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The statistics show the level and development of guest nights at hotels, camping sites, holiday dwellings and youth hostels, and private holiday homes rented through Norwegian intermediaries. Figures are published monthly at various geographical levels.
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February 2025 February 2024 -February 2025 Guest nights Share of guest nights (per cent) Change in per cent Total Norwegian foreign Total norwegian guest nights foreign guest nights Guest nights, total 2 675 848 60.1 39.9 6.4 1.3 15.1 Guest nights at commercial accommodation establishment 2 299 459 66.7 33.3 2.1 -1.5 10.2 Hotels and similar establishments 1 866 886 69.9 30.1 3.2 -0.6 13.1 Camping sites 135 781 80.1 19.9 -4.3 -3.7 -6.5 Holiday dwellings and youth hostels 296 792 40.5 59.5 -1.4 -8.9 4.3 Intermediaries of holiday homes Guest nights at non-commercial accommodation establishments 376 389 19.6 80.4 42.7 143.6 29.7 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Commercial accommodation establishments. Arrivals, guest nights and average number of nights per guestDownload table as ...Commercial accommodation establishments. Arrivals, guest nights and average number of nights per guest
February 2025 Arrivals Guest nights Average number of nights per arrival Norway Foreign national, total Norway Foreign national, total Norway Foreign national, total The whole country 834 916 319 830 1 533 197 766 262 1.8 2.4 Østfold 16 968 4 384 27 278 6 664 1.6 1.5 Akershus 86 186 25 400 127 306 39 838 1.5 1.6 Oslo 164 811 77 975 283 198 161 469 1.7 2.1 Innlandet 60 146 29 764 149 874 119 454 2.5 4.0 Buskerud 44 599 19 737 99 516 84 367 2.2 4.3 Vestfold 18 040 3 339 27 791 5 392 1.5 1.6 Telemark 19 189 5 574 38 729 24 798 2.0 4.4 Agder 32 375 4 966 64 894 12 137 2.0 2.4 Rogaland 59 760 8 953 115 208 22 241 1.9 2.5 Vestland 111 528 31 929 198 941 66 567 1.8 2.1 Møre og Romsdal 34 094 4 275 59 211 7 906 1.7 1.8 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 82 632 11 547 150 035 23 898 1.8 2.1 Nordland - Nordlánnda 49 622 32 237 85 748 57 336 1.7 1.8 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 34 841 44 402 67 990 104 412 2.0 2.4 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 18 407 11 494 31 381 17 587 1.7 1.5 Svalbard1 1 718 3 854 6 097 12 196 3.5 3.2 1Svalbard is not defined as a county in the legal sense, but in official statistics Svalbard is treated in the same way as the other counties in Norway. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Hotels. Arrivals, guest nights and average number of nights per guestDownload table as ...Hotels. Arrivals, guest nights and average number of nights per guest
February 2025 Arrivals Guest nights Average number of nights per arrival Norway Foreign national, total Norway Foreign national, total Norway Foreign national, total The whole country 782 546 266 854 1 304 205 562 681 1.7 2.1 Østfold 16 419 4 092 24 104 6 023 1.5 1.5 Akershus 82 919 24 598 122 407 38 841 1.5 1.6 Oslo 158 049 71 043 251 894 131 081 1.6 1.8 Innlandet 50 212 21 132 99 532 80 947 2.0 3.8 Buskerud 38 090 12 937 72 481 47 732 1.9 3.7 Vestfold 17 440 3 273 25 620 5 207 1.5 1.6 Telemark 17 221 2 966 28 464 9 984 1.7 3.4 Agder 28 806 3 973 49 151 6 594 1.7 1.7 Rogaland 57 066 8 449 102 155 18 999 1.8 2.2 Vestland 106 739 28 912 175 010 52 960 1.6 1.8 Møre og Romsdal 31 377 3 946 48 247 6 146 1.5 1.6 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 80 492 11 027 136 849 22 141 1.7 2.0 Nordland - Nordlánnda 45 657 22 878 73 643 37 667 1.6 1.6 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 32 849 33 398 59 770 71 753 1.8 2.1 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 17 492 10 376 28 781 14 410 1.6 1.4 Svalbard1 1 718 3 854 6 097 12 196 3.5 3.2 1Svalbard is not defined as a county in the legal sense, but in official statistics Svalbard is treated in the same way as the other counties in Norway. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Commercial accommodation establishments. Guest nights by guests' country of residence, selected countriesDownload table as ...Commercial accommodation establishments. Guest nights by guests' country of residence, selected countries
February 2025 February 2024 - February 2025 Guest nights Per cent Total 2 299 459 2.1 Foreign national, total 766 262 10.2 Norway 1 533 197 -1.5 Denmark 144 406 -4.0 Finland 9 377 35.0 Sweden 78 617 0.0 Belgium 6 913 -15.8 France 30 132 12.0 Italy 18 464 3.6 Netherlands 35 669 -4.0 Poland 28 184 9.1 Portugal 2 762 -13.8 Russia 777 38.0 United Kingdom 97 111 24.4 Spain 12 709 3.2 Switzerland 19 575 18.5 Germany 66 235 -3.5 Austria 6 864 17.3 India 7 201 81.3 Japan 2 913 39.6 China 28 585 87.3 South Korea 1 763 19.3 United States 75 828 29.0 Australia 10 740 40.6 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 2 April 2025.
