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.
Nights spent in hotels, holiday villages, youth hostels, campsites and SoL in 2024
Region
Hotels
Holiday villages
Youth hostels
Camp- sites
SoL*
Total
Norrbotten County
1 420
443
207
841
2
2 914
Sweden
41 905
2 468
2 886
16 735
4 875
68 870
Proportion of nights spent in hotels, holiday villages, youth hostels, campsites and SoL in 2024
48,7
..
28,9
78
60,8
3,6
4,2
24,3
7,1
100
Source: Statistics Sweden and Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
.. = classified data
*) SoL – commercially arranged rentals in private cottages and apartments
Nights spent in hotels, holiday villages, youth hostels, campsites and SoL in 2004-2024
Nights spent in Norrbotten County, in thousands
Year
2004
704
284
69
662
1 719
2005
739
263
72
697
1 771
2006
838
274
76
815
2 003
2007
937
275
77
762
2 051
2008
953
235
98
722
2 009
2009
894
119
843
2 069
2010
979
128
696
2 007
2011
991
137
749
2 066
2012
1 050
156
732
2 131
2013
1 025
270
705
2 152
2014
1 071
296
680
2 191
2015
1 097
322
698
2 290
2016
1 106
312
750
2 313
2017
1 145
292
794
2 410
2018
1 202
313
814
2 516
2019
1 262
331
872
2 667
2020
882
266
144
447
1
1 741
2021
294
175
569
2 030
2022
1 324
238
784
1 944
2023
1 358
384
226
816
2 785
2024
Nigths spent in Norrbotten County as per cent of overnight stays in Sweden
3,3
8,7
3,0
4,0
3,2
8,1
3,9
3,5
4,6
3,7
7,9
2,8
4,5
6,8
3,4
5,0
4,1
5,5
4,4
4,9
3,8
5,2
10,1
10,4
10,8
3,1
11,0
4,8
10,5
9,3
5,1
11,1
6,7
0,0
7,4
2,9
14,7
18,0
7,2
Total overnight stays in Sweden, in thousands
21 526
3 283
2 266
15 591
42 666
22 902
3 237
2 366
16 435
44 940
24 212
3 391
2 560
17 542
47 705
25 416
3 467
2 710
17 012
48 605
25 873
3 446
2 884
14 338
4 170
50 711
25 958
3 279
2 928
15 225
4 369
51 760
27 338
3 301
2 937
14 325
4 506
52 406
27 990
2 956
3 028
14 449
4 201
52 624
28 566
2 893
3 092
14 035
4 105
52 960
29 433
2 663
3 118
14 497
4 025
53 736
31 074
2 843
3 317
15 047
4 121
56 401
33 518
2 975
3 559
15 560
4 417
60 029
35 315
2 848
3 433
15 638
4 562
61 796
36 554
2 787
3 575
15 767
4 525
63 208
37 918
3 376
3 501
16 062
4 322
65 179
39 515
3 287
3 626
16 747
4 195
67 371
22 438
2 405
2 142
12 819
3 498
43 303
29 109
2 586
15 457
4 175
54 220
39 681
2 872
3 236
17 136
4 833
67 758
41 477
2 614
3 070
16 590
4 632
68 383
Nights spent in hotels, holiday villages, youth hostels, campsites and SoL in 2004-2024. Index year 2004=100
Camp-sites
105
93
104
103
96
110
123
117
133
97
112
115
135
83
143
109
127
172
120
139
186
141
199
113
149
111
124
146
95
106
125
152
157
163
140
171
179
132
155
94
209
67
101
253
86
118
188
345
193
328
162
202
301
170
99
114
92
121
129
130
108
90
134
88
136
81
138
126
87
91
164
145
85
158
148
176
154
153
184
160
107
73
82
84
116
159
80
195
75
161