The tourism sector GDP share in Denmark was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2028 by in total 1.9 percentage points. The share is estimated to amount to 6.82 percent in 2028. While the share was forecast to increase significant in the next years, the increase will slow down in the future.Depited is the economic contribution of the tourism sector in relation to the gross domestic product of the country or region at hand.The forecast has been adjusted for the expected impact of COVID-19.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the tourism sector GDP share in countries like Sweden and Norway.
The international tourism receipts in Denmark were forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 5.9 billion U.S. dollars (+8.78 percent). After the sixth consecutive increasing year, the tourism receipts is estimated to reach 73.2 billion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Receipts denote expenditures by inbound tourists from other countries. Domestic tourism expenditures are not included. The forecast has been adjusted for the expected impact of COVID-19. The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the international tourism receipts in countries like Finland and Sweden.
In March 2024, the number of tourist arrivals in Denmark, including both international and domestic travelers, was higher than previously documented months of March in this period. The number declined remarkably in 2020 and 2021 over 2019 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In July 2022, the number of travelers had increased since before the pandemic, with around 2.5 million.
In 2024, German tourists in Denmark spent nearly ** million overnight stays in total, placing their country as the second-largest source market for overnight tourism in the neighboring nation, behind Danish domestic travelers. By a wide margin, the following most popular countries of origin among tourists in Denmark were the Netherlands and Norway. Denmark: smallest but most touristic country in Scandinavia As a consequence of the COVID-19 impact on tourism worldwide, the number of tourist overnight stays registered in Denmark went back down to levels recorded at the beginning of the 2010s. This setback, however, did not affect Denmark’s place as the most visited destination in the Nordic region; in 2020, Denmark accounted for ** percent of overnight stays made by international tourists in those countries. How does tourism contribute to the Danish economy? In the last year, travel and tourism contributed more than 100 billion Danish kroner to Denmark’s gross domestic product (GDP)—or around **** billion U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates of December 31, 2020. With a GDP worth approximately *** billion U.S. dollars, this sector represents a small share of the country’s economy. Nonetheless, thousands of Danish families depend on the over *** thousand jobs that it generates.
In 2024, Danes spent an average of 11,658 Danish kroner on a holiday trip abroad for up to at least four overnight stays. This figure represents a peak over the observed period.
In 2024, most outbound tourists for both leisure and business travel from Denmark spent their time in hotels. Nearly half of all holiday travel stays and 70 percent of business travel stays were conducted in hotels. Rented holiday homes were the second most popular accommodation type for Danes on holiday, with 20 percent staying in these establishments.
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Datasættet er et dump fra 2017 fra Wonderful Copenhagen ifm. Open Tourism Days http://www.opentourismdays.dk/
The zip file contains 3 files: - Facebook insights by place. For each place found in central Copenhagen by Facebook, we retrieved a list of the users that have “liked” the place and the ones that have mentioned the place, by country, in the past month. Facebook doesn’t allow you to search earlier than one month. - Foursquare venue statistics. For each place found in greater Copenhagen by Foursquare, we provide analytics data numbers - checkins, likes, ratings, etc. - Each user that visited each venue in Greater Copenhagen in Foursquare by their nationality.
Foursquare does rate-limiting after about 500 calls to their API, meaning that we couldn’t continue with the user visit data above 500 users - this was meant as example data, so that if they’re interested in that one they can get their own Foursquare account with more API calls available.
In 2024, the most common answer from Danish respondents was that they expect, first and foremost, to travel within Denmark. Spain, Italy, and Greece were the most common travel destinations abroad that they planned to visit within the year, with a share of eight percent of respondents planning to visit, respectively.
In March 2024, there were a number of *** million tourist overnight stays in Denmark. The number of tourists overnight stays decreased sharply in March 2020 over the previous year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. During that month, travel accommodations in Denmark recorded roughly *** million overnight stays, dropping from nearly *** million in March 2019. In July 2022, the highest number of tourist overnight stays were recorded in this period, with **** million visits.
In 2024, the Copenhagen area is the most popular destination for overnight stays in Denmark, with **** million overnight stays. The North Sea area was the second most popular region of destination among domestic tourists, accounting for nearly **** million overnight stays.
This statistic shows the number of overnight stays of tourists in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense in Denmark from 2008 to 2016. From 2009 to 2016, Copenhagen showed a steady increase of overnight stays of tourists, reaching approximately ********* as of 2016.
The total contribution of travel and tourism to Denmark's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 amounted to over 180 billion Danish kroner, which was an increase from 2021 with 65.6 billion. It was also an increase from the pre-pandemic period.
Tivoli, an amusement park in Copenhagen, was the most visited attraction in Denmark in 2023. The second most famous Danish tourist attraction was Dyrehavsbakken with over *** million visitors.
This statistic shows the number of overnight stays of tourists in Denmark from 2008 to 2016, by region. In 2016, the region with the most overnight stays from tourists was Region of Southern Denmark, amounting to almost **** million. From 2009 to 2016, the capital Copenhagen showed an increasing number of overnight stays from tourists, peaking at approximately *** million.
The highest turnover of the tourism industry in Denmark was generated in the municipality of Copenhagen, reaching 33.4 billion Danish kroner in 2018. With 5.5 billion kroner, the capital city was followed by the municipality of Aarhus, while both Aalborg and Varde generated turnovers of 3.9 billion kroner each.
This statistic shows the result of a survey on the favorite activities of foreign food tourists on trips in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg in Denmark in 2017. That year, ** percent of respondents doing city trips to Denmark in order to try food, liked to travel through the urban environments. Close to it was the share of gastrotourists naming eating at restaurants/ cafes as their favorite activity on city trips in Denmark (** percent).
In 2021, the average number of nights spent by inbound overnight visitors in Denmark increased from **** nights to nearly *** after remaining below *** in the in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Between 2011 and 2013, the average length of stay of international visitors in the Nordic country was above eight nights.
In 2023, Copenhagen Zoo was Denmark's most popular zoo, attracting over *** million visitors. Following in second place, Odense Zoo welcomed approximately ******* visitors during the year.
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The tourism sector GDP share in Denmark was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2028 by in total 1.9 percentage points. The share is estimated to amount to 6.82 percent in 2028. While the share was forecast to increase significant in the next years, the increase will slow down in the future.Depited is the economic contribution of the tourism sector in relation to the gross domestic product of the country or region at hand.The forecast has been adjusted for the expected impact of COVID-19.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the tourism sector GDP share in countries like Sweden and Norway.