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Hotel visitor numbers halved in the past year
Hotel visitor numbers halved in the past year
The number of hotel visitors is now equivalent to 2014-2015 levels
Tórshavn’s Hilton Garden Inn, which opened last month, is the country’s newest hotel
03.11.2020 - 14:40
Just below 72,000 overnight stays in hotels were registered in the first nine months of this year, compared to more than 138,000 in the same period last year – a year-on-year dip of 48 percent.
Statistic Faroe Islands reports that Faroese residents make up 11 percent of this decline, Danish residents 22 percent, and other nationalities account for about 75 percent of the decline.
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Hotel visitor numbers dropped drastically during this spring’s Covid lockdown, but the numbers have recovered somewhat since July and are now at the same level as five-six years ago.
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