Finland
Accommodation and Travel Stats
December 2019
Finland: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
1.8 mill.
988,000
789,000
877,000
538,000
339,000
135.3 mill. €
111.6 mill. €
23.7 mill. €
1,100
63,700
157,000
13,900
24,200
48 %
38 %
59 %
2.0
1.8
2.3
Paid bed nights
Registered bed nights increased one percent
In December 2019, 1.8 million registered bed nights were recorded in Finland (+1.2 %), of which 988,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 789,000 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased two percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased less than one percent. In total, registered bed nights increased one percent from last year's December.
1.3 million nights (+1.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 517,000 nights (+0.2 %) by business visitors.
Between January and December, 16.0 million registered bed nights (+4.2 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 7.1 million (+3.1 %) for foreigners in Finland, in total 23.1 million (+3.9 %) registered 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
Registered bed nights by country of arrival
Length of stay increased two percent in registered accommodation
Length of stay in registered accommodation increased two percent compared to earlier year. In Finland, length of stay in December was on average 2.0 nights (+1.9 %).
During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Finland on average 1.8 nights (-0.3 %) and foreigners 2.3 nights (+1.0 %).
877,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased one percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered 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 (+0.0).
Visitors
Visitors by region
Visitors by city
Visitors by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
136,000 international congress guests in 2019
The number of international congress quests increased 53 percent from the previous year.
There was a total of 830 congresses organized (+83) in 2019.
1.1 million air travelers
The airport received a total of 1.1 million passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased one percent.
Of local passengers, 72.9 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 26.7 %.
In addition, there were 788,000 passengers departing the airport (-4.6 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1.9 million (-1.5 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
682,000 passengers by ferries
There were 682,000 arriving passengers by ferries. In total, the arrivals to port decreased five percent. The number of departing passengers was 688,000 (-5.3 %). Most arrivals were from Estonia (358,000 arrivals).
Arrivals
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 135.3 million euro
Total accommodation sales in December were 135.3 million euro (+14.3 million). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 17.5 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 111.6 million euro (+7.0 million) and non-registered sales 23.7 million euro (+7.4 million).
Total January-December sales were 1.6 billion euro and they increased 197.0 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
|
December 2019
Amount |
Change |
jan-December 2019
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Non-Registered) | 150 € | 13.2 % | 120 € | 10.0 % |
| Adr (Registered) | 122 € | 5.6 % | 108 € | 7.2 % |
| Revpar (Non-Registered) | 89 € | 15.1 % | 73 € | 17.5 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 63 € | 5.4 % | 60 € | 7.3 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 59 € | 5.9 % | 57 € | 8.8 % |
Total accommodation sales
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
1,100 accommodation establishments (+23)
63,700 rooms (+980)
157,000 beds (-2,400)
Room utilization 47.9 % (+0.1)
Unsold rooms 33,200
Bed utilization 38.4 % (+1.0)
Airbnb and Vrbo
13,900 accommodation establishments (+1,600)
12,000 apartments (+1,600)
24,200 rooms (+3,300)
Apartment utilization 59.3 % (+0.95)
Unsold apartments 4,900
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
Sources: Airdna, Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Statistics Finland, Visitory Research Team
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