Overview
In the first six months of 2019, there were 45,644 guests and 119,401 overnight stays at 49 hostels and other tourist accommodations in Greenland, which saw a 9.7 pct. and a 3.4 pct., increase respectively as compare to the same period the last year.
The average number of overnight stays per guest has decrease from 2.8 days in 2018 to 2.6 in 2019 at the same period.
The largest increase has occurred among resident guests from Denmark.
Figure 1. Number of guests, 1st half-year 2018-2019
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank: www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Table 1. Number of guest, 1st half-year 2018-2019
|
|
2018 |
2019 |
% variation |
|
Greenland |
26,376 |
27,052 |
2.6 |
|
Denmark |
7,938 |
11,203 |
41.1 |
|
International |
6,038 |
6,026 |
-0.2 |
|
Unknown |
1,270 |
1,363 |
7.3 |
|
Total |
41,622 |
45,644 |
9.7 |
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank: www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Figure 2. Number of overnight stays, 1st half-year 2018-2019
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank: www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Table 2. Number of overnight stays, 1st half-year 2018-2019
|
2018 |
2019 |
% variation |
|
|
Greenland.......... |
67,230 |
66,101 |
-1.7 |
|
Denmark........... |
23,342 |
31,167 |
33.5 |
|
International........ |
19,419 |
17,486 |
-10.0 |
|
Unknown........... |
5,491 |
4,647 |
-15.4 |
|
Total.............. |
115,482 |
119,401 |
3.4 |
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank: www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Number of guests in the first six months of 2019
The number of overnight guests increases by 9.7 pct. as compare with the first semester of 2018. Qeqqata Kommunia saw a 26.3 pct. increase, where the number of guests grew from, 10,453 in 2018 to 13,197 in 2019.
Figure 3. Number of guest by region, 1st half-year 2018-2019
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank: www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
(1) Ilulissat is counted as part of Avannaata Kommunia.
International: includes guest resident in foreign countries.
Overnight stays in the first six months of 2019
The number of overnight stays saw a 3.4 pct. increase as compared with the first six months of 2019, where the number of overnight stays grew from 115,482 in 2018 to 119,401 in 2019. Ilulissat saw a 14.3 pct. increase, where the number of overnights results on 33.671 overnight stays.
Figure 4. Number of overnight stays by region, 1st half-year 2018-2019
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank: www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
(1) Ilulissat is counted as part of Avannaata Kommunia.
International: includes guest resident in foreign countries.
Among the international guests, the largest increase occurred under the resident guests from Germany, which ended at 4,280 overnight stays.
Figure 5. Number of overnight stays among the guests from international destinations, 1st half-year 2018-2019
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.
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. 2.70 pct. of the guests and 2.72 pct. of the overnights estimated based on figures for the same period 2018.