Göteborg
Accommodation and Travel Stats
March 2021
Gothenburg: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
Paid bed nights
103,000 registered bed nights
In March 2021, 103,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Gothenburg (-15.8 %), of which 90,100 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 12,600 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased seven percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 49 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 16 percent from last year's March.
36,100 rooms (+2.4 %) were booked by leisure visitors and 29,400 rooms (-44.0 %) by business visitors.
Between January and March, 248,000 registered bed nights (-50.4 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 33,200 (-80.1 %) for foreigners in Gothenburg, in total 281,000 (-57.8 %) 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 10 percent in registered accommodation
Length of stay in registered accommodation increased 10 percent compared to earlier year. In Gothenburg, length of stay in March was on average 1.8 nights and in Sweden 3.2 nights (+21.8 %).
During March, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Gothenburg on average 1.8 nights (+9.8 %) and foreigners 1.9 nights (+0.6 %).
56,900 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 23 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 88.2 percent were domestic, and 11.8 percent were from foreign countries.
During March, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Gothenburg on average 1.8 nights (+0.2) and foreigners 1.9 nights (0.0).
Visitors
Visitors by region
Visitors by city
Visitors by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
18,900 air travelers
The airport received a total of 18,900 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 83 percent.
Of local passengers, 75.3 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 24.7 %.
In addition, there were 20,400 passengers departing the airport (-74.4 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 39,300 (-79.2 %).
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 54.4 million crowns
Registered accommodation sales in March were 54.4 million crowns (-48.6 million).
Registered January-March sales were 146.0 million crowns and they decreased 350.0 million crowns from the previous year.
Average prices
March 2021
Amount |
Change |
jan-March 2021
Amount |
Change | |
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Adr (Registered) | 830 SEK | -29.3 % | 830 SEK | -25.4 % |
Bed Night (Registered) | 530 SEK | -37.3 % | 520 SEK | -30.2 % |
Revpar (Registered) | 197 SEK | -43.4 % | 187 SEK | -67.2 % |
Total accommodation sales
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
72 accommodation establishments (-4)
9,600 rooms (-240)
20,600 beds (-3)
Room utilization 23.7 % (-5.9)
Unsold rooms 7,300
Bed utilization 16.2 % (-3.0)
Registered room utilization for establishments
Key indicators
Bed nights
Arrivals
Sales
Temperature
Rainfall
Sources: Statistics Sweden, Swedavia
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