Norrbotten County
Accommodation and Travel Stats

April 2018

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Norrbotten County: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered Accommodation
icon: star 167,000
7 %
icon: sweden 140,000
8 %
icon: foreign 27,100
1 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 67,600
1 %
icon: sweden 55,500
1 %
icon: foreign 12,100
0 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 79.0 mill. SEK
7 %
Average prices:
Night
472.30 SEK
2.40 SEK
Room
1,150.50 SEK
95.10 SEK
RevPAR
450.80 SEK
9.60 SEK
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 200
4 %
icon: room 6,400
4 %
icon: bed 17,700
6 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 39 %
6 %
icon: bed 35 %
2 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 2.5
6 %
icon: sweden 2.5
7 %
icon: foreign 2.2
1 %

Paid bed nights

Registered bed nights increased seven percent

In April 2018, 167,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Norrbotten County (+6.6 %), of which 140,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 27,100 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased eight percent and registered foreign bed nights increased one percent. In total, registered bed nights increased seven percent from last year's April.

25,900 rooms (-3.5 %) were booked by leisure visitors and 42,800 rooms (+32.2 %) by business visitors.

Between January and April, 482,000 registered bed nights (+8.0 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 230,000 (+17.1 %) for foreigners in Norrbotten County, in total 712,000 (+10.8 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 4.1 percent

Total of 4.1 million registered bed nights (+0.6 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 3.2 million nights (+1.5 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 878,000 nights (-2.6 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Norrbotten County out of total registered bed nights was 4.1 % (+0.2 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 4.4 % and foreign bed nights 3.1 %.

Length of stay increased six percent in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation increased six percent compared to earlier year. In Norrbotten County, length of stay in April was on average 2.5 nights and in Sweden 2.1 nights (-4.0 %).

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Norrbotten County on average 2.5 nights (+6.0 %) and foreigners 2.2 nights (+2.5 %).

67,600 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased one percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 82.1 percent were domestic, and 17.9 percent were from foreign countries.

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Norrbotten County on average 2.5 nights (+0.15) and foreigners 2.2 nights (+0.02).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 79.0 million crowns

Registered accommodation sales in April were 79.0 million crowns (+5.3 million).

Registered January-April sales were 431.1 million crowns and they increased 57.3 million crowns from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
April 2018
Amount
Change jan-April 2018
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 1,200 SEK -7.6 % 1,200 SEK 3.9 %
Bed Night (Registered) 470 SEK 0.5 % 610 SEK 4.1 %
Revpar (Registered) 450 SEK -2.1 % 630 SEK 9.2 %

Total accommodation sales

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

200 accommodation establishments (+7)
6,400 rooms (+260)
17,700 beds (+1,100)

Room utilization 39.2 % (+2.2)
Unsold rooms 3,900
Bed utilization 34.8 % (-0.75)

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.

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Sources: Statistics Sweden

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