Sweden
Accommodation and Travel Stats
September 2019
Sweden: Tourism in a nutshell
4.5 mill.
3.4 mill.
1.2 mill.
2.8 bill. SEK
3,000
122,000
316,000
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
Registered bed nights increased two percent
In September 2019, 4.5 million bed nights were recorded in Sweden (+2.0 %), of which 3.4 million nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1.2 million nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased three percent and foreign bed nights decreased one percent. In total, bed nights increased two percent from last year's September.
Between January and September, 41.1 million bed nights (+4.1 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 15.1 million (+2.0 %) for foreigners in Sweden, in total 56.2 million (+3.5 %) 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
Bed nights by country of arrival
3.7 million air travelers
The airport received a total of 3.7 million passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased two percent.
Of local passengers, 69.4 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 30.6 %.
In addition, there were 2.4 million passengers departing the airport (-3.0 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1.7 million (-5.4 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
1.9 million passengers by ferries
There were 1.9 million arriving passengers by ferries. In total, the arrivals to port increased two percent.
Arrivals
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 2.8 billion SEK
Registered accommodation sales in September were 2.8 billion SEK (+229.4 million).
Registered January-September sales were 22.9 billion SEK and they increased 1.1 billion euro from the previous year.
Average prices
|
September 2019
Amount |
Change |
jan-September 2019
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 1,100 SEK | 4.5 % | 1,000 SEK | 0.9 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 720 SEK | 5.2 % | 620 SEK | 1.3 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 620 SEK | 6.7 % | 410 SEK | 1.5 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
3,000 accommodation establishments (+113)
122,000 rooms (+4,000)
316,000 beds (+12,100)
Room utilization 64.4 % (+0.46)
Unsold rooms 43,600
Bed utilization 39.6 % (-0.7)
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Global Google searches for "sweden"
Global Google searches for "sweden + keyword"
Google searches for "sweden" by search region
The occurrence of hashtags on Instagram
Hotel customer satisfaction by nationalities
Sources: Statistics Sweden, Swedavia, Trafa
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