Central Karelia
Accommodation and Travel Stats

May 2023

Central Karelia: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 890
22 %
icon: finland 870
28 %
icon: foreign 20
60 %
Top 3:
Russia
9.0
125 %
United States
7.0
40 %
United Kingdom
3.0
icon: star 290
23 %
icon: finland 280
23 %
icon: foreign 10
29 %
Top 3:
Russia
7.0
75 %
Estonia
1.0
0 %
United States
1.0
0 %
Average prices:
Night
41.80 €
2.80 €
Room
109.70 €
21.00 €
RevPAR
10.20 €
0.50 €
icon: establishment 7.0
0 %
icon: room 119
19 %
icon: bed 370
21 %

Registered bed nights increased 22 percent (April)

In April 2023, 890 registered bed nights were recorded in Central Karelia (+21.6 %), of which 870 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 20 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 28 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 60 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 22 percent from last year's April.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Russia (9.0 nights).

890 nights (+25.9 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 6.3 nights (-79.2 %) by business visitors.

Between January and April, 2,900 registered bed nights (+14.6 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 191 (+91.0 %) for foreigners in Central Karelia, in total 3,100 (+17.5 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 0.1 percent (April)

Total of 1.5 million registered bed nights (-3.9 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.3 million nights (-7.7 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 261,000 nights (+20.1 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Central Karelia out of total registered bed nights was 0.1 % (0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 0.1 % and foreign bed nights 0.0 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

290 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (April)

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 23 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 96.5 percent were domestic, and 3.5 percent were from foreign countries.

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Central Karelia on average 3.2 nights (+1.3) and foreigners 2.0 nights (-1.6).

Visitor days

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 147,000 euro (April)

Total accommodation sales in April were 147,000 euro (+36,200). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 74.6 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 37,400 euro (+8,700) and non-registered sales 110,000 euro (+27,500).

Total January-April sales were 471,000 euro and they increased 103,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
April 2023
Amount
Change jan-April 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 200 € 6.4 % 185 € 3.5 %
Adr (Registered) 110 € 23.6 % 108 € 32.1 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 104 € 18.2 % 86 € 23.7 %
Bed Night (Registered) 42 € 7.3 % 44 € 4.1 %
Revpar (Registered) 10 € 5.5 % 10 € 7.1 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (April)

Registered Accommodation

7.0 accommodation establishments (+0)
119 rooms (+19)
370 beds (+64)

Room utilization 9.3 % (-1.6)
Unsold rooms 108

Airbnb and Vrbo

74 accommodation establishments (+21)
67 apartments (+15)
158 rooms (+34)

Apartment utilization 52.3 % (+5.6)
Unsold apartments 32

Registered room utilization for establishments

Key indicators

Bed nights

Arrivals

Sales

Travel key indicators: the darker the square the larger the value.

Dark squares in the middle (vertically) mean the main season is in the summer. Dark squares on the top and the bottom mean the main season is in the winter. Gradually darkening squares from left to right signify growth over the years.

It is important to notice that the largest values (darkest squares) are not necessarily during the same months between different stats as this might reveal interesting details about travel and accommodation trends.

Temperature

Rainfall

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Sources: Airdna, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

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