Accommodation, May 2003

The number of guest nights at holiday dwellings, hotels and youth hostels increased, while the camping experienced a decrease. One reason for the increase for holiday dwellings and decrease for hotels is that some of the larger holiday dwellings were earlier incorrectly categorised as hotels.

Less foreign guest nights

The foreign demand decreased by 3 per cent. Except for Iceland, all the Nordic countries went down. Germany and United Kingdom were among the markets which increased.

Norwegians dominate

Three out of four guest nights were by Norwegians.

Fewer guest nights so far this year

The first five months in 2003have had a decrease in the number of guest nights by 4 per cent compared with the same period last year.

Increase in Sweden

Swedish accommodation establishments recorded 2.3 millions guest night in May this year, an increase of 7 per cent compared with May last year, according to figures from Statistics Sweden . The largest foreign market, Norway, increased.

Tables:

• Table 1 Camping sites. Number of camping sites, by month and county. 2003
• Table 2 Camping sites. Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and county. May 2003
• Table 3 Camping sites. Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and county. January-May 2003
• Table 4 Camping sites. Guest nights, by type of accommodation and county. May 2003
• Table 5 Camping sites. Guest nights, by type of accommodation and county. January-May 2003
• Table 6 Camping sites. Guest nights, by type of accommodation and month. 2003
• Table 7 Holiday dwellings. Number of holiday dwelings, by month and county. 2003
• Table 8 Holiday dwellings. Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and county. May 2003
• Table 9 Holiday dwellings. Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and county. January-May 2003
• Table 10 Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and type of establishment. May 2003
• Table 11 Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and type of establishment. January-May 2003