Helsinki
Accommodation and Travel Stats
February 2022
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Helsinki: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
176,000 bed nights in paid accommodation
Total of 176,000 bed nights (+71.2 %) were recorded in paid accommodation in Helsinki in February 2022. This figure includes bed nights at registered establishments as well as at AirBnB and Vrbo. The share of registered bed nights was 80 % and non-registered 20 %.
Between January and February, the number of paid bed nights was 317,000 (+58.8 %). Share of registered was 78 % and non-registered 22 %.
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 74 percent
In February 2022, 140,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Helsinki (+73.6 %), of which 91,300 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 48,700 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 29 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 390 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 74 percent from last year's February.
80,500 nights (+83.8 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 59,500 nights (+61.4 %) by business visitors.
Between January and February, 155,000 registered bed nights (+17.8 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 91,600 (+330.1 %) for foreigners in Helsinki, in total 247,000 (+61.4 %) 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
Comparison of registered bed nights between regions
80,300 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 70 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 70.4 percent were domestic, and 29.6 percent were from foreign countries.
During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Helsinki on average 1.6 nights (-0.02) and foreigners 2.1 nights (-0.44).
407,000 air travelers
The airport received a total of 407,000 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 470 percent. 107,000 travelers were transferring planes (+636.1 %) and 301,000 were local passengers (+432.7 %).
Of local passengers, 78.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 22.0 %. For transferring passengers, the share of travelers arriving from abroad was 74.0 %.
In addition, there were 203,000 passengers departing the airport (+365.4 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 610,000 (+432.9 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
167,000 passengers by ferries
There were 167,000 arriving passengers by ferries. In total, the arrivals to port increased 240 percent. The number of departing passengers was 167,000 (+202.8 %). Most arrivals were from Estonia (138,000 arrivals).
Arrivals
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 10.1 million euro
Total accommodation sales in February were 10.1 million euro (+4.9 million). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 10.6 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 9.0 million euro (+4.5 million) and non-registered sales 1.1 million euro (+367,000).
Total January-February sales were 17.8 million euro and they increased 7.9 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
February 2022
Amount |
Change |
jan-February 2022
Amount |
Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adr (Registered) | 106 € | 17.6 % | 103 € | 16.7 % |
Adr (Non-Registered) | 92 € | -5.5 % | 93 € | 2.6 % |
Bed Night (Registered) | 65 € | 15.2 % | 64 € | 14.6 % |
Revpar (Non-Registered) | 54 € | 8.4 % | 50 € | 12.5 % |
Revpar (Registered) | 29 € | 67.7 % | 24 € | 44.7 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
66 accommodation establishments (+9)
11,400 rooms (+1,900)
22,900 beds (+3,900)
Room utilization 27.1 % (+8.1)
Unsold rooms 8,300
Bed utilization 21.8 % (+6.8)
Airbnb and Vrbo
1,400 accommodation establishments (-87)
1,200 apartments (-66)
1,700 rooms (-161)
Apartment utilization 58.5 % (+7.5)
Unsold apartments 490
Registered room utilization for establishments
Non-registered room capacity
Visits to marketing website
There were a total of 158,000 user sessions at Helsinki marketing website in February. The share of visitors using a foreign language in their web browser was 48.6 percent out of all website visitors. The number of total user sessions increased 15 percent from last year's February.
Website's user sessions by language
Global Google searches for "helsinki"
Global Google searches for "helsinki + keyword"
Google searches for "helsinki" by search region
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, Finavia, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Helsinki Marketing, Socialblade, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

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