Statistics Norway (SSB) published its August 2026 accommodation statistics on 1 October. Commercial accommodation establishments recorded 5,542,649 guest nights, an increase of 0.4% from August 2025. The total includes hotels, camping sites, holiday dwellings and youth hostels. A “guest night” counts one person staying for one night; it does not count unique visitors, bookings or accommodation revenue.

By residence, guests living in Norway accounted for 3,011,611 nights, down 1.3% year on year. Foreign visitors accounted for 2,531,038 nights, up 2.6% from the same month last year. The opposing movements in the two groups shaped the modest increase in the total. The statistic classifies guests by country of residence; it does not report the purpose of their visit or their spending.

Hotels and similar establishments recorded 3,422,946 guest nights, up 3.0% year on year. Camping sites recorded 1,575,183 nights, a decline of 3.4%. Holiday dwellings and youth hostels totalled 544,520 nights, also down 3.4%. In hotels, nights by foreign visitors rose 10.4%, while nights by Norwegian residents fell 2.0%. The subcategories therefore contributed different movements to the overall result.

SSB also reports non-commercial accommodation separately: this category recorded 156,404 nights, down 5.3% year on year. That figure should not be added to the commercial-establishment total. The table classifies stays by accommodation type and guest residence. The results are national totals for Norway, not a performance measure for a particular town or business. Broader assessments of visitor flows or tourism’s value added require other statistics.

From February 2026, SSB changed how it calculates guest nights for seasonal camping contracts when a site cannot report exact nights. In such cases, operators can report the number of seasonal contracts in use, and SSB estimates nights using historical factors based on the month and county where the campsite is located. This is part of the data collection method and should not be treated as a direct guest-night count reported by every operator. SSB says the factors draw on historical data and dialogue with the industry.

The August figure is a single-month observation in the late summer season. The 0.4% increase in total nights cannot be interpreted as the same increase in annual tourism revenue; prices, length of stay, room occupancy and spending are separate factors. SSB updates the accommodation statistics monthly, with the next release listed for 4 November 2026. The figures in this report are guest nights from the source table, not live booking data or a forecast for later periods.