Hotel visitor numbers approaching pre-Covid levels

Hotel visitor numbers approaching pre-Covid levels
Faroese residents accounted for 64 percent of hotel overnight stays in April
Almost 13,000 hotel overnight stays were registered in April this year, compared to 1,384 in April last year. Photo: Hotel Djurhuus
 
26.05.2021 - 12:47

Faroese hotels are bouncing back from a big slump caused by the pandemic.

The hotels registered 12,637 overnight stays last month, compared to 1,384 in April 2020. The number for April 2019 was 14,238, which is about 1,600 more than April this year, according to Statistics Faroe Islands.

Steady increase in 2021

There has been a steady increase in the number of hotel overnight stays every month this year. In January, the number was 5,539.

Sixty-four percent of hotel visitors in April were Faroese residents, while 24.6 percent were Danish residents.

 

Read the Faroese version of this article here.

Translated by prosa.fo

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