Overview
The second 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 expecially due to the travel-ban in March.
There were in the second quarter of 2020 15,819 fewer hotel guests and 36,424 fewer overnight stays compared to the previous year. There were, however, observed a downward trend in the first quarter of 2020 where there were 5,486 fewer hotel guests and 14,275 fewer overnight stays compared to the previous year.
In the 1st half of 2020, there were a total of 24,5 overnight guests and 69,166 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 46.5 pct. and 42.3 pct. respectively, as compare to the same period in 2019.
Figure 1. Number of guests, 1st half 2019-2020
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Table 1. Number of guest, 1st half 2019-2020
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
% variation |
|
Greenland .......... |
27.068 |
16.706 |
-38,3 |
|
Denmark ........... |
11.299 |
4.399 |
-61,1 |
|
International ........ |
6.119 |
2.285 |
-62,7 |
|
Unknown ........... |
1.372 |
1.163 |
-15,2 |
|
Total .............. |
45.858 |
24.553 |
-46,5 |
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
Number of guests in the 1st half 2019-2020
The number of overnight guests fell by 46.5 pct. compared to the first half of 2019. The biggest change were seen in Ilulissat where the number of overnight guests fell by 51.9 pct.
Figure 2. Number of guest by region, 1st half 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 half 2019-2020
Table 2. Number of overnight stays, 1st half 2019-2020
|
2019 |
2020 |
% variation |
|
|
Greenland .......... |
66.336 |
44.325 |
-33,2 |
|
Denmark ........... |
31.279 |
13.580 |
-56,6 |
|
International ........ |
17.594 |
7.029 |
-60,0 |
|
Unknown ........... |
4.656 |
4.232 |
-9,1 |
|
Total .............. |
119.865 |
69.166 |
-42,3 |
Source: Statistics Greenland – see the figures in the Stat bank www.stat.gl/TUEHOT
The number of overnight stays saw a fall of 42.3 pct. compared to the first half of 2019. The biggest change was in Ilulissat where the number of overnight stays fell by 49.3 pct.
Figure 3. Number of overnight stays by region, 1st half 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.
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 half of 2020
|
|
Avannaata Kom. og Kom. Qeqertalik |
Ilulissat (1) |
Qeqqata Kommunia |
Kommune Kujalleq |
Kommun. Sermersooq Vest |
Kommun. Sermersooq Øst |
Total |
|
Covered bed capacity |
140.110 |
98.566 |
84.812 |
79.913 |
80.990 |
44.858 |
529.249 |
|
Total bed capacity |
161.586 |
109.850 |
98.696 |
85.421 |
111.504 |
47.406 |
614.463 |
|
Pct covered |
87% |
90% |
86% |
94% |
73% |
95% |
85% |
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. 8.8 pct. of the guests and 13.7 pct. of the overnights estimated based on figures for the same period 2019. The existing estimation algorithm are to be reworked based on learnings from the COVID-19 counts.