Kainuu
Accommodation and Travel Stats
August 2023
Kainuu: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
101,000 bed nights in paid accommodation
Total of 101,000 bed nights (-5.5 %) were recorded in paid accommodation in Kainuu in August 2023. This figure includes bed nights at registered establishments as well as at AirBnB and Vrbo. The share of registered bed nights was 78 % and non-registered 22 %.
Between January and August, the number of paid bed nights was 880,000 (-3.5 %). Share of registered was 75 % and non-registered 25 %.
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 one percent
In August 2023, 78,600 registered bed nights were recorded in Kainuu (+0.9 %), of which 74,300 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 4,300 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased less than one percent and registered foreign bed nights increased nine percent. In total, registered bed nights increased one percent from last year's August.
69,100 nights (+0.9 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 9,400 nights (+0.9 %) by business visitors.
Between January and August, 627,000 registered bed nights (+0.5 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 28,300 (-24.3 %) for foreigners in Kainuu, in total 656,000 (-0.9 %) 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
Paid bed nights forecast, Kainuu
In September 2023, the number of bed nights in paid accommodation is expected to decrease by 5.9 % compared to the previous year.
The number of bed nights is expected to decrease by 4.4 % in the next six months compared to the previous year.
The forecast is based on a time series model (SARIMA), which is supplemented with exogenous (external) explanatory variables.
Forecast of paid bed nights
Registered bed nights by country of arrival
Comparison of registered bed nights between regions
29,800 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 93.9 percent were domestic, and 6.1 percent were from foreign countries.
During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kainuu on average 2.7 nights (-0.08) and foreigners 2.3 nights (+0.45).
Visitors
Visitors by region
Visitors by city
Visitors by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
1,500 air travelers (Kajaani)
The airport received a total of 1,500 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 320 percent.
Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.
In addition, there were 1,700 passengers departing the airport (+277.1 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 3,200 (+294.8 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kajaani)
Arriving passengers from (Kajaani)
Passengers on transfers from (Kajaani)
Departing passengers to (Kajaani)
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 4.8 million euro
Total accommodation sales in August were 4.8 million euro (+56,300). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 18.4 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 3.9 million euro (+138,000) and non-registered sales 885,000 euro (-82,000).
Total January-August sales were 40.4 million euro and they decreased 423,000 euro from the previous year.
Average prices
August 2023
Amount |
Change |
jan-August 2023
Amount |
Change | |
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Adr (Non-Registered) | 164 € | 17.2 % | 159 € | 6.1 % |
Adr (Registered) | 99 € | 2.5 % | 105 € | 1.1 % |
Revpar (Non-Registered) | 79 € | -11.9 % | 91 € | -9.4 % |
Revpar (Registered) | 51 € | 7.2 % | 56 € | 1.9 % |
Bed Night (Registered) | 50 € | 2.7 % | 49 € | 0.6 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
36 accommodation establishments (-5)
2,100 rooms (-71)
7,600 beds (-210)
Room utilization 52.0 % (+2.3)
Unsold rooms 1,000
Bed utilization 30.7 % (+0.9)
Airbnb and Vrbo
520 accommodation establishments (+38)
490 apartments (+41)
1,000 rooms (+86)
Apartment utilization 48.1 % (-16)
Unsold apartments 250
Registered room utilization for establishments
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, Statistics Finland, Tak Research
Kainuun liitto, Kauppakatu 1, 87100 Kajaani

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