Sweden
Accommodation and Travel Stats
September 2022
Sweden: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
12.9 mill.
9.3 mill.
3.5 mill.
5.7 mill.
4.2 mill.
1.5 mill.
5.3 bill. SEK
4,200
153,000
348,000
68 %
120 %
Registered bed nights increased six percent (July)
In July 2022, 12.9 million registered bed nights were recorded in Sweden (+5.8 %), of which 9.3 million nights were spent by domestic visitors and 3.5 million nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 12 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 134 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased six percent from last year's July.
2.3 million rooms were booked by leisure visitors and 915,000 rooms by business visitors.
Between January and July, 29.8 million registered bed nights (+8.2 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 8.6 million (+179.5 %) for foreigners in Sweden, in total 38.5 million (+25.4 %) registered nights.
Registered bed nights statistics include stats for registered accommodations: hotels, holiday villages, youth hostels, campsites, and commercially arranged rentals in private cottages and apartments. Establishments with fewer than 9 beds or 5 rooms are excluded.
Registered bed nights
Registered bed nights by country of arrival
5.7 million tourists arrived to registered accommodation (July)
Of all registered arrivals, 73.4 percent were domestic, and 26.6 percent were from foreign countries.
During July, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Sweden on average 2.2 nights and foreigners 2.3 nights.
Visitor days
Visitor days by region
Visitor days by city
Visitor days by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
2.8 million air travelers (August)
The airport received a total of 2.8 million passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 89 percent.
Of local passengers, 76.3 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 23.7 %.
In addition, there were 1.8 million passengers departing the airport (+78.8 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1.0 million (+60.6 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 5.3 billion SEK (July)
Registered accommodation sales in July were 5.3 billion SEK (+2.5 billion).
Registered January-July sales were 20.8 billion SEK and they increased 12.4 billion euro from the previous year.
Average prices
|
July 2022
Amount |
Change |
jan-July 2022
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 1,700 SEK | 60.9 % | 1,300 SEK | 47.3 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 1,100 SEK | 75.0 % | 670 SEK | 120.8 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 410 SEK | 81.3 % | 540 SEK | 97.1 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (July)
Registered Accommodation
4,200 accommodation establishments (+1,000)
153,000 rooms (+32,200)
348,000 beds (+24,200)
Room utilization 68.0 % (+5.5)
Unsold rooms 48,900
Bed utilization 120.2 % (+62)
Registered room utilization for establishments
Accommodation customer satisfaction by nationalities
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: Socialblade, Statistics Sweden, Swedavia
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