See Regulation 692/2011 and Methodological Manual for Tourism Statistics

All local kind-of-activity units (accommodation establishments) offering short-stay accommodation as a paid service to tourists as defined in NACE 55.1, 55.2 and 55.3

Statistics Norway use NACE on three levels, i.e. all LKAUS with primary, secondary or tertiary activities in accommodation services are included in the population. 

Country and county level.

Statistics are published at different regional levels: county, tourism region, municipality and municipality group. Data is open and avalaible in the StatBank. Other regions are available on order.  

The accommodation statistics for hotels and similar establishments were established in 1950. Due to several changes in the scope of the statistics, these are not comparable for the whole period. Except for two extensions (1990 and 1995), when more nationalities were included in the statistics, the hotel statistics are fully comparable from 1985. In connection with the revision of the Hotel Act in 1984, the approval system was removed and this resulted in an increase in the number of establishments.In 2013 the number of establishments increase again as the cut-off was removed and all hotel establishements are covered. Thus data according to Regulation 692/2011 is available from 2013 onwards. 

The accommodation statistics for holiday dwellings were established in 1998 and can be compared from 1998 to 2002. In 2002, some establishments in the hotel statistics were reclassified as holiday dwellings. As a result the statistics are not comparable from 2002 to 2003. From 2004, some larger holiday dwellings with larger huts report number of guest nights instead. These holiday dwellings accommodate families/travel companies of more than three people. This has affected the comparability from 2003 to 2004.The holiday dwellings  reported their statistics in unit nights up to 2013. Unit nights were however converted to guest nights based on empirical studies, indicating that an average family/travel company sharing a hut consists of three people.From January 2013 the prodction of the statistics are severly changed. New cut off based on international regulations (cf. Poulation above). It is guest nights that are collected (not unit nights) and establishments are identified in Business Register. These changes have lead to more establishments in the population. Some establishments have changed NACE. All together the changes makes data for  holiday dwellings NOT comparable with data from 2012 and before. Figures for Hostelling International Norway were published for the first time in Statistics Norway's annual publication in 1965 and included in Statistics Norway's monthly figures from July 2002. Holiday dwellings and youth hostels were combined in 2020 to enable publishing at county level.

The accommodation statistics for camping sites were established in 1968 and were revised in 1988, 1996 and 1998. In 1988, a register with information on opening hours and capacity was established, enabling estimates for non-respondents. In 1996, more nationalities were included, in accordance with Council Directive 95/57/EC of 23 November 1995 on the collection of statistical information in the field of tourism. In 1998, the cover was extended to include overnight stays in caravans on seasonal contracts. The camping statistics were also extended to include the winter and autumn season and to include consecutive monthly publication. The camping statistics are therefore comparable from 1998. rom January 2013 the prodction of the statistics are severly changed. New cut off based on international regulations. It is guest nights that are collected (not unit nights) and establishments ard identified in Business Register These have lead to more establishments in the population. Some establishments have changed NACE. All together the changes makes data for camping NOT comparable with data from 2012 and before. 

Figures for Svalbard been included in the Accommodation statistics since 2013 and pulblished nationally.

2022

Annual= 2022

Monthly= July 2022

Council Regulation (EC) no. 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics.

Regulation 1051/2011

Regulation 692/2011

The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).

Overall data quality is very good, which is ensured by good population frame, low non-response rateas well as good control system.

The main weakness can be mentioned are classification error and imputation due til non-response. About 2 per cent of the establishments do not respond. For these establishments, the number of guest nights and sales are calculated based on the establishments that responded.

Statistics Norway continually works to improve reporting of data, and the quality of statistics will gradually improve along with this.

See: Regulation 692/2011

Council Regulation (EC) no. 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics.

Users include public authorities, organizations, consulting firms, research institutions, as well as international organizations like Eurostat.
Knowledge of the tourist traffic to Norway is important for research and for measuring the results of Norwegian marketing efforts abroad and form a basis for the Government's backing of tourism as a growth area.

The Division for National Accounts in Statistics Norway is also an important user.

Compliant with the requirements of Regulation on tourism statistics 692/2011 as well as recommendations laid down in the Methodological Manual for tourism statistics.

