Svalbard
Accommodation and Travel Stats

May 2022

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Svalbard: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 15,900
169 %
icon: norway 9,000
55 %
icon: foreign 6,900
6,578 %
icon: star 7,000
312 %
icon: norway 3,600
119 %
icon: foreign 3,400
8,085 %
icon: star 20.3 mill. kr
263 %
Average prices:
Night
1,277.10 kr
332.70 kr
Room
2,069.70 kr
612.60 kr
RevPAR
1,573.00 kr
1,063.00 kr
icon: establishment 8.0
14 %
icon: room 420
16 %
icon: bed 850
8 %
icon: room 76 %
117 %
icon: bed 60 %
140 %

Registered bed nights increased 169 percent

In May 2022, 15,900 registered bed nights were recorded in Svalbard (+168.7 %), of which 9,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 6,900 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 55 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 6,600 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 169 percent from last year's May.

14,500 nights (+239.9 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 178 nights (-88.7 %) by business visitors.

Between January and May, 43,500 registered bed nights (+74.5 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 23,900 (+3,650.6 %) for foreigners in Svalbard, in total 67,400 (+163.5 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 0.5 percent

Total of 2.9 million registered bed nights (+88.1 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 2.3 million nights (+55.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 663,000 nights (+546.5 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Svalbard out of total registered bed nights was 0.5 % (+0.2 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 0.4 % and foreign bed nights 1.0 %.

7,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 310 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 51.8 percent were domestic, and 48.2 percent were from foreign countries.

During May, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Svalbard on average 2.5 nights (-1.0) and foreigners 2.0 nights (-0.46).

Visitor days

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 20.3 million crowns

Registered accommodation sales in May were 20.3 million crowns (+14.7 million).

Registered January-May sales were 85.5 million crowns and they increased 61.9 million crowns from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
May 2022
Amount
Change jan-May 2022
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 2,100 kr 42.0 % 2,100 kr 40.5 %
Revpar (Registered) 1,600 kr 208.4 % 1,400 kr 224.1 %
Bed Night (Registered) 1,300 kr 35.2 % 1,300 kr 37.4 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

8.0 accommodation establishments (+1)
420 rooms (+57)
850 beds (+62)

Room utilization 76.0 % (+41)
Unsold rooms 100
Bed utilization 60.0 % (+35)

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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Rainfall

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Sources: Statistics Norway

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