Göteborg
Accommodation and Travel Stats
December 2020
Gothenburg: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
85,000
74,000
11,000
50,500
45,100
5,400
43.8 mill. SEK
73
9,600
20,200
21 %
16 %
1.7
1.6
2.0
Paid bed nights
85,000 registered bed nights
In December 2020, 85,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Gothenburg (-70.8 %), of which 74,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 11,000 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 65 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 86 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 71 percent from last year's December.
31,900 rooms (-64.0 %) were booked by leisure visitors and 21,200 rooms (-73.9 %) by business visitors.
Between January and December, 1.7 million registered bed nights (-44.1 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 333,000 (-75.0 %) for foreigners in Gothenburg, in total 2.0 million (-53.5 %) 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 seven percent in registered accommodation
Length of stay in registered accommodation increased seven percent compared to earlier year. In Gothenburg, length of stay in December was on average 1.7 nights and in Sweden 2.8 nights (+37.5 %).
During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Gothenburg on average 1.6 nights (+4.1 %) and foreigners 2.0 nights (-2.3 %).
50,500 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 73 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 89.3 percent were domestic, and 10.7 percent were from foreign countries.
During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Gothenburg on average 1.6 nights (+0.16) and foreigners 2.0 nights (+0.12).
Visitors
Visitors by region
Visitors by city
Visitors by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
26,500 air travelers
The airport received a total of 26,500 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 88 percent.
Of local passengers, 82.1 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 17.9 %.
In addition, there were 34,400 passengers departing the airport (-86.2 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 60,900 (-86.9 %).
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 43.8 million crowns
Registered accommodation sales in December were 43.8 million crowns (-154.3 million).
Registered January-December sales were 1.2 billion crowns and they decreased 2.0 billion crowns from the previous year.
Average prices
|
December 2020
Amount |
Change |
jan-December 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 830 SEK | -29.2 % | 980 SEK | -20.1 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 520 SEK | -24.2 % | 570 SEK | -20.9 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 175 SEK | -74.1 % | 350 SEK | -60.1 % |
Total accommodation sales
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
73 accommodation establishments (-3)
9,600 rooms (-240)
20,200 beds (-70)
Room utilization 21.2 % (-37)
Unsold rooms 7,500
Bed utilization 15.8 % (-32)
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, Swedavia
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