Nationality of overnight guests

Present Timeline Index

Last update: 2024-04-04

Explanation

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.

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Overnight stays by nationality of guests in 2023

Region	Nationality	Number in 1000's	Proportion (%)
Västra Götaland County	Sweden	7 865	75,5
	Rest of Scandinavia	1 317	12,6
	Rest of Europe	975	9,4
	Non-European	262	2,5
	Total	10 418	100

Sweden	Sweden	51 440	75,7
	Rest of Scandinavia	5 716	8,4
	Rest of Europe	8 126	12,0
	Non-European	2 630	3,9
	Total	67 913	100
Source: Statistics Sweden, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth

Overnight stays by nationality of guests in 2008-2023

Västra Götaland County, number in 1000's
Year	Nationality
Year	Sweden	Rest of Scandinavia	Rest of Europe	Non-European	Total
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	5 884	1 211	821	349	8 266
2012	5 961	1 243	735	326	8 266
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
Västra Götaland County, proportion (%)
Year	Nationality
Year	Sweden	Rest of Scandinavia	Rest of Europe	Non-European	Total
2008	70,9	15,1	11,1	2,9	100
2009	71,9	15,0	10,7	2,4	100
2010	71,3	15,2	10,2	3,4	100
2011	71,2	14,6	9,9	4,2	100
2012	72,1	15,0	8,9	3,9	100
2013	72,1	14,7	9,4	3,8	100
2014	71,5	14,6	9,6	4,3	100
2015	69,6	14,4	10,3	5,7	100
2016	69,0	14,1	10,6	6,3	100
2017	69,5	14,4	10,7	5,4	100
2018	69,3	14,5	10,3	6,0	100
2019	69,7	14,5	10,8	5,0	100
2020	88,2	4,1	5,5	2,2	100
2021	85,6	4,9	7,2	2,3	100
2022	74,2	12,6	10,6	2,6	100
2023	75,5	12,6	9,4	2,5	100

Sweden, number in 1000's
Year	Nationality
Year	Sweden	Rest of Scandinavia	Rest of Europe	Non-European	Total
2008	38 133	4 496	6 006	1 461	50 097
2009	38 681	5 046	5 880	1 403	51 011
2010	39 603	5 261	5 921	1 620	52 406
2011	39 743	5 018	5 949	1 914	52 624
2012	39 916	5 024	5 752	1 999	52 690
2013	40 846	4 921	5 863	2 106	53 736
2014	42 654	4 915	6 283	2 549	56 401
2015	44 854	5 288	6 826	3 061	60 029
2016	46 203	5 123	7 077	3 393	61 796
2017	47 017	5 084	7 227	3 879	63 208
2018	47 852	5 421	7 527	4 379	65 179
2019	49 849	5 471	8 068	3 983	67 371
2020	38 122	1 278	2 547	1 355	43 303
2021	46 946	1 652	4 198	1 423	54 220
2022	52 420	5 232	7 400	2 169	67 220
2023	51 440	5 716	8 126	2 630	67 913
Sweden, proportion (%)
Year	Nationality
Year	Sweden	Rest of Scandinavia	Rest of Europe	Non-European	Total
2008	76,1	9,0	12,0	2,9	100
2009	75,8	9,9	11,5	2,8	100
2010	75,6	10,0	11,3	3,1	100
2011	75,5	9,5	11,3	3,6	100
2012	75,8	9,5	10,9	3,8	100
2013	76,0	9,2	10,9	3,9	100
2014	75,6	8,7	11,1	4,5	100
2015	74,7	8,8	11,4	5,1	100
2016	74,8	8,3	11,5	5,5	100
2017	74,4	8,0	11,4	6,1	100
2018	73,4	8,3	11,5	6,7	100
2019	74,0	8,1	12,0	5,9	100
2020	88,0	3,0	5,9	3,1	100
2021	86,6	3,0	7,7	2,6	100
2022	78,0	7,8	11,0	3,2	100
2023	75,7	8,4	12,0	3,9	100
Source: Statistics Sweden, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth

Nights spent in hotels, holiday villages, youth hostels, campsites and SoL in 2003-2023. Index year 2003=100

Västra Götaland County
Year	Hotels	Holiday villages	Youth hostels	Camp- sites	SoL*	Total
2003	100	100	100	100		100
2004	101	100	95	87		94
2005	108	83	101	88		98
2006	112	87	107	96		104
2007	117	83	105	96		106
2008	118	84	110	86	100	105
2009	122	75	105	92	87	109
2010	128	81	105	87	83	111
2011	130	81	108	85	80	111
2012	134	76	110	81	75	111
2013	139	87	112	83	79	116
2014	146	87	128	89	78	122
2015	158	94	146	92	79	130
2016	164	80	136	90	83	132
2017	169	93	130	91	82	135
2018	173	101	128	93	85	137
2019	178	106	139	95	77	141
2020	94	90	75	64	54	82
2021	129	104	96	82	69	109
2022	181	111	119	101	..	141
2023	196	93	117	99	84	150
Sweden
Year	Hotels	Holiday villages	Youth hostels	Camp- sites	SoL*	Total
2003	100	100	100	100		100
2004	102	92	100	91		97
2005	109	91	104	96		102
2006	115	95	112	102		108
2007	121	97	119	99		110
2008	123	96	127	84	100	115
2009	123	92	129	89	105	117
2010	130	92	129	84	108	119
2011	133	83	133	84	101	119
2012	136	81	136	82	98	120
2013	140	75	137	85	97	122
2014	147	80	146	88	99	128
2015	159	83	156	91	106	136
2016	168	80	151	91	109	140
2017	174	78	157	92	109	143
2018	180	95	154	94	104	148
2019	188	92	159	98	101	153
2020	107	67	94	75	84	98
2021	138	81	114	90	100	123
2022	188	80	142	100	116	154
2023	197	73	135	97	111	155
Source: Statistics Sweden and Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth