Year HELSINKI TOURISM STATISTICS FIGURE 1. Monthly overnights in Helsinki Nearly 2.5 million nights recorded in Nights spent at registered accommodation establishments in Helsinki totalled nearly 2.5 million in. This was about 4, or 1.6% less than the year before. In, when Helsinki was one of the European Cities of Culture, nights reached a record 2.59 million. In monthly figures were up in,, and but were down in the other months, compared with the year before. Nights reached an all-time high for the month of in (Figure 1). Foreigners' share of nights over 6% International visitors accounted for 6.7% of registered nights in Helsinki in. This was one percentage point higher than in, continuing the previous trend. In foreigners accounted for 72% of nights. Domestic nights were higher than foreigners' nights only in. Domestic nights were down every month except and, compared with the year before. The drop for the year as a whole was 1.5%. Foreigners' nights were down only in -, and, and the figure for the year as a whole was up.1% over the year before (Figure 2). 35 3 25 2 15 1 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 FIGURE 2. Finnish and foreign overnights in Helsinki by month domestic overnights foreign overnights Record set in Nights reached an all-time high of 2,589, during Helsinki's Year of Culture in. The total declined by 5, or 1.9% in. The decline continued in, with the total down by 4, or 1.6%. In two years Helsinki thus experienced a drop of 9, nights. The total in was still higher than in, however. Helsinki's share of nights in Finland also peaked in at 16.1%. In - its share has remained steady at 15.7%. In the figure was 15.4% (Figure 3). overnights 5 FIGURE 3. Total overnights in Helsinki and the share of the nights in whole country 3 17, % 2 5 16, % 2 15, % 15 14, % 1 market share 5 13, % 12, % 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Year HELSINKI TOURISM STATISTICS 2 TABLE 1. Overnights in Helsinki by country of residence Strong growth in tourism from China The number of nights for visitors from China rose by nearly 8% in to 58,5. This was about the same as the figure for visitors from Norway. Nights declined in for the most important markets - the domestic market, Britain, Russia, Sweden and the United States. Germany was an exception, with nights rising to over 1,. Growth was recorded for a number of smaller markets, however. The strongest relative growth was recorded for visitors from China, Spain and Poland. The figures for France, the Benelux countries, Latvia and Lithuania also increased considerably in (Table 1). Highest market share among visitors from outside Europe Helsinki accounted for nearly 7% of Chinese nights in Finland. It also accounted for clearly over half the total for visitors from the United States and Japan. On the European market Helsinki's share was highest among visitors from Spain (5.6%). It was lowest among visitors from Sweden and Norway (Figure 4). Whole country I-XII/ I-XII/ Change 1>2 Change 1>2 I-XII/ Change >1 % % % Total 2 539 453 2 499 381-1,6 % -1,7 % 2 539 453-1,9 % Foreign countries 1 515 582 1 517 124,1 % 1,9 % 1 515 582,7 % Finland 1 23 871 982 257-4,1 % -2,9 % 1 23 871-5,6 % Great Britain 182 48 165 115-9,5 % 1,7 % 182 48 1,4 % Russia 155 281 145 744-6,1 % 1, % 155 281 12, % Sweden 142 568 134 596-5,6 % -4,7 % 142 568-1,9 % Germany 126 446 131 287 3,8 % 5, % 126 446 8, % USA 134 72 125 372-6,9 % -7, % 134 72,4 % Japan 74 12 74 495,7 % -5,2 % 74 12-4,5 % Italy 57 363 59 371 3,5 % 2,7 % 57 363-6,9 % China 32 86 58 53 78,1 % 52,2 % 32 86 68,7 % Norway 55 721 58 57 5, % 2,1 % 55 721 21,5 % Netherlands 46 97 51 226 11,1 % 23,9 % 46 97 1,1 % Spain 4 642 49 243 21,2 % 15,4 % 4 642 1,1 % France 42 333 45 859 8,3 % 8,1 % 42 333-7,2 % Denmark 41 66 4 44-3, % 2,5 % 41 66-2,1 % Estonia 34 792 33 425-3,9 % -2,1 % 34 792-4,1 % Switzerland 29 11 3 377 4,4 % -6,6 % 29 11 7,8 % Belgium 16 44 17 486 6,6 % 6,6 % 16 44 1,5 % Austria 12 685 13 693 7,9 %,8 % 12 685-22,7 % Poland 1 546 13 293 26, % 11,1 % 1 546-18,3 % Canada 13 224 12 918-2,3 % -2,2 % 13 224 14,2 % Australia 11 982 12 634 5,4 % 1,9 % 11 982 16,7 % Ireland 1 693 11 2 3,1 % 1,2 % 1 693 23,5 % Hungary 9 96 9 736 7, % 4,1 % 9 96-8, % Greece 8 356 8 785 5,1 % 27,8 % 8 356-23,3 % Latvia 7 776 8 577 1,3 % -2,8 % 7 776-21,3 % India 6 431 7 24 12, % -27,7 % 6 431-21,6 % Czech 5 511 6 515 18,2 % 4,8 % 5 511-16,9 % South Korea 6 713 6 141-8,5 % 12,7 % 6 713-37,2 % Portugal 6 59 6 44 -,2 % -16, % 6 59-2, % Lithuania 4 722 5 866 24,2 % 13,3 % 4 722-9,5 % Israel 6 479 4 28-33,9 % -25,1 % 6 479-14,8 % Turkey 3 842 3 972 3,4 % 6,6 % 3 842-21,8 % Brazil 2 77 3 631 34,1 % 18, % 2 77-11,1 % Iceland 3 54 3 39-5,6 % -9,6 % 3 54-6,9 % Taiwan 3 263 2 995-8,2 % -18,6 % 3 263 14,5 % New Zealand 1 987 2 138 7,6 % 1,8 % 1 987 -,9 % Other countries 167 535 153 336-8,5 % -,6 % 167 535-1,4 % FIGURE 4. Foreign overnights in Helsinki by country of residence and the share of the nights in whole country 2 8, % 18 16 14 12 M arket share 7, % 6, % 5, % overnights 1 8 6 4 2 4, % 3, % 2, % 1, % market share Great Britain Russia Sweden Germany USA Japan Italy China Norway Netherlands Spain France Denmark Estonia Swizterland, %
Year HELSINKI TOURISM STATISTICS 3 Leisure travel breaks million mark Leisure travel accounted for 1,88,6 nights in Helsinki in, breaking the million mark for the first time. This was 112,3 more than the year before. On the other hand business travel declined by 96,6 nights and other travel by 55,7 nights in. The figure for business travel was only 1, higher than the figure for leisure travel. Nights were broken down as follows in : leisure travel 43.6%, business travel 47.6%, other 8.8% (Table 2 and Figure 5). Occupancy rate and average price down The occupancy rate at registered accommodation establishments in Helsinki was 65.% in. This was lower than in any year since 1996. The occupancy rate was 66.4% in and reached an all-time high of 68.3% in, during Helsinki's Year of Culture. The average price of overnight accommodation in Helsinki was 67.75 in. The figure reached an all-time high of 68.64 in. Owing to the fall in the average price as well as nights, accommodation sales fell by over 5 million from the peak level in. Accommodation sales totalled 168.7 million in (Figure 5 and Table 3). No major change in capacity Registered accommodation capacity in Helsinki totalled 14,76 beds in, which was nearly the same as the year before. The number of accommodation establishments has remained unchanged in the past three years and changes in the number of beds have been minor (Table 4). Decline in international congresses A total of 85 international congresses were held in Helsinki in. This was slightly less than the figure in (89). The number of participants (19,11) likewise fell by over 1,5. Helsinki's share of congress visitors in Finland rose to nearly 38%. 2 18 16 14 12 1 8 6 4 2 TABLE 2. Overnights by purpose of visit Leisure Share % Business Share % Other purpose Share % 1997 575 744 25,9 % 1 548 669 69,6 % 1 518 4,5 % 1998 723 817 31,9 % 1 435 489 63,3 % 18 212 4,8 % 954 4 39,7 % 1 252 214 52,1 % 197 38 8,2 % 983 43 37,4 % 1 356 639 51,6 % 288 46 11, % 975 779 38,5 % 1 289 678 5,8 % 271 93 1,7 % 1 88 588 43,6 % 1 194 385 47,6 % 216 47 8,8 % value of accommodation turnover EUR 1 6 1 4 1 2 1 8 6 4 2 Summer 1997 FIGURE 6. The value of accommodation turnover (EUR) and room occupancy rate in Helsinki 1995 FIGURE 5. Overnights by purpose of visit Summer 1998 Summer 1996 Summer 1997 Summer 1998 value of accommodation turnover room occupancy rate TABLE 3. Price per night, room occupancy rate and the value of accommodation turnover price per night occupancy rate % value of accommodation turnover 1995 48,56 59,9 93 945 911 1996 49,5 62,3 11 274 263 1997 54,88 65,3 122 69 962 1998 57,81 66,6 13 477 83 63,51 66,3 152 134 395 66,6 68,3 17 644 761 68,64 66,8 173 789 737 67,75 65, 168 735 498 TABLE 4. Accommodation capacity in Helsinki Number of units Number of rooms Number of beds Hotels Total Hotels Total Hotels Total 1997 42 54 6 232 6 588 11 35 12 24 1998 43 55 6 33 6 615 11 491 12 22 43 55 6 552 6 852 12 13 12 85 44 57 7 118 7 282 13 334 13 898 44 56 6 899 7 396 13 172 14 166 44 57 6 895 7 318 13 41 14 76 Summer leisure business other purpose Winter 1997/98 Winter 1998/99 Winter / Winter /1 Winter /2 7, 68, 66, 64, 62, 6, 58, 56, 54, room occupancy rate %
