The surveyed stock comprises all hotels, motels, boarding houses, youth hostels and course and conference centres with at least 5 rooms or 9 beds, and holiday villages with at least 5 cabins or 20 beds. All STF-affiliated youth hostels are included, regardless of size. Only facilities letting on a commercial basis are included. The population also comprises campgrounds.
Facilities temporarily used for other operations – as refugee reception centres for example – are not included in the occupancy rates, but are included in the total capacity.
Overnight stays by nationality of guests in 2023
Region
Nationality
Number in 1000's
Proportion (%)
Norrbotten County
Sweden
1 839
66,4
Rest of Scandinavia
455
16,5
Rest of Europe
392
14,2
Non-European
82
3,0
Total
2 768
100
51 440
75,7
5 716
8,4
8 126
12,0
2 630
3,9
67 913
Source: Statistics Sweden, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
Overnight stays by nationality of guests in 2008-2023
Norrbotten County, number in 1000's
Year
Non- European
2008
1 377
342
160
19
1 898
2009
1 303
418
179
27
1 928
2010
1 359
461
164
23
2 007
2011
1 386
452
196
32
2 066
2012
1 415
457
214
45
2 131
2013
1 478
404
226
44
2 152
2014
1 494
385
250
62
2 191
2015
1 579
380
259
73
2 290
2016
1 610
373
257
2 313
2017
1 692
366
262
90
2 410
2018
1 665
441
305
104
2 516
2019
1 745
454
349
118
2 667
2020
1 346
48
282
65
1 741
2021
1 656
95
54
2 030
2022
1 779
507
361
53
2 701
2023
Norrbotten County, proportion (%)
72,6
18,0
1,0
67,6
21,7
9,3
1,4
67,7
23,0
8,2
1,1
67,1
21,9
9,5
1,5
21,4
10,0
2,1
68,7
18,8
10,5
68,2
17,6
11,4
2,8
68,9
16,6
11,3
3,2
69,6
16,1
11,1
3,1
70,2
15,2
10,9
3,7
66,2
17,5
12,1
4,2
65,5
17,0
13,1
4,4
77,3
2,7
16,2
81,6
4,7
2,6
65,9
13,4
2,0
Sweden, number in 1000's
38 133
4 496
6 006
1 461
50 097
38 681
5 046
5 880
1 403
51 011
39 603
5 261
5 921
1 620
52 406
39 743
5 018
5 949
1 914
52 624
39 916
5 024
5 752
1 999
52 690
40 846
4 921
5 863
2 106
53 736
42 654
4 915
6 283
2 549
56 401
44 854
5 288
6 826
3 061
60 029
46 203
5 123
7 077
3 393
61 796
47 017
5 084
7 227
3 879
63 208
47 852
5 421
7 527
4 379
65 179
49 849
5 471
8 068
3 983
67 371
38 122
1 278
2 547
1 355
43 303
46 946
1 652
4 198
1 423
54 220
52 420
5 232
7 400
2 169
67 220
Sweden, proportion (%)
76,1
9,0
2,9
75,8
9,9
11,5
75,6
75,5
3,6
3,8
76,0
9,2
8,7
4,5
74,7
8,8
5,1
74,8
8,3
5,5
74,4
8,0
6,1
73,4
6,7
74,0
8,1
5,9
88,0
86,6
7,7
78,0
7,8
11,0
Overnight stays by nationality of guests in 2008-2023. Index year 2008=100
123
112
140
102
99
135
103
120
106
101
132
167
109
134
238
107
141
232
113
108
156
324
115
111
162
381
121
117
161
122
470
127
129
191
547
133
218
617
98
14
176
341
92
28
281
148
279
142
245
429
146
96
105
131
137
144
174
114
209
265
126
125
300
130
273
42
93
86
37
70
97
116
180
136