Estimation for the establishments under cut-off in Nace 55.2 and 55.3  is currently not available. 

None. All establishments in 55.1 are covered. 

10 or more bedplaces. 

20 units or more. 

18112766

Not estimated

36127194

Not estimated

26313965

Not estimated

9813229

Not estimated

23901634

Not estimated

3846343

Not estimated

8379217

Not estimated

6677066

Not estimated

Evnen though there are cut-offs for Nace 55.2 and Nace 55.3, SN has not imputed figures for the establishments with capacity below cut-off. Sampling errors are thus not applicatble. 

Coefficient of variation: unfortunately this is not known

Some long term renting provider might be included, but the over-coverage i marginal.

Due to certain weakness of the business register under-coverage is possible. We have to-ways communication between the Tourism Register and our business register and run the population check every month which helps to reduce under-coverage.

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1096

834

918

Not known

Not known

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9

9

8

1%

1%

1%

First of all, Statistics Norway's data collection is regualated by the Statistics Act which means SN can issue compulsory fine for those that does not report within the deadline. Secondly, Statistics Norway offer the possibility to repport automaticaly, which help to reduse the burden for the hotels and raise the reponse rate.

Numbers in 13.3.2 are for July 2022

There is no significant item non-response which is a result of build in controll on the survey forms and automatical reporting rutine.

See above.

Monthly data is published in about 30-40 days after the end of the reference month. 

Around 30 days after the end of the reference year, together with the release of December statistics. 

Around 30 days after the end of December. 

2022 annual capacity data have been transmitted to Eurostat  before the deadline.

2022 occupancy data have been transmitted to Eurostat before the deadline.

July 2022 number of nights spent and arrivals have been transmitted to Eurostat before the deadline

See 3.8.1

See 3.8.2

See 3.8.3

Statistics Norway publishes final results of the Accommodation Statistics. Revisions will be assessed case by case. Normaly only errors that have serious impact on the results on national level will be corrected.

Statistics Norway publishes final results of the Accommodation Statistics. Revisions will be assessed case by case. Normaly only errors that have serious impact on the results on national level will be corrected.

Revision when necessary with a case by case eveluation. Users will be notified about revisions in form of footnote to the new release and tabels.

Revision when necessary with a case by case eveluation. Users will be notified about revisions in form of footnote to the new release and tabels.

Månedlig undersøkelse for overnattingsvirksomheter

Monthly survey for accommodation establishments

Smaller accommodation establishments with capacity below thresholds for NACE 55.2 and NACE 55.3 are not covered. There might be coverage erros for all the NACEs due to some of the LKAUs are placed under wrong NACE in the business register.

Smaller accommodation establishments wiht capacity below the thresholds for NACE 55.2 and NACE 55.3 are not covered. There might be coverage errors for all the NACEs due to some of the LKAUs are place under wrong NACE in the business register.

Census.

NACE 55.2 has a threshold of 10 bed places and NACE 55.3 has a thresholds of 20 renting units.

 20% of establishements in NACE 55.1 sendt data via automated extraction and these stand for about 30% of the hotell guest nights. 

 12% of the campsites sendt data via automated extraction and these stand for about 5% of the camping guest nights. 

 4% of the establishments in NACE 55.2 sendt data via automated extraction and these stod for 15% of the guest nights in 55.2. 

Figurs for 2016, not updated for 2022

Månedlig undesøkelse for overnattingsvirksomheter. https://www.ssb.no/innrapportering/overnattinger

Currently not available. 

Not applicable. 

There are controls on both the web survey form and automatically reporting solutions that help the reporter to correct serious errors. We run a pre-defined error controls when data is imported in the editing database. Then we correct forms that have been flaged as with errors,make correction and sometimes contact the establishments again. Around 3 weeks in to the data collection, we run macro controls on county level. We take contacts with the establishments that were identified as sending data with errors until we are satisified with the statistics on county level.

There are controls on both the web survey form and automatically reporting solutions that help the reporter to correct serious errors. We run a pre-defined error controls when data is imported in the editing database. Then we correct forms that have been flaged as with errors,make correction and sometimes contact the establishments again. Around 3 weeks in to the data collection, we run macro controls on county level. We take contacts with the establishments that were identified as sending data with errors until we are satisified with the statistics on county level.