Norway
Accommodation and Travel Stats

August 2023

Norway: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 6.6 mill.
1 %
icon: norway 4.2 mill.
6 %
icon: foreign 2.4 mill.
8 %
icon: star 3.4 mill.
4 %
icon: norway 2.0 mill.
2 %
icon: foreign 1.4 mill.
15 %
Average prices:
Night
357.20 NOK
33.30 NOK
Room
1,321.90 NOK
59.00 NOK
RevPAR
672.90 NOK
46.70 NOK
icon: establishment 2,800
2 %
icon: room 113,000
1 %
icon: bed 284,000
2 %
icon: room 51 %
3 %
icon: bed 38 %
0 %

6.6 million registered bed nights (July)

In July 2023, 6.6 million registered bed nights were recorded in Norway (-1.5 %), of which 4.2 million nights were spent by domestic visitors and 2.4 million nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased six percent and registered foreign bed nights increased eight percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased one percent from last year's July.

2.7 million nights (-0.2 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 599,000 nights (+13.7 %) by business visitors.

Between January and July, 15.8 million registered bed nights (+0.1 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 6.8 million (+13.5 %) for foreigners in Norway, in total 22.6 million (+3.8 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

3.4 million tourists arrived to registered accommodation (July)

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased four percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 59.4 percent were domestic, and 40.6 percent were from foreign countries.

During July, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Norway on average 2.1 nights (-0.09) and foreigners 1.7 nights (-0.11).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 2.3 billion crowns (July)

Registered accommodation sales in July were 2.3 billion crowns (+186.9 million).

Registered January-July sales were 12.4 billion crowns and they increased 2.1 billion crowns from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
July 2023
Amount
Change jan-July 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 1,300 NOK 4.7 % 1,300 NOK 9.4 %
Revpar (Registered) 670 NOK 7.5 % 550 NOK 17.1 %
Bed Night (Registered) 360 NOK 10.3 % 550 NOK 15.4 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (July)

Registered Accommodation

2,800 accommodation establishments (+47)
113,000 rooms (+1,100)
284,000 beds (+5,600)

Room utilization 50.9 % (+1.3)
Unsold rooms 55,300
Bed utilization 38.4 % (-0.02)

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

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Sources: Statistics Norway

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