Statistics Norway

Travel survey

1 Number of tourists, by destination, purpose of the trip and sex and age. 4th quarter 2008. Millions
Sex Age Destination Purpose of the trip
Total Domestic trips Outbound trips Domestic and outbound trips Holiday trips Business trips
2004            
1st quarter 1.87 1.09 0.45 0.34 1.61 0.56
2nd quarter 2.06 0.99 0.61 0.46 1.85 0.51
3rd quarter 2.53 1.13 0.67 0.74 2.41 0.45
4th quarter 1.94 1.06 0.55 0.34 1.71 0.44
             
2005            
1st quarter 2.01 1.19 0.46 0.36 1.75 0.58
2nd quarter 2.19 1.05 0.67 0.48 1.93 0.61
3rd quarter 2.62 1.15 0.76 0.71 2.54 0.37
4th quarter 1.94 1.05 0.58 0.31 1.67 0.55
             
2006            
1st quarter 1.91 1.03 0.55 0.33 1.57 0.63
2nd quarter 2.25 1.04 0.68 0.53 2.06 0.53
3rd quarter 2.75 1.13 0.77 0.85 2.68 0.42
4th quarter 2.13 1.10 0.63 0.40 1.77 0.62
             
2007            
1st quarter 1.89 0.95 0.66 0.28 1.57 0.62
2nd quarter 2.27 1.00 0.74 0.53 1.98 0.60
3rd quarter 2.77 1.09 0.90 0.78 2.65 0.46
4th quarter 2.02 0.96 0.72 0.34 1.67 0.58
             
2008            
1st quarter 2.13 1.05 0.71 0.37 1.89 0.57
2nd quarter 2.27 0.94 0.85 0.48 1.96 0.65
3rd quarter 2.84 1.10 0.90 0.84 2.74 0.54
4th quarter 1.98 1.00 0.67 0.32 1.60 0.61
             
Sex            
Males 0.98 0.48 0.32 0.18 0.73 0.39
Females 1.01 0.52 0.35 0.14 0.87 0.22
             
Age            
16-24 years 0.29 0.16 0.07 0.05 0.26 0.04
25-44 years 0.80 0.40 0.29 0.11 0.61 0.31
45-64 years 0.69 0.33 0.22 0.14 0.53 0.25
65-79 years 0.21 0.11 0.08 0.02 0.20 0.01

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