Accomodation
25. Jun 2021
Hotel overnight stays 40% down on two years ago
There were almost 10,500 hotel overnight stays in May 2021, a year-on-year increase of almost 7,600.
Hotel overnight stays are used as a measurement of the number of visitors and the duration of their stays.
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The number of overnight stays by Danish residents increased by almost 500% in May 2021 compared to May 2020. The number for non-Faroese and non-Danish residents tripled over this period.
Faroese residents represented one half of all overnight stays in May. This figure has been 60-70% over the past year.
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Check-ins
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.
Just under a third of all hotel rooms were occupied in May 2021, almost twice the May 2020 figure of 16.7%. In May 2019, the occupancy rate was 74.6%.
The number of hotel rooms has increased in the past year with the opening of two new hotels.
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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.