After two months of declining demand for hotel rooms in Sweden, demand increased significantly in December, despite more busy days than normal. Compared to December 2023, the number of hotel rooms sold during the month increased by 7.5 percent.\u00a0
In the major cities, demand increased the most in Malm\u00f6 by just over 20 percent, followed by Stockholm by 7 percent, while it decreased in Gothenburg. Outside the major cities, the number of hotel rooms sold increased by almost 9 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 This is a welcome and much-needed development. However, it should be remembered that December is the low season in the hotel market, says Thomas Jakobsson, chief economist at Visita.
\u2013 The question now is whether this is the beginning of a turnaround or whether it is a temporary relief. The fact that financially pressured consumers say they are less inclined to save around weekends and holidays than on weekdays could indicate that this is more likely an exception in the recession, Jakobsson continues.
\u2013 The high cost levels have put profitability under pressure for a long time. The effects of interest rate cuts come with a delay, and when inflation is now below target, it is important that there continue to be rapid and large interest rate cuts so that households, companies and public actors do not reduce their tourism consumption unnecessarily. Sooner or later, this risks creating higher unemployment among groups with already weak footholds in the labor market, concludes Thomas Jakobsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the press release.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Efter tv\u00e5 m\u00e5nader d\u00e4r efterfr\u00e5gan minskade p\u00e5 hotellrum i Sverige \u00f6kade den tydligt i december, trots fler kl\u00e4mdagar \u00e4n normalt. J\u00e4mf\u00f6rt med december 2023 \u00f6kade antalet s\u00e5lda hotellrum under m\u00e5naden med 7,5 procent.\u00a0 I storst\u00e4derna \u00f6kade efterfr\u00e5gan mest i Malm\u00f6 med drygt 20 procent, f\u00f6ljt av Stockholm med 7 procent medan den minskade i G\u00f6teborg. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":298983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[86,283,155],"class_list":["post-298982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotell","tag-hotell","tag-hotellrum","tag-turism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n