Göteborg
Accommodation and Travel Stats

September 2020

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Gothenburg: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.

Bed Nights

177,000

48 %

153,000

34 %

24,100

78 %

Top 3:

Germany

4,000

64 %

Denmark

2,500

58 %

United Kingdom

2,300

78 %

Visitors

106,000

46 %

93,700

34 %

12,800

77 %

Accommodation Sales

101.0 mill. SEK

68 %

Average prices:

Night

570.40 SEK

347.80 SEK

Room

946.60 SEK

399.40 SEK

RevPAR

382.30 SEK

672.50 SEK

Capacity

5 %

9,300

6 %

19,600

4 %

Utilization

40 %

48 %

32 %

43 %

Weather

15.2 °C

0.9 °C

76 mm

79 mm

177,000 registered bed nights

In September 2020, 177,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Gothenburg (-47.7 %), of which 153,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 24,100 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 34 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 78 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 48 percent from last year's September.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Germany (4,000 nights).

58,700 rooms (-43.5 %) were booked by leisure visitors and 47,900 rooms (-62.3 %) by business visitors.

Between January and September, 1.4 million registered bed nights (-41.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 273,000 (-74.5 %) for foreigners in Gothenburg, in total 1.6 million (-52.2 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights statistics include stats for registered accommodations: hotels, holiday villages, youth hostels, campsites, and commercially arranged rentals in private cottages and apartments. Establishments with fewer than 9 beds or 5 rooms are excluded.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 5.7 percent

Total of 3.1 million registered bed nights (-30.6 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 2.7 million nights (-19.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 441,000 nights (-61.9 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Gothenburg out of total registered bed nights was 5.7 % (-1.8 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 5.7 % and foreign bed nights 5.5 %.

106,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 46 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 88.0 percent were domestic, and 12.0 percent were from foreign countries.

During September, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Gothenburg on average 1.6 nights (+0.0) and foreigners 1.9 nights (-0.08).

47,100 air travelers

The airport received a total of 47,100 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 85 percent.

Of local passengers, 79.3 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 20.7 %.

In addition, there were 47,800 passengers departing the airport (-85.1 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 94,900 (-85.0 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)

Arriving passengers from

Passengers on transfers from

Departing passengers to

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

International = International cruise ships

Accommodation sales 101.0 million SEK

Registered accommodation sales in September were 101.0 million SEK (-209.9 million).

Registered January-September sales were 957.4 million SEK and they decreased 1.5 billion euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	September 2020 Amount	Change	jan-September 2020 Amount	Change
Adr (Registered)	950 SEK	-29.7 %	1,000 SEK	-17.9 %
Bed Night (Registered)	570 SEK	-37.9 %	590 SEK	-17.6 %
Revpar (Registered)	380 SEK	-63.8 %	390 SEK	-57.4 %

adr=average daily rate, revpar=revenue per available room (adr * utilization), bed night=accommodation sales per bed nights

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

73 accommodation establishments (-4)
9,300 rooms (-570)
19,600 beds (-730)

Room utilization 40.4 % (-38)
Unsold rooms 5,500
Bed utilization 31.5 % (-24)

Registered room utilization for establishments

Global Google searches for "gothenburg"

Global Google searches for "gothenburg + keyword"

Google searches for "gothenburg" by search region

The occurrence of hashtags on Instagram

The number of likes for posts with hashtags on Instagram

Accommodation customer satisfaction by nationalities

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, Swedavia, Swedish Meteorological And Hydrological Institute

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Göteborg Accommodation and Travel Stats