Helsinki
Accommodation and Travel Stats
December 2021
Helsinki: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
280,000
183,000
97,600
162,000
117,000
44,600
21.6 mill. €
68
11,700
23,400
81.6 mill. €
25.9 mill. €
-5.2 °C
30 mm
Registered bed nights increased 195 percent (November)
In November 2021, 280,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Helsinki (+195.1 %), of which 183,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 97,600 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 127 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 570 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 195 percent from last year's November.
146,000 nights (+190.7 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 135,000 nights (+200.1 %) by business visitors.
Between January and November, 1.4 million registered bed nights (+34.6 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 453,000 (-5.9 %) for foreigners in Helsinki, in total 1.9 million (+21.9 %) 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
Registered bed nights comparison between regions
162,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (November)
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 197 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 72.4 percent were domestic, and 27.6 percent were from foreign countries.
During November, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Helsinki on average 1.6 nights (-0.1) and foreigners 2.2 nights (-0.17).
409,000 air travelers
The airport received a total of 409,000 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 470 percent. 143,000 travelers were transferring planes (+1,110.6 %) and 266,000 were local passengers (+346.9 %).
Of local passengers, 80.9 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 19.1 %. For transferring passengers, the share of travelers arriving from abroad was 76.8 %.
In addition, there were 279,000 passengers departing the airport (+342.3 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 688,000 (+412.0 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
209,000 passengers by ferries (November)
There were 209,000 arriving passengers by ferries. In total, the arrivals to port increased 86 percent. The number of departing passengers was 205,000 (+93.5 %). Most arrivals were from Estonia (160,000 arrivals).
Arrivals
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Foreign visitors and their consumption (November)
The number of foreign visitors in November was 111,000 (+619.8 %). Out of them 32,700 were on a daytrip and 78,400 stayed at least for one night.
The cumulative number of foreign visitors between January and November was 463,000 (-18.4 %).
Total consumption of these visitors in Helsinki in November was 25.9 million euro (233 per visitor). Overnight visitors spent 22.2 million euro and day visitors 3.7 million euro. Between January and November the consumption was 109.1 million euro.
The figures are estimates and based on TAK Border Research results.
Average prices
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December 2021
Amount |
Change |
jan-December 2021
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Non-Registered) | 106 € | -11.2 % | 106 € | 3.8 % |
| Revpar (Non-Registered) | 66 € | 16.8 % | 63 € | 12.1 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Airbnb and Vrbo
1,400 accommodation establishments (-300)
1,200 apartments (-280)
1,800 rooms (-430)
Apartment utilization 61.9 % (+15)
Unsold apartments 460
Registered room utilization for establishments
Non-registered room capacity
Visits to marketing website
There were a total of 194,000 user sessions at Helsinki marketing website in December. The share of visitors using a foreign language in their web browser was 55.1 percent out of all website visitors. The number of total user sessions increased 14 percent from last year's December.
Website's user sessions by language
Global Google searches for "helsinki"
Global Google searches for "helsinki + keyword"
Google searches for "helsinki" 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 December was 8.12/10 (-0.2).
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.
Temperature
Rainfall
Sources: Airdna, Booking.Com, Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Helsinki Marketing, Statistics Finland, Tak Border Research, Tak Research
Helsinki Marketing
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