Transport and Tourism 20 Accommodation statistics 20 August Nights spent by foreign tourists in Finland increased by 14 per cent in August The number of recorded nights spent by foreign tourists at Finnish accommodation establishments in August 20 was 716,000, which was 14 per cent higher than in August 20 The total number of overnight stays increased by five per cent from last year and altogether 22 million overnight stays were recorded at accommodation establishments The number of nights spent by resident tourists went up by two per cent and totalled 15 million in August 20 These figures are preliminary data from Statistics Finland s statistics on accommodation establishments and they have been collected from accommodation establishments with at least rooms, cottages, or caravan pitches with electricity connection, and youth hostels Change in overnight stays in August 20/20, % Russians were by far the largest group of foreign tourists in August with their 139,000 overnight stays The number of nights recorded for them at Finnish accommodation establishments was 26 per cent higher than one year earlier Germans were next with 93,000 nights spent The number was per cent higher Helsinki 1320 Quoting is encouraged provided Statistics Finland is acknowledged as the source
than in August 20 Visitors from Sweden came third with 78,000 nights spent, which was almost the same number as one year earlier Tourism from Italy also showed strong growth Overnight stays recorded for Italian visitors numbered 41,000, which was 22 per cent more than in August 20 Nights spent at Finnish accommodation establishments by visitors from the USA have been increasing throughout the current year and the same trend continued through August The number of nights recorded for them at Finnish accommodation establishments was 16 per cent up year-on-year Spanish tourists spent 15 per cent and Japanese tourists per cent more nights in Finland than one year before By contrast, British tourists spent six per cent fewer nights at accommodation establishments than last year By region, the total number of overnight stays increased most in the regions of South Ostrobothnia, up by 24 per cent, and Etelä-Savo, up by 17 per cent The number of recorded overnight stays went up by per cent in Central Finland and Kymenlaakso, and by eight per cent in North Ostrobothnia and Varsinais-Suomi from the year before Seven per cent growth was seen in Uusimaa and South Karelia Overnight stays decreased most in Satakunta, by nine per cent, and in Pohjois-Savo, by six per cent In the whole country, overnight stays increased by five per cent from August 20 Change in overnight stays in August by region 20 / 20, % Overnight stays in hotels increased by six per cent in August The total number of nights spent in hotels rose to 16 million in August, which was six per cent up on the year before Overnight stays by foreign tourists increased by 13 per cent and accommodation establishments recorded a total of 550,000 million of them Recorded nights spent by resident tourists in hotels numbered 11 million The number was two per cent higher than one year previously The occupancy rate of hotel rooms was 596 per cent in August One year earlier it was 571 per cent Among the regions, the highest occupancy rates of hotel rooms were measured in Uusimaa, 775 per cent and South Karelia, 707 per cent In Lappeenranta, the hotel room occupancy rate was 800 per cent and in Mariehamn 788 per cent Hotel room occupancy rate in Helsinki was 863 per cent In August, the realised average price of a hotel room was EUR 8294 per day for the whole country Twelve months previously it was EUR 8235 2
