The overnight stay statistics from Statistics Norway show that there were 4.5 million overnight stays in June. It is the highest June figure ever recorded. In total, the figures show that there were 1.8 million more overnight stays in June this year compared to last year, an increase of 64 per cent. – It is gratifying that the foreigners are back in Norway after two years of the pandemic, even if we are not back at the 2019 level due to the loss of those tourists from Asia, says Audun Pettersen, who is the head of Virke Reiseliv. Foreign overnight stays increased by 1.3 million and were only 7.2 per cent lower than in 2019, the year before the pandemic. Photo: NHO Reiseliv Approaching the level in 2019 2.7 million hotel nights were what contributed most to the high figure. – After the travel restrictions were removed, we see that the number of foreign overnight stays in June is approaching the level in 2019, says Boyd Oyier in SSB. Altogether, there are 110,000 fewer guest nights from China, Japan and South Korea compared to June 2019. While the number of overnight stays from Germany and Sweden is at the same level as before the pandemic. – The foreigners are back on camping holidays in Norway, many campsites report a particularly large increase in the number of guests from Germany and the Netherlands. Not unexpectedly, fewer Norwegians went on a camping holiday in June this year than last year, says Boyd Oyier. Hotel director in the village of Loen in Stryn municipality, Richard Grov, interprets the June figures as a “return to normal”. Photo: Fjord Norway – A bit of bingo to do tourism in the west Country hotel director in the village of Loen in Stryn municipality, Richard Grov, interprets the June speech as a “return to normal”. – We notice that activity is picking up, and we are very happy about that. He points to a large influx from Europeans (“especially Englishmen and a good number of Swedes”), but that the Asians are still waiting for him. – They will probably take a little longer. In several Chinese cities, people are still subject to strict corona restrictions, and as recently as July, several tens of millions of people were seen in lockdown after a new outbreak of covid-19 in the big cities of Shanghai and Xi’an. In addition, the no-fly zone over Russia/Ukraine may be part of the explanation. In the north, NHO’s regional director Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen is pleased that, for the 4th month in a row, there was a record number of overnight stays for tourism companies in the north. – After two tough years for the companies, the positive development is badly needed, he says. Visit Bergen’s director of tourism, Anders Nyland, tells Bergens Tidende that the direct route between New York and Bergen has made it “very easy and hassle-free for the Americans to travel over to the western country”. – The foreigners are back. But the wet summer means that things are not going as well for the campsites. It’s a bit of bingo to do tourism in the west, he says to news. Photo: NHO Reiseliv (Figures in millions per month.)
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New overnight record in Norway – news Vestland
