The third most sought by foreign tourists: – What is a fjord? – Dagbladet.en

(Dagbladet): the Norwegian turistnæring goes as it simmers. Today let Innovation Norway fram number that shows that the industry grew by five per cent in the year – and thus in powder, the record from 2015.

The most exciting thing is that especially the foreigners have gotten their eyes up for Norway. It is registered 11 per cent increase in commercial overnattingsdøgn paid by the utelendinger. It is one of the biggest prosentveksten in all the Nordic countries, and there are few – if any – countries in the world that can view to the corresponding interesseøkning.

And the growth is expected to increase also in 2017.

Already now we register that it is sold 28 per cent more flights from abroad to Norway in the winter of 2017 than at the equivalent time last year, ” says nytiltrådt reisedirektør in Innovation Norway, Bente Bratland Holm.

China increases the most

the Growth in utenlandsbesøk into Norway come mostly from all over the world. The biggest market is still Germany, with 1.6 million registered visits between January and October in 2016. It means that the germans have increased their visits to Norway by 15 per cent in the last year. The rest of Europe, and our Swedish neighbours is the second big race to visit us.

But the group that grows the most is the chinese. Better personal finances and an exploding utfartslyst in the chinese market led to 380 000 gjestedøgn in Norway in the last year, an increase of 36 per cent.

Søketoppen

Innovation Norway has also looked at what the foreigners are wondering when considering to travel to Norway.

Here are the ten most widely used searches from the major search engines:

1. What to do in Norway?

2. What do do in Oslo?

3. What is a fjord?

4. Is Norway expensive?

5. What to do in Bergen?

6. Why visit Norway?

7. Where is Lofoten?

8. What to do in Flam?

9. Why is Norweay called the Land of the midnight sun?

10. Is Norway safe?

And this is precisely the answer to the last question is one of the reasons that many people choose to travel here. Surveys Innovation Norway has made show that tourists perceive Norway as a safe. While Israel, Turkey and Egypt tops the list of the destinations the tourists perceive as unsafe, Norway is situated in the other end of the list.

A weak krone exchange rate also has its share of the credit for Norway’s attractiveness has increased in the international market.

Oslo most pop

Innovation Norway has also mapped the Norwegian tourist destination that is most commonly applied for.

This is the list:

1. Oslo

2. Bergen

3. Flåm

4. Lofoten

5. Preikestolen

6. Trolltunga

7. Stavanger

8. Bodø

9. Geirangerfjord

10. Svalbard

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