Year HELSINKI TOURISM STATISTICS 4 Upturn in air traffic in final months of The number of passengers at the Helsinki airport totalled 9.61 million in, down from 1.3 million the year before. International traffic declined by 2.4%, domestic traffic 8.4% and total traffic 4.2%. Domestic traffic was down every month in, compared with the year before. On the other hand, international traffic turned up in. This reflects the influence of the terrorist attacks in, which led to a sharp drop in passengers in the following months. was the busiest month for domestic traffic and for international traffic. International traffic accounted for over 7% of total traffic, which was slightly higher than the year before (Table 5). Ship traffic to Estonia sets new record The number of passengers in ship traffic between Helsinki and Tallinn reached 6.6 million in, up 3, or.5% over the year before. The total number of passengers at the Port of Helsinki in was 8.84 million, down 1.5% from the year before. This was due to a drop in Swedish traffic. The number of passengers on services to and from Sweden totalled 2.54 million, which was 3.3% less than in. The number of passengers on services to and from Germany totalled 161,, down 5.8%. Services to and from Tallinn accounted for nearly 69% of total ship traffic in. This was nearly two percentage points higher than the year before. Services to and from Stockholm accounted for less than 3% of the total (Figure 8 and Table 6). Slight drop in cruise traffic Helsinki received 186 visiting cruises in -, which was slightly less than the year before. The number of cruise passengers totalled 13,, down 12% (Table 7). TABLE 5. Passenger air traffic at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport International Domestic Total 522 526 473 11 258 232 23 334 78 758 73 444 57 625 478 79 263 181 241 11 77 86 719 819 68 15 574 455 339 59 298 8 947 74 872 463 599 467 567 76 285 138 278 528 884 65 846 234 615 17 599 747 252 699 223 22 867 86 822 769 699 338 668 419 239 753 26 383 939 91 874 82 666 645 626 8 174 576 139 395 841 221 766 195 672 18 64 811 231 621 199 711 93 81 84 522 68 727 613 375 254 29 237 42 862 756 85 795 567 7 61 116 239 93 238 39 86 91 848 155 489 15 51 522 246 415 244 852 735 52 755 374 474 32 498 242 215 6 21 773 689 38 79 15 I-XII 7 3 44 6 862 12 2 999 612 2 747 575 1 29 656 9 69 587 Change - -2,4 % -8,4 % -4,2 % Share % 7,1 % 29,9 % 1, % Share % 7,3 % 29,7 % 1, % FIGURE 8. Passenger traffic (arrivals and departures) at the ports of Helsinki 12 11 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 12 11 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 TABLE 6. Passenger traffic at the ports of Helsinki according to country of origin or destination Sweden Estonia Germany Whole traffic 172 998 196 29 33 491 299 16 5 919 5 828 59 48 51 143 189 357 28 191 377 39 364 68 6 34 5 756 573 51 578 15 186 819 195 254 411 726 444 876 6 679 6 438 65 316 646 569 211 56 177 75 517 45 486 353 8 61 9 679 736 711 677 369 213 19 216 59 539 943 576 398 9 142 8 255 777 376 81 162 267 174 235 58 584 759 68 459 3 8 27 689 913 253 876 4 319 69 318 576 754 63 772 42 38 663 36 566 1 157 773 1 144 832 277 439 256 468 636 126 635 612 32 51 29 418 984 765 929 379 195 942 164 91 48 85 477 658 14 78 12 548 712 467 665 272 215 642 214 576 57 652 518 36 7 519 6 945 73 813 749 982 181 451 172 286 438 425 461 855 5 739 5 1 625 615 649 697 195 921 182 647 45 667 416 996 5 52 6 964 652 9 622 825 I-XII 2 625 977 2 538 911 6 29 137 6 61 819 17 988 161 87 8 978 638 8 842 645 Change -2-3,3 %,5 % -5,8 % -1,5 % Share % 29,2 % 67,1 % 1,9 % 1, % Share % 28,7 % 68,6 % 1,8 % 1, % TABLE 7. International cruises visiting Helsinki Year Ships Change % Passengers Change % 168 98 7 24 +21% 14 +42 % 19-7% 148 +6 % 186-7% 13-12 %
