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 2024
Region
Nationality
Number in 1000's
Proportion (%)
Västra Götaland County
Sweden
7 621
70,8
Rest of Scandinavia
1 485
13,8
Rest of Europe
1 255
11,7
Non-European
408
3,8
Total
10 769
100
50 134
74,9
6 045
9,0
8 100
12,1
2 662
4,0
66 942
Source: Statistics Sweden, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
Overnight stays by nationality of guests in 2008-2024
Västra Götaland County, number in 1000's
Year
2008
5 502
1 174
859
223
7 758
2009
5 806
1 215
863
196
8 079
2010
5 884
1 253
839
281
8 257
2011
1 211
821
349
8 266
2012
5 961
1 243
735
326
2013
6 179
1 257
806
327
8 570
2014
6 484
1 325
870
390
9 070
2015
6 732
1 395
996
550
9 673
2016
6 749
1 377
1 037
614
9 777
2017
6 944
1 436
1 074
535
9 988
2018
7 066
1 474
1 045
611
10 196
2019
7 314
1 519
1 133
528
10 493
2020
5 361
247
335
137
6 079
2021
6 930
399
582
183
8 094
2022
7 928
1 346
1 134
279
10 687
2023
7 865
1 317
975
262
10 418
2024
Västra Götaland County, proportion (%)
70,9
15,1
11,1
2,9
71,9
15,0
10,7
2,4
71,3
15,2
10,2
3,4
71,2
14,6
9,9
4,2
72,1
8,9
3,9
14,7
9,4
71,5
9,6
4,3
69,6
14,4
10,3
5,7
69,0
14,1
10,6
6,3
69,5
5,4
69,3
14,5
6,0
69,7
10,8
5,0
88,2
4,1
5,5
2,2
85,6
4,9
7,2
2,3
74,2
12,6
2,6
75,5
2,5
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
51 440
5 716
8 126
2 630
67 913
Sweden, proportion (%)
76,1
12,0
75,8
11,5
2,8
75,6
10,0
11,3
3,1
9,5
3,6
10,9
76,0
9,2
8,7
4,5
74,7
8,8
11,4
5,1
74,8
8,3
74,4
8,0
6,1
73,4
6,7
74,0
8,1
5,9
88,0
3,0
86,6
7,7
78,0
7,8
11,0
3,2
75,7
8,4
Overnight stays by nationality of guests in 2008-2024. Index year 2008=100
106
104
88
107
98
126
103
96
157
108
86
146
112
94
147
110
118
113
101
175
117
122
119
116
246
125
123
121
275
240
129
128
274
131
133
132
237
135
97
21
39
61
78
34
68
82
144
115
138
143
134
139
127
102
99
111
105
109
174
114
209
120
232
265
300
130
273
28
42
93
37
70
148
180
136
182