Finland
Accommodation and Travel Stats
January 2020
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 trends.
Finland: Tourism in a nutshell
1.8 mill.
986,000
787,000
875,000
537,000
337,000
106.3 mill.
1,100
63,500
156,000
Temperature
Rainfall
Registered bed nights increased one percent (December 2019)
In December 2019, 1.8 million bed nights were recorded in Finland (+0.9 %), of which 986,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 787,000 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased two percent and foreign bed nights decreased less than one percent. In total, bed nights increased one percent from last year's December.
1.3 million nights (+1.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 512,000 nights (-0.8 %) by business visitors.
Between January and December, 16.1 million bed nights (+4.3 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 7.0 million (+2.9 %) for foreigners in Finland, in total 23.1 million (+3.9 %) nights.
Registered bed nights statistics include stats for registered accommodations: hotels, motels, guest houses, hostels, holiday villages and campsites. Establishments with fewer than 20 beds or caravan lots with an electrical connection point are excluded.
Registered bed nights
Bed nights by country of arrival
875,000 tourists arrived to accommodation (December 2019)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased one percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 61.4 percent were domestic, and 38.6 percent were from foreign countries.
During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Finland on average 1.8 nights (+0.06) and foreigners 2.3 nights (+0.01).
88,900 international congress guests in 2019
The number of international congress quests decreased 20 percent from the previous year.
There was a total of 750 congresses organized (-39) in 2019.
467,000 passengers by ferries (January 2019)
There were 467,000 arriving passengers by ferries. The number of departing passengers was 435,000 (-10.5 %). Most arrivals were from Estonia (254,000 arrivals).
Arrivals
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 11 percent
A total of 291,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
- Vaalimaa: 85,500 (+21.9 %)
- Nuijamaa: 106,000 (+30.6 %)
- Imatra: 55,800 (+29.3 %)
- Niirala: 25,700 (+20.4 %)
- Vartius: 9,200 (+3.5 %)
- Kuusamo: 720 (+11.7 %)
- Salla: 4,000 (+14.9 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 3,000 (+5.6 %)
Russian visa applications decreased 12 percent (December 2019)
There was a total of 56,700 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 72.6 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.
Accommodation sales 122.9 million euro (December 2019)
Total accommodation sales in December were 122.9 million euro (+8.0 million). The share of Airbnb was 15.6 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 106.3 million euro (+1.7 million) and Airbnb sales 16.6 million euro (+6.4 million).
Total January-December sales were 1.5 billion euro and they increased 164.0 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| December 2019 Amount |
Change |
jan-December 2019
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Airbnb) | 220 € | 88.6 % | 101 € | 5.6 % |
| Adr (Registered) | 117 € | 1.4 % | 107 € | 6.0 % |
| Revpar (Airbnb) | 69 € | 6.1 % | 59 € | 9.4 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 60 € | 0.7 % | 59 € | 6.3 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 56 € | 1.2 % | 56 € | 7.6 % |
Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (December 2019)
Registered Accommodation
1,100 accommodation establishments (+16)
63,500 rooms (+780)
156,000 beds (-2,600)
Room utilization 47.8 % (+0.0)
Unsold rooms 33,200
Airbnb
9,400 apartments (+2,000)
1,900 private rooms (+165)
112 shared rooms (-22)
Registered room utilization
Website's user sessions by language
Sources: Airdna, Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Global Blue, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland