Stockholm
Accommodation and Travel Stats

July 2019

Stockholm: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered Accommodation
icon: star 1.2 mill.
3 %
icon: sweden 561,000
16 %
icon: foreign 594,000
6 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Germany
90,000
16 %
United States
74,200
8 %
United Kingdom
32,800
9 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 514,000
6 %
icon: sweden 264,000
14 %
icon: foreign 250,000
1 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 640.8 mill. SEK
0 %
Average prices:
Night
554.80 SEK
18.00 SEK
Room
1,147.70 SEK
74.60 SEK
RevPAR
839.70 SEK
73.30 SEK
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 210
2 %
icon: room 24,800
9 %
icon: bed 49,000
3 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 73 %
2 %
icon: bed 77 %
1 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 2.2
3 %
icon: sweden 2.1
1 %
icon: foreign 2.4
5 %

Registered bed nights increased three percent

In July 2019, 1.2 million registered bed nights were recorded in Stockholm (+3.4 %), of which 561,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 594,000 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 16 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased six percent. In total, registered bed nights increased three percent from last year's July.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Germany (90,000 nights).

397,000 rooms (+16.3 %) were booked by leisure visitors and 161,000 rooms (-11.3 %) by business visitors.

Between January and July, 3.3 million registered bed nights (+12.0 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 2.6 million (-2.6 %) for foreigners in Stockholm, in total 5.9 million (+5.0 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 8.5 percent

Total of 13.5 million registered bed nights (+5.0 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 9.3 million nights (+4.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 4.2 million nights (+5.3 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Stockholm out of total registered bed nights was 8.5 % (-0.1 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 6.0 % and foreign bed nights 14.1 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

514,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased six percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 51.4 percent were domestic, and 48.6 percent were from foreign countries.

During July, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Stockholm on average 2.1 nights (+0.03) and foreigners 2.4 nights (-0.12).

1.3 million air travelers

The airport received a total of 1.3 million passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased four percent.

Of local passengers, 83.5 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 16.5 %.

In addition, there were 1.3 million passengers departing the airport (-3.9 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 2.7 million (-4.1 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)

Arriving passengers from

Passengers on transfers from

Departing passengers to

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 640.8 million crowns

Registered accommodation sales in July were 640.8 million crowns (+1.3 million).

Registered January-July sales were 4.7 billion crowns and they increased 155.0 million crowns from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
July 2019
Amount
Change jan-July 2019
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 1,100 SEK -6.1 % 1,300 SEK -5.2 %
Revpar (Registered) 840 SEK -8.0 % 910 SEK -4.8 %
Bed Night (Registered) 550 SEK -3.1 % 800 SEK -1.5 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

210 accommodation establishments (+5)
24,800 rooms (+2,000)
49,000 beds (+1,500)

Room utilization 73.2 % (-1.5)
Unsold rooms 6,700
Bed utilization 76.9 % (-0.61)

Registered room utilization for establishments

Non-registered room capacity

Domestic visitors and their consumption

The number of domestic visitors in July was 953,000 (+14.4 %). Out of them 452,000 were on a daytrip and 501,000 stayed at least for one night.

The cumulative number of domestic visitors between January and July was 6.0 million (+12.4 %).

Total consumption of these visitors in Stockholm in July was 1.5 billion crowns (1,619 per visitor). Overnight visitors spent 1.2 billion crowns and day visitors 349.6 million crowns. Between January and July the consumption was 12.9 billion crowns.

The number of followers on social media was a total of

In July 2019 the official marketing organization for Stockholm had a total of followers on different social media channels. They had the most followers (232,000) on Instagram (+28.0 %).

The official marketing organization for Stockholm made a total of posts in July (not including Facebook). The most posts were made on Twitter which got 51 (+13.3 %) more posts during the month.

Total Followers

Social Media Followers

Social Media Uploads

Website's user sessions by language

Global Google searches for "stockholm + keyword"

Google searches for "stockholm" by search region

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: Socialblade, Statistics Sweden, Swedavia, Visit Stockholm, Visitory Research Team

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