Accommodation on Svalbard, November 2010

So far this year, there have been close to 75 000 guest nights in total, where 21 000 were foreign guest nights. See figure 1 for monthly variations.

About 57 per cent of the guest nights were reported as course and occupation being the purpose of their stay in November; a share that varies from 70 per cent in September to 19 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 November, only 13 per cent of the beds and 27 per cent of the rooms were occupied with guests.

Revenue per rented room was NOK 880, 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)