Accomodation
25. Apr 2021
Almost 10,000 hotel overnight stays in March
March 2021 saw a year-on-year increase of more than 5,000 overnight stays in hotels. Hotel overnight stays are used as a measurement of the number of visitors and the duration of their stays.
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Hotels in the capital region represent the majority of overnight stays. Compared to March 2020, the increase in the capital region was 124%, while the increase outside of the capital region was 31%.
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The number of overnight stays by Faroese visitors has tripled compared to last year and doubled compared to 2019. The number of overnight stays dropped by more than 50% for Danish residents in the past year while the number was largely unchanged for residents of other nations.
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Check-ins show the number of hotel visitors regardless of the duration of their stays.
In March 2021, the number of Faroese hotel visitors had increased by more than 600% compared to March 2020 and by more than 200% compared to March 2019.
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Occupancy rates
The occupancy rate shows the number of available rooms used.
The occupancy rate for March 2021 was 28.5%, which is a slight increase on the 24.4% rate from March 2020 but significantly lower than the 44.1% rate in March 2019.
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Definitions
Overnight stay: in this context, an overnight stay is defined as a single night spent in a hotel which registers and passes this information on to Statistics Faroe Islands. For example, if ten people spend three nights at a hotel, this counts as 30 overnight stays.
Check-in: the number of individuals who check in at a hotel.
Room nights: the number of rooms occupied over a certain period. For example, if ten people spend three nights in five rooms, this counts as 15 room nights.