Svalbard
Accommodation and Travel Stats
December 2021
Svalbard: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
4,700
3,000
1,700
1,500
1,000
490
7.0
380
810
24 %
19 %
3.1
2.9
3.5
Paid bed nights
Registered bed nights increased 77 percent
In December 2021, 4,700 registered bed nights were recorded in Svalbard (+77.5 %), of which 3,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,700 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 22 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 730 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 77 percent from last year's December.
4,400 nights (+69.4 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 96 nights (+300.0 %) by business visitors.
Between January and December, 67,100 registered bed nights (+42.8 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 13,600 (-28.3 %) for foreigners in Svalbard, in total 80,800 (+22.3 %) registered nights.
Registered bed nights
Registered bed nights by country of arrival
Length of stay was 3.1 nights in registered accommodation
Length of stay in registered accommodation decreased four percent compared to earlier year. In Svalbard, length of stay in December was on average 3.1 nights and in Norway 2.2 nights (-10.3 %).
During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Svalbard on average 2.9 nights (+5.5 %) and foreigners 3.5 nights (-9.5 %).
1,500 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 84 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 67.5 percent were domestic, and 32.5 percent were from foreign countries.
During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Svalbard on average 2.9 nights (-0.37) and foreigners 3.5 nights (+0.74).
Visitors
Visitors by region
Visitors by city
Visitors by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
2,500 air travelers
The airport received a total of 2,500 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 57 percent.
Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.
In addition, there were 3,100 passengers departing the airport (+51.5 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 5,600 (+54.1 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Total accommodation sales
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
7.0 accommodation establishments (+1)
380 rooms (+83)
810 beds (+185)
Room utilization 24.0 % (+6.0)
Unsold rooms 290
Bed utilization 19.0 % (+5.0)
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
Sources: Statistics Norway
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