The number of businesses for all accommodation establishments corresponds to the number of establishments open to the public at least one day during the reference period.
Commercial guest nights: Guest nights at hotels, short-term holiday dwellings, camping sites and youth hostels.
Hotels and similar accommodation: establishments that offer accommodation typically on a daily or weekly basis, principally for short stays by visitors. This includes the provision of furnished accommodation in guest rooms and suites. Services include daily cleaning and bed-making.
Country of residence: International visitors are classified by the country where they reside, not necessarily their citizenship. From a tourism perspective, anyone who relocates from one country to another, and stays for longer than a year, is considered residing in that country. Citizenship is indicated in the person's passport (or other identification documents), while the country of residence must be determined using a question or inferred e.g. from the person's address.
Guest night: One person accommodated one night. A person can have several guest nights.
Arrival: a person who arrives at an accommodation establishment for overnight stay. An arrival counts only once regardless of how long they stay.
Beds and rooms correspond to the number of beds and rooms in businesses open to the public. The number of rooms and beds represent two different ways of measuring hotel capacity. In theory, hotels with only double rooms can obtain an occupancy rate of 100 per cent, while the bed capacity is 50 per cent only. The utilization of the room and the utilization of bed capacity may, therefore, develop differently from one period to another.
The utilization of bed capacity corresponds to the number of guest nights in per cent of the number of available beds, where the number of available beds is the number of beds multiplied by the establishment's number of open days during the reference period.
The utilization of room capacity corresponds to the number of occupied rooms in per cent of the number of available rooms, where the number of available rooms is the number of rooms multiplied by the establishment's number of open days during the reference period.
Revenue at hotels are the sales figure for the accommodation activity, not including any breakfast or other extra services, even though they might be included in the price of the stay. Sales are published without any VAT.
From January 1st, 2016, the VAT for accommodation sales increased from 8 to 10 per cent. From January 1st, 2018, VAT increased from 10 to 12 per cent. This may affect some comparability over time. During the COVID-19 pandemic, VAT was temporarily reduced to 6 percent, effective from April 1st 2020 until 30th September 2021.
The three purposes of guest nights at hotels are divided as follows,
Course, conference are guests who are at a course or a conference, independent of whether the conference is at the hotel or in the area. If the guest has a joining family member, the family member will be registered as a course, conference guest.
Occupation is guests who are traveling for business, contractors, public employees or equivalent, and are staying at a hotel while conducting their business. If family members join, they too will be registered as occupation, even though the family members may be traveling for holiday purposes.
Holiday, recreation are guests who are traveling for holiday or recreation.
Holiday dwellings are self-catering huts/rooms with limited service. The service does not include the making of beds, cleaning of rooms, and sanitary equipment. The establishments must be under the same management, be run on a commercial basis, and have their own reception.
Camping sites are establishments that provide accommodation in caravans, tents and campers. They can also offer accommodation in huts but are classified as holiday dwellings if they have only huts.
The total capacity for a camping site is the total number of huts and areas for tents/caravans or campers, including seasonal contracts.
Seasonal contract: Caravan/tent on seasonal contract means the rent of an area is at a fixed price irrespective of use.
A private cabin/holiday house/apartment/room is one built primarily for private, not commercial, purposes.
Region is a level between county and the entire country. The regions consist of a certain number of counties.
Tourism region is a regional classification (standard) for a level between county and municipality (66 units). These regions have been designated by a tourism bureau or other agency within the tourism industry in collaboration with Statistics Norway. Tourism regions should not overlap the county borders.
The survey is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2007 (SIC2007), a Norwegian adaptation of EUROSTATs NACE standard. For more information, refer to NACE 55 (Accommodation) in https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/6.
Standard for county: https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/104
Standard for municipality: https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/131
Standard for tourism region: https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/527
Standard for region: https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/106