Kainuu
Accommodation and Travel Stats

February 2023

Kainuu: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 64,300
1 %
icon: finland 60,500
1 %
icon: foreign 3,700
13 %
icon: star 20,900
17 %
icon: finland 19,900
14 %
icon: foreign 1,100
125 %
Average prices:
Night
48.90 €
2.50 €
Room
101.70 €
2.90 €
RevPAR
43.30 €
1.60 €
icon: establishment 31
11 %
icon: room 2,000
1 %
icon: bed 7,200
0 %
icon: room 43 %
7 %
icon: bed 29 %
2 %
icon: temperature -3.3 °C
0.3 °C
icon: rainfall 46 mm
21 mm

Registered bed nights increased one percent (January)

In January 2023, 64,300 registered bed nights were recorded in Kainuu (+1.3 %), of which 60,500 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 3,700 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased one percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 13 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased one percent from last year's January.

55,000 nights (+0.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 9,300 nights (+8.1 %) by business visitors.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 4.2 percent (January)

Total of 1.5 million registered bed nights (+47.7 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 996,000 nights (+44.3 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 528,000 nights (+54.6 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Kainuu out of total registered bed nights was 4.2 % (-1.9 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 6.1 % and foreign bed nights 0.7 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

20,900 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (January)

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 17 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 94.9 percent were domestic, and 5.1 percent were from foreign countries.

During January, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kainuu on average 3.0 nights (-0.4) and foreigners 3.5 nights (-3.5).

Visitor days

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

1,600 air travelers (Kajaani)

The airport received a total of 1,600 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 101 percent.

Of local passengers, 9.3 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 90.7 %.

In addition, there were 1,600 passengers departing the airport (+98.4 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 3,200 (+99.7 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kajaani)

Arriving passengers from (Kajaani)

Passengers on transfers from (Kajaani)

Departing passengers to (Kajaani)

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

26,500 Russian travelers via eastern border

A total of 26,500 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 80.0 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 13,800 (+59.8 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 5,400 (-45.1 %)
  • Imatra: 2,000 (-23.8 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 6.0 (-99.7 %)
  • Niirala: 3,700 (-44.6 %)
  • Vartius: 1,400 (-33.2 %)
  • Kuusamo: 27 (-63.0 %)
  • Salla: 151 (+23.8 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 41 (-24.1 %)

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
February 2023
Amount
Change jan-February 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 163 € 3.8 % 167 € 5.2 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 112 € 4.8 % 100 € 4.8 %

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Airbnb and Vrbo

500 accommodation establishments (+70)
470 apartments (+66)
1,000 rooms (+149)

Apartment utilization 67.9 % (+0.26)
Unsold apartments 150

Registered room utilization for establishments

Website's user sessions by language

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

Visitor count by attraction

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Sources: Airdna, Finavia, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Meteostat, Socialblade, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

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