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.

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

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.

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 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]

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.

The household expenditure on restaurants and hotels in Norway surpassed 135 billion Norwegian kroner in 2023, which represents an increase of 8.6 percent from the previous year. The lowest household expenditure on restaurants and hotels was reported in 2010.

Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo data was reported at 243,811.000 Person in Dec 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 290,084.000 Person for Nov 2024. Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo data is updated monthly, averaging 222,057.000 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 408,791.000 Person in Aug 2024 and a record low of 13,389.000 Person in Apr 2020. Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo 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 number of nights spent at accommodation establishments by domestic tourists in Norway in 2023 was 2.3 times the figure recorded by international tourists. Germany was the nationality accounting for the largest number of them that year, with 2.3 million.

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.

Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo: Residents data was reported at 159,418.000 Person in Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 152,368.000 Person for Dec 2024. Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo: Residents data is updated monthly, averaging 156,500.000 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 211,288.000 Person in Jul 2022 and a record low of 11,311.000 Person in Apr 2020. Norway Visitor Arrivals: AE: Oslo: Residents 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]

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.

According to a study conducted in May 2021 by the Norwegian tourism employers' organization NHO Reiseliv among its member companies, 40 percent of surveyed businesses in Norway stated that their revenue decreased by over 76 percent when compared to the previous year. Only four percent of the survey sample experienced an annual increase in revenue as of May 2021.

The travel and tourism industry in Norway has been heavily affected by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In April 2020, roughly 330 thousand overnight stays were registered in Norway, while there were over two million overnight stays in April 2019. As many countries gradually reopening, more overnight stays were registered in the following months. In August 2020, both the figures for domestic and foreign overnight stays were lower than the previous year.

The first case of COVID-19 in Norway was confirmed on February 26, 2020. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Fact and Figures page.

旅客入境：AE：奥斯陆（挪威首都）在01-01-2025达234,227.000人，相较于12-01-2024的243,811.000人有所下降。旅客入境：AE：奥斯陆（挪威首都）数据按月更新，01-01-2020至01-01-2025期间平均值为222,416.000人，共61份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于08-01-2024，达408,791.000人，而历史最低值则出现于04-01-2020，为13,389.000人。CEIC提供的旅客入境：AE：奥斯陆（挪威首都）数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Statistisk sentralbyra，数据归类于全球数据库的挪威 – Table NO.Q004: Visitor Arrivals: Accommodation Establishments: by Region。

The total contribution of travel and tourism to the gross domestic product in Norway reached 388 billion Norwegian kroner in 2023, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. By 2024, this sector's contribution to the Scandinavian country's gross domestic product could reach nearly 500 billion Norwegian kroner.

The highest number of individual museum visits in 2022 was in Oslo, amounting to roughly 3.4 million. Visitors in groups made 483 thousand visits to museums in Oslo. In Vestland, the number of individual visits amounted to more than one million, while 158 thousand were visitors in groups.

Os dados de Chegadas de Visitantes: Variação Anual da Noruega foram registrados em -76.2 % em 2020. Este registro de uma queda com relação aos números anteriores de 3.4 % em 2019. Os dados de Chegadas de Visitantes: Variação Anual da Noruega são atualizados anualmente, com uma média de 3.4 % em 1996 até 2020, com 25 observações. Os dados alcançaram um alto recorde de 20.5 % em 1998 e um baixo recorde de -76.2 % em 2020. Os dados de Chegadas de Visitantes: Variação Anual da Noruega permanecem com status ativo na CEIC e são reportados pela fonte: CEIC Data. Os dados são classificados sob o World Trend Plus’ Global Economic Monitor – Table: Tourist Arrivals: Y-o-Y Growth: Annual.

The number of nights spent in tourist accomodations incl. hotels, holiday and other short-stay accommodation as well as camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks in Norway increased by 0.9 million nights (+2.49 percent) since the previous year. With 37.04 million nights, the number of nights spent thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. A night spent (or overnight stay) is each night a guest / tourist (resident or non-resident) actually spends (sleeps or stays) in a tourist accommodation establishment or non-rented accommodation.Find more statistics on hotels, holiday and other short-stay accommodation as well as camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks in Norway with key insights such as number of tourist overnight stays in travel accommodation and number of overnight stays in hotels and similar accommodation.

Out of the listed European cities, Barcelona had the highest share of non-European hotel overnights in 2019. In that year, around four out of ten hotel nights in the Spanish city were spent by long-haul visitors. By contrast, the Estonian and Lithuanian capitals were the cities with the lowest percentage of hotel overnights by tourists outside Europe. Meanwhile, Oslo in Norway was the city with the highest share of hotel overnights by domestic travelers.