In June 2021, there were 82,772 overnight stays in Västmanland compared with last year, there were 69,208 in the same month.

Now begins the recovery for hotels, hostels, campsites and bed & breakfasts.

And soon the numbers for the big holiday month of July will come.

- July 2021 was a record good month, says Cem Gürler, hotel director of the city hotel in Västerås.

Although there are still over 12,000 thousand fewer overnight stays in June this year compared to the same month in 2019, before covid-19 and the pandemic paralyzed the hospitality industry.

Vaccination and reduced spread of infection have affected.