Accommodation on Svalbard, August 2010

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.

Tables:

• Table 1 Hotels and similar establishments, Svalbard. Number of open establishments, beds and rooms, by month. 2010
• Table 2 Hotels and similar establishments, Svalbard. Guest nights, by month and nationality of the guests. 2010 (Corrected 16 March 2012)
• Table 3 Hotels and similar establishments, Svalbard. Guest nights, by county and purpose. Month 2010 (Corrected 16 March 2012)
• Table 4 Hotels and similar establishments, Svalbard. Utilisation and sales by month. 2010 (Corrected 16 March 2012)