Nights spent at hotels, holiday resorts and youth hostels

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Nights spent at hotels, holiday resorts and youth hostels 2024

The purpose of the statistics "Nights spent at hotels, holiday centers and hostels" is to describe the occupancy and capacity of Danish hotels, holiday centers and hostels. The survey is used by i.e. EU, business and tourism organizations and municipalities in order to analyze the development in tourism. The survey has been compiled since 1969, but is only comparable from 1992 and onwards.

Statistical presentation

The accommodation survey "Nights spent at hotels, holiday centers and hostels" is a monthly summary on occupancy and capacity in Danish hotels, holiday centers and hostels with a minimum capacity of 40 bed places. The accommodation survey is broken down by capacity and geography of the establishment as well as the purpose and country of residence of the guest. Furthermore there is an annual census on occupancy and capacity for hotels, holiday centers and hostels with 10-39 bed places.

Statistical processing

Data for the statistics are collected monthly from Danish hotels, holiday resorts, hostels etc. with a minimum of 40 bed places and yearly from Danish hotels, holiday resorts, hostels etc. with 10-39 bed places using an online questionnaire or by using a system-to-system solution where the accommodations booking system automatically sends data to Statistics Denmark. Collected data are validated on micro-level during the data collection and again on macro-level when aggregated. The validated data are then imputed with missing values and afterwards aggregated into geographical and nationality totals.

Relevance

The accommodation statistics are relevant for accommodation businesses, Eurostat, ministries and business and tourism organizations for forecasts, analysis and planning. The accommodation statistics are under constant review and the user needs are rapidly changing with the emergence of peer-to-peer platforms such as AirBnB.

Accuracy and reliability

The monthly statistic only cover hotels, holiday resorts and hostels etc. with at least 40 bed places. The annual statistics also cover hotels, holiday resorts and hostels etc. with 10-39 bed places. A possible source of error can be that the respondents have difficulties distinguishing between the concepts of nights spent and arrivals. Missing answers are imputed which may lead to revisions of published data.

Timeliness and punctuality

The monthly statistics for hotels, holiday centers and hostels etc. with a minimum of 40 bed places are published monthly approx. 40 days after the end of the reference month. The statistics is published without delay according to the planned publication tables. The final statistics are published annually together with the statistics for Hotels, holiday centers and hostels etc. with 10-39 bed places. The Annual statistics are published approx. 100 days after the end of the reference year.

Comparability

The accommodation statistics is comparable with the other EU-statistics on tourism. The breakdown into nationalities has expanded from 13 to 51 since 1996 and this can weaken the comparability when using time series.

Accessibility and clarity

The statistics are published in Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik. Data are published in statbank at Hoteller, feriecentre og vandrehjem og Samlede overnatningsformer and in an annual publication with all types of overnight accommodation. Furthermore the data is published in Statistisk Tiårsoversigt. For more information about the statistics look at emneside.

Statistics on a municipality level or for a province can be found at VisitDenmark. If you wish to combine statistics of tourism with other types of variables or combine variables in a different way please contact DST Consulting.