NewsNorwegian commercial accommodation logged 5.54 million August guest nights
Statistics Norway recorded 5,542,649 guest nights at commercial accommodation in August, the highest level for that month in the series.
Event / data period: 2026-08
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IllustrationThe total was 24,000 higher than a year earlier, a 0.4% increase. The source rounds guest nights to about 3 million for Norwegian residents and 2.5 million for foreign visitors; the increase in foreign nights offset the domestic decline.
Hotel guest nights increased 3%; campsites and holiday dwellings and youth hostels each fell 3.4%. A guest night counts one person staying one night, so one visitor can contribute several nights.
Data
Norwegian accommodation guest nights, August 2026
Norwegian commercial accommodation recorded 5.54 million guest nights in August
- Guest nights, commercial accommodation total
- 5,542,649 count
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Approximate guest nights by Norwegian residents, commercial accommodation
- 3,000,000 count
- 2026-08 · Estimate
- Approximate guest nights by foreign visitors, commercial accommodation
- 2,500,000 count
- 2026-08 · Estimate
- Annual change in commercial guest nights
- 0.4 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
Methodology
Statistics Norway’s accommodation statistics cover hotels, campsites, holiday dwellings and youth hostels. The unit is a count of person-nights; one guest can generate several guest nights. Comparisons are with the same month a year earlier.
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