,300
Bed utilization 22.3 % (-8.4)
Registered room utilization for establishments
Key indicators
Bed nights
Arrivals
Sales
Travel key indicators: the darker the square the larger the value.
Dark squares in the middle (vertically) mean the main season is in the summer. Dark squares on the top and the bottom mean the main season is in the winter. Gradually darkening squares from left to right signify growth over the years.
It is important to notice that the largest values (darkest squares) are not necessarily during the same months between different stats as this might reveal interesting details about travel and accommodation trends.
Temperature
Rainfall
Sources: Statistics Sweden
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