Hotel room occupancy rate and the monthly average price Total number of nights spent at all accommodation establishments increased by four per cent in the January to August period of 20 Between January and August, the number of nights spent at accommodation establishments in Finland totalled 145 million, which was four per cent up on the respective time period of last year Overnight stays by foreign tourists increased by per cent and accommodation establishments recorded a total of 4 million of them Overnight stays by resident tourists numbered 5 million, which was two per cent more than in the same time period last year Among the most important countries of inbound tourism to Finland, overnight stays by Russian visitors increased most, or by 23 per cent, in the January to August period Overnight stays by Spanish tourists went up by one-fifth and those by visitors from the United States by almost equally much The number of nights recorded for them at Finnish accommodation establishments was 19 per cent higher than in the respective time period one year earlier Overnight stays by Italian tourists increased by 13 per cent and those by Estonian tourists by per cent year-on-year By contrast, nights spent by tourists from Britain have been decreasing almost throughout the current year and over the January to August period the drop amounted to six per cent 3
Change in overnight stays in January-August 20/20, % 4
Contents Tables Appendix tables Appendix table 1 Capacity and its utilization, August 206 Appendix table 2 Nights spend in all establishments, August 207 Appendix table 3 Hotel capacity and capacity utilization, August 208 Appendix table 4 Nights spend in hotels, August 209 Appendix table 5 Visitor arrivals and nights spend by country of residence, August 20 Appendix table 6 Nights spend in all establishments, 20 5
Appendix tables Appendix table 1 Capacity and its utilization, August 20 Region / municipality Number of establishments Whole country Mainland Finland Uusimaa Helsinki Varsinais-Suomi Turku Satakunta Pori Kanta-Häme Hämeenlinna Pirkanmaa Tampere Päijät-Häme Lahti Kymenlaakso Kouvola South Karelia Lappeenranta Etelä-Savo Mikkeli Pohjois-Savo Kuopio North Karelia Joensuu Central Finland Jyväskylä South Ostrobothnia Seinäjoki Ostrobothnia Vaasa Central Ostrobothnia Kokkola North Ostrobothnia Oulu Kainuu Kajaani Lapland Rovaniemi Åland Maarianhamina 1 282 1 208 151 62 84 26 41 31 14 77 27 34 12 25 38 81 55 16 59 14 70 17 49 39 25 13 1 53 9 195 20 74 15 Number of bedrooms 64 367 62 781 14 960 8 753 4 174 2 314 1 650 749 1 502 848 4 393 2 618 2 059 792 1 181 586 1 770 701 3 689 1 429 2 702 1 141 2 007 844 3 461 1 526 2 018 617 1 594 900 681 468 4 571 1 492 2 276 493 8 093 1 396 1 586 686 Occupancy rate of bedrooms % 54,4 54,4 75,9 85,6 63,0 74,3 47,5 51,1 50,3 53,2 57,1 65,5 48,4 49,2 56,9 49,5 61,7 72,3 37,6 27,9 52,2 64,0 39,2 46,1 50,1 60,5 49,0 57,7 48,1 56,7 48,1 60,3 45,0 65,0 46,0 39,8 34,8 47,9 53,4 72,1 the occupancy rate compared to previous year, %-units 1,7 1,8 4,0 4,1 3,6 2,0-3,7-6,6 0,0-0,8 1,0 0,7 4,0 1,3-9,4 4,6 3,0-5,0-25,4-3,8-9,0-0,4 0,4 2,3-0,8 9,5 7,6 3,5 6,1 6,2 12,0 4,1 5,0-0,4 1,2 0,2 2,9-2,0 2,6 Average price of in euros (incl VAT 9 %) 42,48 42,61 54,25 56,77 42,77 45,42 40,08 38,86 44,93 48,98 40,97 45,69 41,71 48,81 39,31 35, 43,64 46,15 33,18 43,14 39,03 41,89 33,65 44,89 35,77 53,74 35,35 49,21 41,63 46,39 51,21 54,98 30,89 49,43 31,67 44,18 31,38 32,99 6
