Kainuu
Accommodation and Travel Stats

August 2023

Kainuu: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 78,600
1 %
icon: finland 74,300
0 %
icon: foreign 4,300
9 %
icon: star 29,800
2 %
icon: finland 28,000
4 %
icon: foreign 1,800
12 %
icon: star 3.9 mill. €
4 %
Average prices:
Night
50.10 €
1.30 €
Room
98.50 €
2.40 €
RevPAR
51.20 €
3.40 €
icon: establishment 36
12 %
icon: room 2,100
3 %
icon: bed 7,600
3 %
icon: room 52 %
5 %
icon: bed 31 %
3 %

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

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.

Forecast of paid bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 3.4 percent

Total of 2.3 million registered bed nights (-0.4 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.7 million nights (-2.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 604,000 nights (+7.5 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Kainuu out of total registered bed nights was 3.4 % (0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 4.3 % and foreign bed nights 0.7 %.

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

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

= change at least 10 %
August 2023
Amount
Change jan-August 2023
Amount
Change
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.

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Sources: Airdna, Finavia, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

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