Joensuu Region
Accommodation and Travel Stats

September 2021

Joensuu Region: Tourism in a nutshell

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

Bed Nights (August)

28,000

4 %

25,800

3 %

2,200

20 %

Visitors (August)

16,800

2 %

15,700

0 %

1,100

62 %

Accommodation Sales (August)

1.7 mill. €

26 %

Average prices:

Night

61.10 €

10.50 €

Room

108.40 €

12.80 €

RevPAR

68.50 €

21.20 €

Capacity (August)

7 %

760

18 %

2,000

15 %

Utilization (August)

63 %

28 %

45 %

21 %

Weather

7.3 °C

2.3 °C

47 mm

50 mm

Registered bed nights increased four percent (August)

In August 2021, 28,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Joensuu Region (+4.4 %), of which 25,800 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 2,200 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased three percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 20 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased four percent from last year's August.

19,200 nights (-2.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 8,800 nights (+23.6 %) by business visitors.

Between January and August, 136,000 registered bed nights (+2.5 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 5,900 (-60.5 %) for foreigners in Joensuu Region, in total 142,000 (-3.9 %) 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

Market share 1.4 percent (August)

Total of 2.1 million registered bed nights (+23.1 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.8 million nights (+17.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 264,000 nights (+77.0 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Joensuu Region out of total registered bed nights was 1.4 % (-0.2 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 1.4 % and foreign bed nights 0.8 %.

Registered bed nights comparison between regions

16,800 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (August)

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 93.4 percent were domestic, and 6.6 percent were from foreign countries.

During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Joensuu Region on average 1.6 nights (+0.06) and foreigners 2.0 nights (-0.7).

630 air travelers (Joensuu)

The airport received a total of 630 passengers.

Of local passengers, 0.6 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 99.4 %.

In addition, there were 720 passengers departing the airport, therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1,300.

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

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 40 percent

A total of 33,400 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

Vaalimaa: 9,700 (+52.9 %)
Nuijamaa: 10,600 (+73.2 %)
Imatra: 2,900 (-11.9 %)

Niirala: 6,800 (+38.9 %)
Vartius: 2,200 (+14.8 %)
Kuusamo: 62 (+40.9 %)
Salla: 117 (+77.3 %)
Raja-Jooseppi: 73 (+114.7 %)

Russian visa applications increased 290 percent (August)

There was a total of 2,500 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 56.7 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	September 2021 Amount	Change	jan-September 2021 Amount	Change
Adr (Non-Registered)	114 €	-9.1 %	114 €	-20.1 %
Revpar (Non-Registered)	62 €	-26.7 %	66 €	-25.7 %

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

Airbnb and Vrbo

230 accommodation establishments (-28)
200 apartments (-24)
360 rooms (-58)

Apartment utilization 53.9 % (-13)
Unsold apartments 93

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

Accommodation customer satisfaction by nationalities

Accommodation customer satisfaction comparison between regions

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

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Joensuu Region Accommodation and Travel Stats