Year HELSINKI TOURISM STATISTICS 5 Record number of visitors at the City Tourist Office The number of persons visiting the City Tourist Office (Pohjoisesplanadi 19) reached a record 34, in. This was 4% higher than the year before. Visits have nearly tripled in the past ten years. In the City Tourist Office set a new record for the number of visitors in a month, which climbed to 66,6 (Figure 9). In addition over 2,1 customers were served by phone and over 5,4 enquiries were answered by e-mail, post or fax. Helsinki Helps assisted over 15,3 customers in the city centre during the summer. A total of 37,9 customers visited the new information point in the Hotel Booking Centre at the railway station, which opened at the beginning of. All in all the City Tourist Office provided information on Helsinki to more than 58, customers (Figure 9). Linnanmäki still number one Linnanmäki Amusement Park remained the most popular attraction in Helsinki and had 1.1 million visitors, which was nearly the same as in. The second most popular attraction was Suomenlinna fortress with 682, visitors. It was followed by the Helsinki Zoo with 567, visitors, which signified a sharp increase. Temppeliaukio Church also experienced an increase and had 542, visitors. The National Gallery, Ateneum held several interesting exhibitions and enjoyed the biggest rise in popularity among museums. It attracted 245, visitors, which was a full 7% more than in. The second most popular church was the Uspenski Cathedral with 452, visitors or about the same as the year before. The Helsinki Cathedral had 277, visitors and increased its popularity (Table 5). 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 FIGURE 9. Visitors to the Helsinki City Tourist Information TABLE 5. Visitors to main Helsinki attractions in and Change-% Linnanmäki Amusement Park 1 49 747 1 1 461-3,7 % Suomenlinna 646 369 682 5 5,5 % Helsinki Zoo 55 8 566 574 12, % Temppeliaukio Church 516 574 542 75 4,9 % Uspenski Cathedral 451 6 451 7, % Helsinki Festival 289 245 295 65 2,2 % Helsinki Cathedral 255 47 277 66 8,5 % National Gallery, Ateneum 143 39 244 631 7,6 % Casino RAY 23 452 216 268-6,2 % Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma 227 477 29 198-8, % Sea Life Helsinki 182 549.. Post Office Museum 188 118 172 52-8,3 % Linnanmäki Museum 132 898 125 713-5,4 % National Museum of Finland 139 828 11 153-21,2 % Winter Garden 17 568 17 492 -,1 % Museum of Natural History (Zoological Museum) 72 59 7 335-2,4 % City Art Museum / Tennispalatsi 154 889 59 46-61,9 % Seurasaari Open-Air Museum 55 95 56 599 1,2 % Museum of Art and Design 62 748 53 16-15,3 % University of Helsinki Botanical Gardens 4 1 51 13 27,5 % Helsinki Cathedral crypt 66 71 44 561-33,2 % Amos Anderson Art Museum 5 273 44 353-11,8 % Olympic Stadium 35 667 39 714 11,3 % Submarine Vesikko / Military Museum 29 51 27 71-6,1 % Gardenia Helsinki 5 25-5, % Helsinki City Art Museum / Meilahti 28 673 24 831-13,4 % Museum of Finnish Architecture 25 6 24 3-5,1 % Finnish Sports Museum 2 137 2 27,7 % Urho Kekkonen Museum Tamminiemi 19 528 18 334-6,1 % Military Museum 17 98 17 361-3,1 % Tuomarinkylä Museum & Children's Museum / Helsinki City Museum 13 526 13 666 1, % Hakasalmi Museum / Helsinki City Museum 7 19 13 176 83,3 % Helsinki City Museum 1 836 12 968 19,7 % Technical Museum 16 38 12 384-22,8 % Finnish Museum of Photography 13 454 11 425-15,1 % Ehrensvärd Museum 11 362 11 241-1,1 % Tram Museum / Helsinki City Museum 12 6 1 942-9,3 % Sederholm House / Helsinki City Museum 14 778 1 498-29, %