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Accommodation and Travel Stats


South Karelia, February 2022

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South Karelia: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 38,000
22 %
icon: finland 36,200
19 %
icon: foreign 1,700
110 %
icon: star 17,200
23 %
icon: finland 16,800
22 %
icon: foreign 400
89 %
icon: star 1.7 mill. €
24 %
Average prices:
Night
45.10 €
0.80 €
Room
94.50 €
2.90 €
RevPAR
36.00 €
6.40 €
icon: establishment 31
3 %
icon: room 1,800
0 %
icon: bed 5,200
0 %
icon: finland 5.1 mill. €
22 %
icon: temperature -3.8 °C
6.9 °C
icon: rainfall 52 mm
18 mm

Registered bed nights increased 22 percent

In February 2022, 38,000 registered bed nights were recorded in South Karelia (+21.7 %), of which 36,200 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,700 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 19 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 110 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 22 percent from last year's February.

31,200 nights (+22.1 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 6,800 nights (+19.7 %) by business visitors.

Between January and February, 59,900 registered bed nights (+20.8 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 2,700 (+93.9 %) for foreigners in South Karelia, in total 62,700 (+22.8 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 2.7 percent

Total of 1.4 million registered bed nights (+56.4 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.0 million nights (+21.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 384,000 nights (+554.1 %) by foreigners.

The market share of South Karelia out of total registered bed nights was 2.7 % (-0.8 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 3.5 % and foreign bed nights 0.5 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

17,200 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 23 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 97.7 percent were domestic, and 2.3 percent were from foreign countries.

During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in South Karelia on average 2.2 nights (-0.06) and foreigners 4.3 nights (+0.44).

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

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 36 percent

A total of 30,700 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 75.6 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 8,600 (+46.1 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 9,800 (+49.9 %)
  • Imatra: 2,700 (-14.6 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 2,200
  • Niirala: 6,700 (+52.8 %)
  • Vartius: 2,100 (+30.4 %)
  • Kuusamo: 73 (-29.1 %)
  • Salla: 122 (+269.7 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 54 (+217.6 %)

Accommodation sales 1.9 million euro

Total accommodation sales in February were 1.9 million euro (+299,000). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 8.5 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 1.7 million euro (+329,000) and non-registered sales 159,000 euro (-29,300).

Total January-February sales were 3.3 million euro and they increased 620,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
February 2022
Amount
Change jan-February 2022
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 134 € -12.4 % 133 € -4.7 %
Adr (Registered) 95 € 3.2 % 93 € 4.1 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 45 € -27.8 % 44 € -12.4 %
Bed Night (Registered) 45 € 1.7 % 47 € 3.4 %
Revpar (Registered) 36 € 21.7 % 29 € 23.4 %

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

31 accommodation establishments (-1)
1,800 rooms (-1)
5,200 beds (+12)

Room utilization 38.1 % (+5.8)
Unsold rooms 1,100
Bed utilization 26.3 % (+4.7)

Airbnb and Vrbo

220 accommodation establishments (-45)
197 apartments (-34)
450 rooms (-81)

Apartment utilization 33.9 % (-6.6)
Unsold apartments 130

Registered room utilization for establishments

Website's user sessions by language

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

Visitor count by attraction

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Sources: Airdna, Finavia, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Lappeenranta Airport, Socialblade, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

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