Oulu - Accommodation and Travel Stats

Oulu: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.

Bed Nights (October)

53,800

5 %

50,500

17 %

3,400

59 %

Top 3:

Sweden

530

48 %

Germany

500

242 %

Estonia

280

608 %

Visitors (October)

34,000

41 %

32,400

38 %

1,600

128 %

Top 3:

Germany

320

394 %

Sweden

280

134 %

United States

132

214 %

Accommodation Sales (October)

3.2 mill. €

18 %

Average prices:

Night

59.60 €

6.50 €

Room

106.50 €

9.50 €

RevPAR

68.60 €

9.30 €

Capacity (October)

12

0 %

1,500

0 %

3,100

0 %

Utilization (October)

64 %

5 %

52 %

5 %

Weather

-2.8 °C

5.2 °C

32 mm

53 mm

66,500 bed nights in paid accommodation (October)

Total of 66,500 bed nights (+7.8 %) were recorded in paid accommodation in Oulu in October 2021. This figure includes bed nights at registered establishments as well as at AirBnB and Vrbo. The share of registered bed nights was 81 % and non-registered 19 %.

Between January and October, the number of paid bed nights was 569,000 (+9.3 %). Share of registered was 80 % and non-registered 20 %.

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. Non-registered bed nights statistics include bed nights from AirBnB and Vrbo.

Registered bed nights increased five percent (October)

In October 2021, 53,800 registered bed nights were recorded in Oulu (+4.7 %), of which 50,500 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 3,400 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 17 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 59 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased five percent from last year's October.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Sweden (530 nights).

30,300 nights (+41.1 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 23,500 nights (-21.4 %) by business visitors.

Between January and October, 425,000 registered bed nights (+21.8 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 27,800 (-54.0 %) for foreigners in Oulu, in total 453,000 (+10.7 %) 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

Bed nights target market monitoring

Market share 3.3 percent (October)

Total of 1.7 million registered bed nights (+47.2 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.5 million nights (+39.3 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 200,000 nights (+149.5 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Oulu out of total registered bed nights was 3.3 % (-1.3 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 3.5 % and foreign bed nights 1.7 %.

Registered bed nights comparison between regions

34,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (October)

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 41 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 95.2 percent were domestic, and 4.8 percent were from foreign countries.

During October, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Oulu on average 1.6 nights (-0.29) and foreigners 2.1 nights (-9.4).

22,600 air travelers (October)

The airport received a total of 22,600 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 156 percent.

Of local passengers, 6.2 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 93.8 %.

In addition, there were 23,900 passengers departing the airport (+166.2 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 46,500 (+161.0 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)

Arriving passengers from

Passengers on transfers from

Departing passengers to

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

International = International cruise ships

Accommodation sales 3.5 million euro (October)

Total accommodation sales in October were 3.5 million euro (+485,000). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 8.5 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 3.2 million euro (+480,000) and non-registered sales 299,000 euro (+5,800).

Total January-October sales were 27.3 million euro and they increased 3.2 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	October 2021 Amount	Change	jan-October 2021 Amount	Change
Adr (Registered)	107 €	9.8 %	104 €	2.6 %
Adr (Non-Registered)	91 €	-21.4 %	89 €	-1.6 %
Revpar (Registered)	69 €	15.7 %	53 €	-10.3 %
Bed Night (Registered)	60 €	12.3 %	54 €	2.8 %
Revpar (Non-Registered)	51 €	-34.0 %	46 €	-10.1 %

adr=average daily rate, revpar=revenue per available room (adr * utilization), bed night=accommodation sales per bed nights

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (October)

Registered Accommodation

12 accommodation establishments (+0)
1,500 rooms (-5)
3,100 beds (+0)

Room utilization 64.4 % (+3.3)
Unsold rooms 530
Bed utilization 52.3 % (+2.5)

Airbnb and Vrbo

290 accommodation establishments (+47)
250 apartments (+46)
410 rooms (+46)

Apartment utilization 56.1 % (-11)
Unsold apartments 111

Registered room utilization for establishments

Website's user sessions by language

Global Google searches for "oulu"

Global Google searches for "oulu + keyword"

Google searches for "oulu" by search region

The occurrence of hashtags on Instagram

The number of likes for posts with hashtags on Instagram

Accommodation customer satisfaction

Average customer satisfaction score on Booking.com given by accommodation customers in November was 8.45/10 (-0.17).

Accommodation customer satisfaction by nationalities

Accommodation customer satisfaction comparison between regions

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.

Accommodation and Travel Stats

Oulu, November 2021