Sweden
Accommodation and Travel Stats

May 2023

Sweden: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 4.0 mill.
5 %
icon: sweden 3.2 mill.
7 %
icon: foreign 838,000
6 %
icon: star 2.1 mill.
4 %
icon: sweden 1.8 mill.
5 %
icon: foreign 388,000
5 %
Average prices:
Night
688.90 SEK
60.60 SEK
Room
1,260.80 SEK
68.60 SEK
RevPAR
626.10 SEK
10.00 SEK
icon: establishment 3,600
1 %
icon: room 152,000
2 %
icon: bed 341,000
2 %
icon: room 50 %
4 %
icon: bed 41 %
7 %

4.0 million registered bed nights (April)

In April 2023, 4.0 million registered bed nights were recorded in Sweden (-4.6 %), of which 3.2 million nights were spent by domestic visitors and 838,000 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased seven percent and registered foreign bed nights increased six percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased five percent from last year's April.

1.1 million rooms (+3.3 %) were booked by leisure visitors and 1.1 million rooms (-5.4 %) by business visitors.

Between January and April, 11.7 million registered bed nights (+7.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 3.0 million (+24.1 %) for foreigners in Sweden, in total 14.6 million (+10.9 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

2.1 million tourists arrived to registered accommodation (April)

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased four percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 81.9 percent were domestic, and 18.1 percent were from foreign countries.

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Sweden on average 1.8 nights (-0.03) and foreigners 2.2 nights (+0.01).

Visitor days

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

62,800 air travelers (April)

The airport received a total of 62,800 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 92 percent.

Of local passengers, 59.7 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 40.3 %.

In addition, there were 61,600 passengers departing the airport (-92.1 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 99,600 (-92.9 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)

Arriving passengers from

Passengers on transfers from

Departing passengers to

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 2.8 billion SEK (April)

Registered accommodation sales in April were 2.8 billion SEK (+122.6 million).

Registered January-April sales were 10.4 billion SEK and they increased 2.4 billion SEK from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
April 2023
Amount
Change jan-April 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 1,300 SEK 5.8 % 1,200 SEK 9.1 %
Bed Night (Registered) 690 SEK 9.6 % 710 SEK 17.2 %
Revpar (Registered) 630 SEK 1.6 % 600 SEK 26.4 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (April)

Registered Accommodation

3,600 accommodation establishments (+19)
152,000 rooms (+2,900)
341,000 beds (+7,100)

Room utilization 49.7 % (-2.0)
Unsold rooms 76,300
Bed utilization 40.7 % (-3.2)

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 Sweden, Swedavia

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