Appendix table 2 Nights spend in all establishments, August 20 Region / municipality total Whole country Mainland Finland Uusimaa Helsinki Varsinais-Suomi Turku Satakunta Pori Kanta-Häme Hämeenlinna Pirkanmaa Tampere Päijät-Häme Lahti Kymenlaakso Kouvola South Karelia Lappeenranta Etelä-Savo Mikkeli Pohjois-Savo Kuopio North Karelia Joensuu Central Finland Jyväskylä South Ostrobothnia Seinäjoki Ostrobothnia Vaasa Central Ostrobothnia Kokkola North Ostrobothnia Oulu Kainuu Kajaani Lapland Rovaniemi Åland Maarianhamina 2 202 225 2 9 760 588 009 389 159 167 124 0 618 50 744 25 808 45 588 24 997 157 980 99 206 64 648 19 950 49 481 19 080 67 279 27 292 98 847 26 038 90 070 44 389 53 306 19 926 4 077 46 365 79 692 23 573 45 0 28 896 21 085 15 842 163 399 55 121 77 513 8 758 185 908 41 891 82 465 36 075 total, % 5,2 5,3 6,9 3,4 7,5,2-9,1-13,9 0,8-1,3 1,2 0,4-0,9 2,7,9-5,2-1,9 16,9 12,0-6,4-22,5-1,7-1,8,3 0,5 23,9 26,0-0,6 3,3-0,3 4,0 7,5 3,4 0,0-6,4 3,7 7,0 2,5 0,5 residents 1 485 739 1 458 763 278 550 145 728 129 076 74 534 43 291 22 782 39 570 21 653 122 564 72 768 52 767 14 175 30 291 15 620 31 939 17 568 65 526 19 032 75 858 37 631 42 634 16 456 88 178 35 571 76 3 22 084 35 653 21 951 19 397 14 381 140 488 41 228 63 446 7 888 123 432 20 928 26 976 16 036 residents, % 1,6 1,8-4,1 9,1 17,9 -,6-15,0 6,6-3,5-3,9 8,2-9,0-8,4-2,3-6,9 3,8 0,5-8,8-24,0-7,6-4,3 7,9 0,7 22,9 25,6-0,5 5,5 2,8 9,0 0,2-4,5-7,8 1,6-2,3-7,8-3,8 non-residents 716 486 660 997 309 459 243 431 38 048 26 084 7 453 3 026 6 018 3 344 35 416 26 438 881 5 775 19 190 3 460 35 340 9 724 33 321 7 006 14 212 6 758 672 3 470 25 899 794 3 589 1 489 9 357 6 945 1 688 1 461 22 9 13 893 14 067 870 62 476 20 963 55 489 20 039 non-residents, % 13,7 14,1 12,3 8,5 2,5-4,4 1,1-4,6-25,9-34,0 21,6 14,6 -,3-8,8 69,4 13,0 16,6 8,7 55,1 62,5 9,0-12,6 31,8 12,6 24,9-0,0 49,7 32,0-1,0-3,1-25,8-28,4,8 14,4 27,2 8,9 7,9 18,2 8,5 4,3 7
Appendix table 3 Hotel capacity and capacity utilization, August 20 Region / municipality Number of establishments Whole country Mainland Finland Uusimaa Helsinki Varsinais-Suomi Turku Satakunta Pori Kanta-Häme Hämeenlinna Pirkanmaa Tampere Päijät-Häme Lahti Kymenlaakso Kouvola South Karelia Lappeenranta Etelä-Savo Mikkeli Pohjois-Savo Kuopio North Karelia Joensuu Central Finland Jyväskylä South Ostrobothnia Seinäjoki Ostrobothnia Vaasa Central Ostrobothnia Kokkola North Ostrobothnia Oulu Kainuu Kajaani Lapland Rovaniemi Åland Maarianhamina 654 637 4 53 40 19 25 8 18 9 42 21 18 9 15 6 20 7 39 7 28 8 25 31 23 8 23 5 48 22 7 96 12 17 8 Number of bedrooms 51 418 50 600 14 206 8 550 3 270 2 148 1 283 633 1 260 763 3 421 2 319 1 814 761 952 441 1 369 588 2 120 608 2 185 951 1 460 825 2 759 1 401 1 551 598 1 260 869 506 367 3 355 1 423 1 674 446 6 155 1 248 818 545 Occupancy rate of bedrooms % 59,6 59,5 77,5 86,3 68,8 74,7 49,6 52,9 52,2 54,4 60,7 66,2 50,4 49,2 59,3 51,1 70,7 80,0 49,5 58,9 56,1 67,0 42,8 46,3 55,7 63,7 55,8 58,4 55,1 56,6 the occupancy rate compared to previous year, %-units 2,5 2,6 4,5 4,5 3,4 1,7-5,3-7,0-0,2-2,3 0,2-0,3 5,1 6,7-0,5-15,8 6,0 4,8 2,7 2,7-4,0 -,3-1,8 0,5 2,3-1,0 9,4 7,6 5,8 5,7 Room price, euros (Vat inc 9 %) 82,94 82,81 88,96 92,18 86,77 87,59 82,30 83,66 85,61 95 83,16 86,31 77,24 76 78,54 77,03 92,27 83,89 75, 83,44 80,72 86,40 77,09 73,93 76,39 84,78 78,28 76,48 81,70 85,82 1) RevPAR, euros (Vat inc 9 %) 1) RevPar = Average revenue per available room, equivalent to the accommodation revenue of an establishment divided by the available room capacity 57,2 68,9 48,9 65,2 52,3 43,2 35,6 48,9 65,0 78,8 8,0 13,9 4,0 5,2-0,3 1,1 5,0-5,8 3,6 94,24 98,41 76,29 78,96 65,71 71,70 64,66 63,74 49,43 49,29 68,92 79,55 59,74 65,40 40,81 44,22 44,71 49,84 50,51 57,14 38,94 37,80 46,55 39,37 65,22 67,08 37,14 49,17 45,27 57,90 32,97 34,20 42,58 54,04 43,68 44,64 45,05 48,61 53,91 67,83 37,33 51,47 34,34 30,97 23,00 31,14 8
