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Moderate increase in guest nights in December
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Accommodation on Svalbard, December 2012

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Moderate increase in guest nights in December

There were 2 241 guest nights in the collective tourist accommodation establishments onSvalbardin December; an increase of 7 per cent compared with December 2011.

Svalbard. Number of guest nigths, by nationality of the guestsPublished 5 February 2013
December 2011December 2012Change in per cent
December 2011 - December 2012
Total2 1042 2416.5
Foreign national, total314262-16.6
Norway1 7901 97910.6

Source: Statistics Norway

There were 11 per cent more Norwegian guest nights this December than last December. Foreign guest nights decreased 17 per cent in the same period.

Guests coming to Svalbard for holiday and recreational purposes increased 48 per cent in December 2012 to 1 407. Guest nights for courses and conferences and professional trips were 566 and 268 respectively in December.

The occupancy rates for bed places and rooms went up by 0.9 and 1.4 percentage points respectively. Lodging revenue went up 1.1 per cent to NOK 1 million in December.

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The statistics only cover guest nights of the commercial accommodation establishments in Longyearbyen, and not those in Barentsburg or other areas on Svalbard. The difference between “guest nights” and “guests” should be noted; each guest may have stayed for several guest nights. The figure in these statistics is guest nights.

Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR)Open and readClose

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.