Kittilä
Accommodation and Travel Stats
December 2018
Kittilä: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered & non-registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
107,000
89,600
20,200
69,400
17,500
29,400
25,200
5,900
19,200
4,200
4.8 mill. €
4.1 mill. €
638,000 €
20
1,500
4,500
250
550
76 %
60 %
3.6
3.4
3.6
107,000 bed nights in paid accommodation
Total of 107,000 bed nights (+0.0 %) were recorded in paid accommodation in Kittilä in December 2018. This figure includes bed nights at registered establishments as well as at AirBnB and Vrbo. The share of registered bed nights was 84 % and non-registered 16 %.
Between January and December, the number of paid bed nights was 706,000 (+11.7 %). Share of registered was 76 % and non-registered 24 %.
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.
Paid bed nights
Registered bed nights increased two percent
In December 2018, 89,600 registered bed nights were recorded in Kittilä (+1.8 %), of which 20,200 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 69,400 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased five percent and registered foreign bed nights increased one percent. In total, registered bed nights increased two percent from last year's December.
67,500 nights (-14.5 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 22,000 nights (+143.0 %) by business visitors.
Between January and December, 267,000 registered bed nights (-2.5 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 267,000 (-0.2 %) for foreigners in Kittilä, in total 534,000 (-1.4 %) 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
Length of stay was 3.6 nights in registered accommodation
Length of stay in registered accommodation decreased three percent compared to earlier year. In Kittilä, length of stay in December was on average 3.6 nights and in Finland 2.0 nights (+1.4 %).
During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kittilä on average 3.4 nights (-2.9 %) and foreigners 3.6 nights (+0.3 %).
25,200 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased four percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 23.6 percent were domestic, and 76.4 percent were from foreign countries.
During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kittilä on average 3.4 nights (+0.12) and foreigners 3.6 nights (-0.17).
Visitors
Visitors by region
Visitors by city
Visitors by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
183 international congress guests in 2018
The number of international congress quests increased 260 percent from the previous year.
There was a total of 2.0 congresses organized (+1.0) in 2018.
51,400 air travelers
The airport received a total of 51,400 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased six percent.
Of local passengers, 65.8 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 34.2 %.
In addition, there were 43,700 passengers departing the airport (+3.1 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 95,200 (+4.4 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 4.8 million euro
Total accommodation sales in December were 4.8 million euro (+546,000). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 13.4 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 4.1 million euro (+440,000) and non-registered sales 638,000 euro (+107,000).
Total January-December sales were 30.4 million euro and they increased 3.3 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
|
December 2018
Amount |
Change |
jan-December 2018
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Non-Registered) | 178 € | 23.4 % | 129 € | 0.1 % |
| Adr (Registered) | 117 € | -1.9 % | 109 € | 2.4 % |
| Revpar (Non-Registered) | 107 € | 20.0 % | 72 € | 16.1 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 89 € | 1.5 % | 54 € | 3.8 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 46 € | 10.0 % | 49 € | 5.7 % |
Total accommodation sales
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
20 accommodation establishments (-1)
1,500 rooms (+153)
4,500 beds (+250)
Room utilization 75.7 % (+2.5)
Unsold rooms 360
Airbnb and Vrbo
250 accommodation establishments (+27)
240 apartments (+37)
550 rooms (+86)
Apartment utilization 60.4 % (-1.7)
Unsold apartments 95
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Global Google searches for "kittilä + keyword"
Google searches for "kittilä" by search region
Visits to marketing website
There were a total of 412,000 user sessions at Kittilä marketing website in December. The share of visitors using a foreign language in their web browser was 38.5 percent out of all website visitors. The number of total user sessions increased 36 percent from last year's December.
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, Business Finland, Finavia, Google Analytics, Statistics Finland, Visitory Research Team
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