Accommodation on Svalbard, October 2010

So far this year, there has been 73 000 guest nights in total, where 21 000 were foreign guest nights. See figure 1 for monthly variations.

About 45 per cent of the guest nights were reported as holiday being the purpose of their stay in October; a share that varies from 30 per cent in September 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, and in August the corresponding figures were 49 and 69 per cent respectively. In October, 21 per cent of the beds and 43 per cent of the rooms were occupied with guests.

Revenue per rented room was NOK 940, and has been stable so far this year. On the other hand, revenue per available room has major monthly variations, due to the variation in occupancy rates.

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 purpose. Month 2010 (Corrected 16 March 2012)
• Table 4 Hotels and similar establishments, Svalbard. Utilisation and sales by month. 2010 (Corrected 16 March 2012)