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11 200 guest nights in August
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2010-10-20T10:00:00.000Z
Transport and tourism;Svalbard
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Accommodation on Svalbard, August 2010

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11 200 guest nights in August

In August 2010 there were 11 200 guest nights in the collective accommodation establishments on Svalbard. Approximately 35 per cent of the guest nights were foreign.

Guest nights, by purpose of stay and month.

Guest nights, by nationality of the guests and month.

So far this year, there has been 63 000 guest nights in total, where 19 000 were foreign guest nights. See figure 1 for monthly variation.

About 56 per cent of the guest nights reported holiday as the purpose of their stay in August; a share that varies from 52 per cent in January to 81 per cent in May.

The major monthly variation in number of guest nights and minor variation in capacity imply major variations in occupancy rates. In January, 11 per cent of beds and 19 per cent of bedrooms were occupied by guests. In August the corresponding figures were 49 and 69 per cent respectively.

Revenue per rented room is about NOK 1 000, and has been stable so far this year On the other hand,

revenue per available room has major monthly variations.

Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR)

RevPAR is an important key figure and is defined as lodging revenue (exclusive of meals) divided by number of available rooms. RevPAR expresses potential profit and is an indication of the management’s ability to convert available rooms to income.

New statistics

Statistics Norway publishes new accommodation statistics for Svalbard. The statistics cover guest nights in collective accommodation establishments in Longyearbyen only, not Barentsburg or other areas on Svalbard.

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