Appendix table 4 Nights spend in hotels, August 20 Region / municipality total Whole country Mainland Finland Uusimaa Helsinki Varsinais-Suomi Turku Satakunta Pori Kanta-Häme Hämeenlinna Pirkanmaa Tampere Päijät-Häme Lahti Kymenlaakso Kouvola South Karelia Lappeenranta Etelä-Savo Mikkeli Pohjois-Savo Kuopio North Karelia Joensuu Central Finland Jyväskylä South Ostrobothnia Seinäjoki Ostrobothnia Vaasa Central Ostrobothnia Kokkola North Ostrobothnia Oulu Kainuu Kajaani Lapland Rovaniemi Åland Maarianhamina 1 622 402 1 586 751 539 606 365 040 123 350 87 464 28 777 16 273 35 661 21 873 3 131 82 331 50 004 17 723 29 375 539 56 817 23 865 54 777 19 344 67 638 32 676 33 731 18 835 88 976 41 483 52 714 16 814 34 151 25 877 13 4 441 85 555 45 928 57 596 8 076 121 482 32 919 35 651 23 516 total, % 5,7 5,8 7,6 4,1 9,8,2-8,0-5,9 1,7-1,8 - -0,8 5,0 3,9,7-7,4 12,7 4,8 14,4 9,1-7,2-17,7-5,4 3,0 5,2-8,1 31,6 35,1 1,0 3,7 5,3 14,9 4,9-0,5-7,5 6,1 14,2-0,9 1,0 residents 1 072 927 1 059 175 249 737 136 443 95 462 67 152 22 984 13 788 30 989 18 766 89 162 62 743 40 875 12 806 16 961 9 315 26 435 15 366 41 459 14 5 58 750 28 264 29 202 15 8 69 123 30 820 50 035 15 446 26 320 19 496 12 618 822 71 634 35 747 48 236 7 280 79 193 16 607 13 752 070 residents, % 2,2 2,4-4,2 13,3 17,0-9,8-5,4 9,8 7,5-5,6-3,4 8,4 8,9-13,6-9,5 4,8-3,9 6,3 4,6-8,1-17,6-5,2 1,1 3,7 -,3 31,0 36,0 1,7 6,2 9,7 21,0 3,6 0,7-4,7-8,9 2,7 4,1-15,3-5,1 non-residents 549 475 527 576 289 869 228 597 27 888 20 312 5 793 2 485 4 672 3 7 23 969 19 588 9 129 4 917 12 414 2 224 30 382 8 499 13 318 4 833 8 888 4 412 4 529 3 024 19 853 663 2 679 1 368 7 831 6 381 792 619 13 921 181 9 360 796 42 289 16 312 21 899 12 446 non-residents, % 13,3 13,4 13,6 9,8-0,7-7,7-0,1-8,9-31,6-35,6 18,1 8,4-8,0-7,2 86,1 2,3 20,6 25,3 49,9 25,4-0,9-18,6-6,4 13,8,1-0,9 44,9 25,7-1,4-3,3-35,8-39,0 26,6 22,8 28,5 7,7 12,9 2,9 7,1 9
Appendix table 5 Visitor arrivals and nights spend by country of residence, August 20 Country of residence Visitor arrivals in all accommodation establishments Total Finland Foreign countries Sweden Germany Russia United Kingdom United States Norway Netherlands Italy France Japan Estonia Spain 1 197 669 843 242 354 427 38 8 54 227 67 600 13 865 13 304 304 8 588 21 559 997 571 580 12 739 Nights spend in all accommodation establishments 2 202 225 1 485 739 716 486 77 760 93 392 138 612 29 617 28 155 19 876 17 293 41 035 22 317 20 095 24 436 26 229 nights spend in all accommodation establishments, % 5,2 1,6 13,7-0,2,4 26,2-6,2 16,3 7,3 4,2 22,1 5,1,4 12,8 14,5 Nights spend in hotels 1 622 402 1 072 927 549 475 49 919 68 427 9 493 26 983 27 224 14 215 336 32 126 15 621 19 5 14 191 22 002 nights spend in hotels, % 5,7 2,2 13,3-3,0 14,6 28,4-7,4 19,3 9,0 2,2 20,7 8,6,1 6,2 16,3 Appendix table 6 Nights spend in all establishments, 20 Month Total January February March April May June July August total total, % 14 4 754 1 314 805 1 341 017 1 673 952 1 397 504 1 330 649 2 025 729 3 124 873 2 202 225 3,9 7,9 1,2 2,9 1,1 9,5 4,0 1,9 5,2 residents 453 642 776 968 991 202 1 255 265 1 094 513 965 268 1 503 462 2 381 225 1 485 739 residents, % 1,2 0,3-3,0 8,1 2,1-0,0 1,6 non-residents 3 957 2 537 837 349 815 418 687 302 991 365 381 522 267 743 648 716 486 nights spend, non-residents, %,6 9,5,8 19,5 13,3 9,9 8,5 13,7
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