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Accommodation and Travel Stats


Lapland, February 2023

Lapland: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 393,000
26 %
icon: finland 104,000
5 %
icon: foreign 289,000
36 %
icon: star 124,000
44 %
icon: finland 35,900
16 %
icon: foreign 87,900
60 %
Average prices:
Night
86.30 €
11.20 €
Room
177.00 €
19.50 €
RevPAR
111.20 €
33.30 €
icon: establishment 189
1 %
icon: room 9,500
0 %
icon: bed 27,600
0 %
icon: room 63 %
27 %
icon: bed 46 %
28 %
icon: temperature -3.5 °C
2.3 °C
icon: rainfall 20 mm
15 mm

Registered bed nights increased 26 percent (January)

In January 2023, 393,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Lapland (+25.9 %), of which 104,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 289,000 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased five percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 36 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 26 percent from last year's January.

307,000 nights (+19.9 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 85,700 nights (+53.3 %) by business visitors.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 25.8 percent (January)

Total of 1.5 million registered bed nights (+47.7 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 996,000 nights (+44.3 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 528,000 nights (+54.6 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Lapland out of total registered bed nights was 25.8 % (-4.5 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 10.5 % and foreign bed nights 54.6 %.

124,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (January)

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 44 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 29.0 percent were domestic, and 71.0 percent were from foreign countries.

During January, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Lapland on average 2.9 nights (-0.33) and foreigners 3.3 nights (-0.58).

Visitor days

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

1,400 air travelers (Kemi)

The airport received a total of 1,400 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 86 percent.

Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.

In addition, there were 1,400 passengers departing the airport (+84.5 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 2,800 (+85.3 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kemi)

Arriving passengers from (Kemi)

Passengers on transfers from (Kemi)

Departing passengers to (Kemi)

18,300 air travelers (Ivalo)

The airport received a total of 18,300 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 26 percent.

Of local passengers, 21.8 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 78.2 %.

In addition, there were 17,600 passengers departing the airport (+28.2 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 35,900 (+26.9 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Ivalo)

Arriving passengers from (Ivalo)

Passengers on transfers from (Ivalo)

Departing passengers to (Ivalo)

46,900 air travelers (Rovaniemi)

The airport received a total of 46,900 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 61 percent.

Of local passengers, 42.4 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 57.6 %.

In addition, there were 46,700 passengers departing the airport (+67.5 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 93,600 (+64.3 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Rovaniemi)

Arriving passengers from (Rovaniemi)

Passengers on transfers from (Rovaniemi)

Departing passengers to (Rovaniemi)

36,500 air travelers (Kittilä)

The airport received a total of 36,500 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 16 percent.

Of local passengers, 51.9 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 48.1 %.

In addition, there were 36,200 passengers departing the airport (+20.3 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 72,700 (+18.2 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kittilä)

Arriving passengers from (Kittilä)

Passengers on transfers from (Kittilä)

Departing passengers to (Kittilä)

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 33.9 million euro (January)

Registered accommodation sales in January were 33.9 million euro (+10.5 million).

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
January 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 177 € 12.4 %
Revpar (Registered) 111 € 42.8 %
Bed Night (Registered) 86 € 15.0 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (January)

Registered Accommodation

189 accommodation establishments (+1)
9,500 rooms (+29)
27,600 beds (+20)

Room utilization 62.8 % (+13)
Unsold rooms 3,500
Bed utilization 45.5 % (+9.9)

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: Finavia, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Meteostat, Socialblade, Statistics Finland

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