New figures from the accommodation statistics show that there were about 1.7 million Notice the difference between “guest nights” and “guest”. One guest may have several guest nights. at Norwegian hotels this April. This is 41 000 more than last year. Guest nights by Norwegian and foreign guests increased by 0.6 per cent and 9 per cent respectively.

Compared to April last year, the largest increase in hotel guest nights was recorded in the A tourism region is a regional classification for a level between county and municipality. These regions have been designated by a tourism bureau or other agency within the tourism industry in cooperation with Statistics Norway. of Romerike/Hadeland, where Oslo Airport Gardemoen is located.

The increase in guest nights in cities and the decrease in the mountain destinations can be attributed to Easter occurring in March this year, whereas last year it was in April.

When including guest nights at camping, All types of establishments with a rental unit (apartments, huts etc.) with self-catering and limited service. Stays are short-term. there were a total of 2.2 million guest nights at The numbers refer to hotels, short-term holiday dwellings, camping sites, and youth hostels.. This is 98 000 fewer than last year, primarily due to a decrease of guest nights at camping, holiday dwellings and youth hostels. The number of stays at these types of accommodations is heavily influenced by the timing of Easter.

Record for guest nights in Oslo

Oslo county reported the highest number of hotel guest nights this April, setting a record with  392 000 guest nights. 

–  In April, one-fifth of all hotel guest nights were in Oslo. Guest nights for leisure purposes saw a decrease from last April, while stays for business, courses and conferences increased, says advisor Boyd Oyier in Statistics Norway. 

The largest year-over-year increase in hotel stays were reported in Akershus, followed by Vestland and Rogaland. Akershus registered more 37 000 more stays, representing an increase of 27 per cent.

The most significant decrease was in Vestfold and Innlandet.

Figure 1. Change in the number of guest nights at hotels by county. April 2023 - April 2024

In accordance with definitions from Eurostat, refugees should be excluded from tourism statistics and not be considered as guests in the context of tourism statistics when they stay at a tourist accommodation establishment. Refugees from Ukraine cannot be assigned by purpose as holiday, occupation or course, conference. It was not possible to extract all refugees guest nights and some stays are included in the statistics. For accommodation establishments that have more than 25 guest nights from Ukraine during the month, the guest nights have been removed from the statistic. Establishments that are exclusively hosting refugees are not included in the statistics.