Economic leakage to reservation platforms: Norway

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May 2025
Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Annals of tourism Reseach

A preliminary assessment of financial leakage through accommodation platforms in Norway suggests that around a quarter of guest nights are booked via these services, resulting in an estimated loss of 2% of accommodation revenues to the national economy. Although commissions generate VAT (withheld domestically), most of the 454 million kroner in 2023 was transferred abroad