Accomodation
27. Feb 2023
Best January ever for hotels
Almost 7,700 hotel overnight stays were registered in January of this year. This is the highest-ever figure for January and an increase of almost 800 stays (11%) compared to January 2022.
Hotel overnight stays are used as a measurement of the number of visitors and the duration of their stays.
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Some 91% of all overnight stays were registered in the capital region in January 2023. This is a 4% increase on January 2022.
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In January, Faroese residents represented 48% of all overnight stays. This is an increase of 5% compared to a year ago. Danish residents accounted for 31%, and overseas residents outside of Denmark accounted for the remaining 21%.
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More check-ins in January
About 4,200 hotel check-ins were registered in January, up by 17% on January 2022.
Check-ins show the number of hotel visitors regardless of the duration of their stays.
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Not much change in occupancy rate
The occupancy rate shows the number of available hotel rooms used.
About 24% of all hotel rooms were occupied in January, compared to 22% in January 2022.
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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.
Hotels in Suðuroy are not included in these figures.