The annual consumption of non-resident tourists in Norway plummeted to less than 20 billion Norwegian kroner in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the previous decade, the international tourism expenditure in the Nordic country had rose steadily to more than 59 billion Norwegian kroner.

In May 2024, arrivals at accommodation establishments in Norway were at around 1.57 million. In the same month during 2020, the arrivals only reached around 380 thousand due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In 2023, the expenditure of international tourists in Norway amounted to 68 billion Norwegian kroner – or around 6.6 billion U.S. dollars. By contrast, the domestic tourism spending in the Scandinavian country reached 169 billion Norwegian kroner that same year.

The annual tourism consumption expenditure of resident households in Norway increased steadily from 2011 to 2019. In 2019, domestic tourism spending amounted to approximately 107.2 billion Norwegian kroner. That year, expenditure of non-resident tourists in Norway valued roughly 59.4 billion in comparison.

Norway NO: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Passenger Transport Items data was reported at 1.227 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.187 USD bn for 2015. Norway NO: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Passenger Transport Items data is updated yearly, averaging 637.000 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.651 USD bn in 2013 and a record low of 249.000 USD mn in 1995. Norway NO: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Passenger Transport Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures for passenger transport items are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries for all services provided during international transportation by nonresident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Norway NO: International Tourism: Receipts data was reported at 6.196 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.370 USD bn for 2015. Norway NO: International Tourism: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 4.266 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.503 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 2.380 USD bn in 2001. Norway NO: International Tourism: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Norway NO: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data was reported at 13.532 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 13.336 % for 2015. Norway NO: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 11.721 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.597 % in 2013 and a record low of 9.153 % in 1997. Norway NO: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank imports estimates.; Weighted average;

In 2021, the tourism value added of food and beverage services amounted to roughly 28.4 billion Norwegian kroner. Meanwhile, rental and leasing activities contributed with more than 22.5 billion kroner.

Key information about Norway Tourism Revenue

• Norway's Tourism Revenue reached 2 USD bn in Dec 2020, compared with 7 USD bn in the previous year
• Norway's Tourism Revenue data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1995 to Dec 2020
• The data reached an all-time high of 7,503 USD mn in Dec 2014 and a record low of 2,196 USD mn in Dec 2020

Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo: Foreigners data was reported at 74,809.000 Person in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 91,443.000 Person for Dec 2024. Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo: Foreigners data is updated monthly, averaging 63,952.000 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 201,220.000 Person in Aug 2024 and a record low of 2,078.000 Person in Apr 2020. Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo: Foreigners data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.Q004: Visitor Arrivals: Accommodation Establishments: by Region. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

The annual consumption of tourism in Norway dropped to less than 130 billion Norwegian kroner due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 and then increased slightly to around 148 billion in 2021. I

Thailand Number of Arrivals: Europe: Norway data was reported at 23,386.000 Person in Jun 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 44,629.000 Person for Mar 2017. Thailand Number of Arrivals: Europe: Norway data is updated quarterly, averaging 28,283.000 Person from Mar 2005 (Median) to Jun 2017, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59,298.000 Person in Mar 2012 and a record low of 13,397.000 Person in Jun 2005. Thailand Number of Arrivals: Europe: Norway data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by TAT Inteligence Center. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.Q014: Tourism Statistics: from International Tourist Arrivals.

Key information about Norway Tourism Revenue Growth

• Norway Tourism Revenue dropped 68.8 % YoY in Dec 2020, compared with a decrease of -3.3 % YoY in the previous year
• Norway Tourism Revenue Growth rate data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1996 to Dec 2020
• The data reached an all-time high of 24.1 % in Dec 2007 and a record low of -68.8 % in Dec 2020

In 2022, Norway registered approximately five million arrivals by international overnight tourists, reaching almost 85 percent of the figure recorded in 2019 – right before the COVID-19 pandemic. Other European countries constituted by far the largest source market for international tourism in the Nordic country in 2022, accounting for approximately three-quarters of the total number of arrivals. How much do tourists spent in Norway? In the last years of the past decade, the total expenditure of foreign visitors in Norway surpassed 50 billion Norwegian kroner. Food and beverages represented the largest share of the total tourism receipts, exceeding by a slight margin the expenditure on accommodation. Leading destinations Vestland is the most visited county by international tourists in Norway based on the total number of overnight stays in accommodation establishments. In second place is Oslo, the country’s capital. According to a survey conducted in 2019, the largest share of Norwegians was comfortable with the tourism volume in their regions of residency.

The Norwegian economy has been volatile in the recent years, adversely affecting the tourism sector. This has resulted in lesser bookings made in advance and difficult to predict future trends. Domestic trips totaled 15.5 million in 2014 while spending stood at NOK35.8 billion (US$5.9 billion). Maximum part of the domestic spending was made on transportation with share of 22.4% at NOK8 billion (US$1.3 billion) in 2014. The domestic trips are likely to reach 17.6 million by 2019, increasing at a CAGR of 2.68% over the forecast period. Read More

Norway Tourist Expenditure: Short Holiday Trips: Domestic data was reported at 7.400 NOK bn in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.080 NOK bn for Mar 2018. Norway Tourist Expenditure: Short Holiday Trips: Domestic data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.220 NOK bn from Mar 2002 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 66 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.400 NOK bn in Jun 2018 and a record low of 1.930 NOK bn in Dec 2007. Norway Tourist Expenditure: Short Holiday Trips: Domestic data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.Q003: Tourism Expenditure.

Norway Tourist Expenditure: Trips: Outbound data was reported at 23.770 NOK bn in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 20.440 NOK bn for Mar 2018. Norway Tourist Expenditure: Trips: Outbound data is updated quarterly, averaging 17.600 NOK bn from Mar 2002 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 66 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45.890 NOK bn in Sep 2017 and a record low of 6.630 NOK bn in Dec 2003. Norway Tourist Expenditure: Trips: Outbound data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.Q003: Tourism Expenditure.

Norway Tourist Expenditure: Business Trips data was reported at 9.030 NOK bn in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.410 NOK bn for Mar 2018. Norway Tourist Expenditure: Business Trips data is updated quarterly, averaging 6.880 NOK bn from Mar 2002 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 66 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.260 NOK bn in Dec 2011 and a record low of 3.680 NOK bn in Sep 2002. Norway Tourist Expenditure: Business Trips data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.Q003: Tourism Expenditure.

The Tourist Survey addresses the summer tourism in Norway. The surveys are conducted by Statistics Norway on behalf of Innovation Norway. The data are based on interviews with both Norwegian and foreign tourists. Business travelers are also part of the survey. For the first time, the cruise tourists in Norway were a part of the tourist survey in the summer 2014. The "Tourist Survey, August 2014 - Cruise" is primarily based on interviews with foreign cruise tourists in the period May to August 2014. The study provides a basis for mapping out the cruise tourists' economic consumption, activities and evaluation of their stay in Norway for example. The study also gives an unique possibility to compare cruise tourists to land-based tourists. The results show that the cruise tourists stands out from other tourists in many interesting ways. Germany make up the largest single market economically, with the highest total consumption.

In 2020, food and beverage was the category on which inbound tourists spent the most, with the total amounting to more than 3.4 billion Norwegian kroner. That year, accommodation services recorded the second-highest figure, as the inbound tourism spending on this product added up to three billion Norwegian kroner.