Overview
The first count of hotel guests and overnight stays after the national and international COVID-19 travel-bans showed, showed a decline in the number of guests and overnight stays in all of Greenland. This was especially due to the travel-ban in March, which had 4,387 fewer hotel guests and 11,593 fewer overnight stays compared to the previous year. There were, however, observed a downward trend in February where there were 767 fewer hotel guests and 2,061 fewer overnight stays compared to the previous year.
In the 1st quarter of 2020, there were a total of 13,666 overnight guests and 38,249 overnight stays at the 49 hostels and other tourist accommodations in Greenland that Statistics Greenland receive reports from. The number of overnight guests and stays saw a fall of 27.6 pct. and 26.6 pct. respectively, as compare to the same period in 2019.
Figure 1. Number of guests, 1st quarter 2019-2020
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Table 1. Number of guest, 1st quarter 2019-2020
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
% variation |
|
Greenland .......... |
12,528 |
9,163 |
-26.9 |
|
Denmark ........... |
4,267 |
3,091 |
-27.6 |
|
International ........ |
1,657 |
1,166 |
-29.6 |
|
Unknown ........... |
430 |
246 |
-42.8 |
|
Total .............. |
18,882 |
13,666 |
-27.6 |
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Number of guests in the 1st quarter 2019-2020
The number of overnight guests increases fell by 27.6 pct. compared to the first quarter of 2019. The biggest change was seen in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq East where the number of overnight guests fell by 46.1 pct.
Figure 2. Number of guest by region, 1st quarter 2019-2020
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
(1) Ilulissat is counted as part of Qaasuitsup Kommunia.
International: includes guest resident in foreign countries.
Overnight stays in the 1st quarter 2019-2020
Table 2. Number of overnight stays, 1st quarter 2019-2020
|
2019 |
2020 |
% variation |
|
|
Greenland .......... |
31,490 |
23,543 |
-25.2 |
|
Denmark ........... |
13,382 |
10,047 |
-24.9 |
|
International ........ |
5,644 |
3,574 |
-36.7 |
|
Unknown ........... |
1,578 |
1,085 |
-31.2 |
|
Total .............. |
52,094 |
38,249 |
-26.6 |
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
The number of overnight stays saw a fall of 26.6 pct. From 52,094 in 2019 to 38,249 in 2020. The biggest change was in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq East where the number of overnight stays fell by 45.9 pct.
Figure 3. Number of overnight stays by region, 1st quarter 2019-2020
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
(1) Ilulissat is counted as part of Qaasuitsup Kommunia.
International: includes guest resident in foreign countries.
Figure 4. Number of overnight stays among the guests from international destinations, 1st quarter 2019-2020
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Remarks
Statistics Greenland receives data from most of the accommodations in Greenland, and for the biggest hotels. The figures are preliminary and they might change when Statistics Greenland receive missing reports or corrections.
Statistics Greenland has a continuously collaboration with Visit Greenland in regards to uncovering the total bed capacity in Greenland. This includes continuous detection of new accommodations and hotels. The estimated share of covered bed capacity can be seen in table A1.
Table A1. Covered bed capacity 1st quarter of 2020
|
|
Avannaata Kom. and Kom. Qeqertalik |
Ilulissat (1) |
Qeqqata Kommunia |
Kommune Kujalleq |
Kommun. Sermersooq West |
Kommun. Sermersooq East |
Total |
|
Covered bed capacity |
67,340 |
47,138 |
42,406 |
38,038 |
40,495 |
22,204 |
210,483 |
|
Total bed capacity |
78,078 |
52,780 |
48,958 |
39,403 |
54,964 |
23,478 |
244,881 |
|
Pct covered |
86% |
89% |
87% |
97% |
74% |
95% |
86% |
Source: Statistics Greenland and Visit Greenland.
Small corrections have been made in the 2017 – definitions of the “Unknown” and “Other countries” categories, as compared to earlier years. In previous data releases, guests with unknown residency are included in “Other countries”. As of 2017, the “Unknown” category is used for guests with unknown residency.
Due to reports late arrival, there are approx. 0.6 pct. of the guests and 2.0 pct. of the overnights estimated based on figures for the same period 2019.