Joensuu Region
Accommodation and Travel Stats

February 2021

Joensuu Region: Tourism in a nutshell

Bed Nights (January)

6,900

58 %

6,500

49 %

410

89 %

Visitors (January)

4,000

62 %

3,900

54 %

126

94 %

Accommodation Sales (January)

475,000 €

58 %

Average prices:

Night

68.70 €

0.00 €

Room

91.20 €

2.20 €

RevPAR

26.40 €

16.10 €

Capacity (January)

10 %

570

33 %

1,400

31 %

Utilization (January)

0.29

36 %

0.18

40 %

Weather (January)

-8.9 °C

6.8 °C

70 mm

19 mm

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

6,900 registered bed nights (January)

In January 2021, 6,900 bed nights were recorded in Joensuu Region (-58.1 %), of which 6,500 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 410 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights decreased 49 percent and foreign bed nights decreased 89 percent. In total, bed nights decreased 58 percent from last year's January.

2,800 nights (-67.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 4,100 nights (-47.4 %) by business visitors.

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

Bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 1.0 percent (January)

Total of 681,000 bed nights (-59.2 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 629,000 nights (-34.3 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 52,000 nights (-92.7 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Joensuu Region out of total bed nights was 1.0 % (0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 1.0 % and foreign bed nights 0.8 %.

Bed nights comparison between regions

4,000 tourists arrived to accommodation (January)

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 62 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 96.9 percent were domestic, and 3.1 percent were from foreign countries.

During January, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Joensuu Region on average 1.7 nights (+0.15) and foreigners 3.3 nights (+1.6).

79 air travelers (January, Joensuu)

The airport received a total of 79 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 98 percent.

Of local passengers, 15.2 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 84.8 %.

In addition, there were 63 passengers departing the airport (-98.5 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 142 (-98.2 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Joensuu)

Arriving passengers from (Joensuu)

Passengers on transfers from (Joensuu)

Departing passengers to (Joensuu)

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

International = International cruise ships

23,500 Russian travelers via eastern border (January)

A total of 23,500 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

Vaalimaa: 6,800 (-92.0 %)
Nuijamaa: 6,100 (-94.3 %)
Imatra: 3,300 (-94.1 %)

Niirala: 4,700 (-81.6 %)
Vartius: 1,600 (-82.4 %)
Kuusamo: 88 (-87.7 %)
Salla: 82 (-98.0 %)
Raja-Jooseppi: 31 (-99.0 %)

Russian visa applications decreased 99 percent (January)

There was a total of 420 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 51.9 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.

Accommodation sales 475,000 euro (January)

Registered accommodation sales in January were 475,000 euro (-658,000).

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	January 2021 Amount	Change
Adr (Registered)	91 €	-2.4 %
Bed Night (Registered)	69 €	-0.1 %
Revpar (Registered)	26 €	-37.8 %

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

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (January)

Registered Accommodation

19 accommodation establishments (-2)
570 rooms (-270)
1,400 beds (-640)

Room utilization 29.0 % (-16)
Unsold rooms 400
Bed utilization 17.6 % (-12)

Registered room utilization for establishments

Website's user sessions by language

Global Google searches for "joensuu region"

Global Google searches for "joensuu region + keyword"

Google searches for "joensuu region" by search region

The occurrence of hashtags on Instagram

The number of likes for posts with hashtags on Instagram

Hotel customer satisfaction by nationalities

Hotel customer satisfaction comparison between regions

Sources: Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland

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Joensuu Region Accommodation and Travel Stats