Kotka-Hamina Region
Accommodation and Travel Stats

December 2018

Kotka-Hamina Region: Tourism in a nutshell

Total
icon: new 9,900
5 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 7,400
1 %
icon: finland 4,800
8 %
icon: foreign 2,600
21 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 2,500
22 %
Total
icon: new 5,300
11 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 4,100
17 %
icon: finland 2,900
23 %
icon: foreign 1,200
2 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 1,200
23 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Russia
750
5 %
Total
icon: new 573,000
25 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 465,000 €
25 %
Average prices:
Night
63.00 €
7.70 €
Room
101.90 €
10.10 €
RevPAR
27.50 €
1.30 €
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 108,000
25 %
Average prices:
Adr
181.90 €
73.30 €
RevPAR
70.40 €
28.90 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 14
7 %
icon: room 540
6 %
icon: bed 1,300
5 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 125
52 %
icon: room 240
56 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 27 %
6 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: entire place 39 %
2 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 1.8
22 %
icon: finland 1.7
19 %
icon: foreign 2.2
23 %

Paid bed nights

Registered bed nights increased one percent

In December 2018, 7,400 registered bed nights were recorded in Kotka-Hamina Region (+0.5 %), of which 4,800 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 2,600 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased eight percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 21 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased one percent from last year's December.

3,800 nights (+0.1 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 3,600 nights (+0.9 %) by business visitors.

Between January and December, 103,000 registered bed nights (-15.5 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 44,800 (+13.8 %) for foreigners in Kotka-Hamina Region, in total 148,000 (-8.3 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 0.4 percent

Total of 1.8 million registered bed nights (+3.0 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 967,000 nights (-0.2 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 789,000 nights (+7.1 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Kotka-Hamina Region out of total registered bed nights was 0.4 % (-0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 0.5 % and foreign bed nights 0.3 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

Length of stay increased 22 percent in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation increased 22 percent compared to earlier year. In Kotka-Hamina Region, length of stay in December was on average 1.8 nights and in Finland 2.0 nights (+1.4 %).

During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kotka-Hamina Region on average 1.7 nights (-2.8 %) and foreigners 2.2 nights (+6.9 %).

4,100 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 17 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 70.2 percent were domestic, and 29.8 percent were from foreign countries.

During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kotka-Hamina Region on average 1.7 nights (+0.26) and foreigners 2.2 nights (+0.41).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

550 passengers by ferries (September)

There were 550 arriving passengers by ferries. The number of departing passengers was 550.

Arrivals

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Visitor count by attraction

Visitor count by attraction (Hamina)

Visitor count by attraction (Kotka)

Visitor count by attraction (Other South Kymenlaakso)

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased four percent

A total of 293,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 90.8 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 84,800 (-2.8 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 109,000 (+15.0 %)
  • Imatra: 55,700 (-4.4 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 16,400 (-0.2 %)
  • Niirala: 25,100 (+10.3 %)
  • Vartius: 10,200 (-0.5 %)
  • Kuusamo: 630 (+15.3 %)
  • Salla: 3,700 (-17.1 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 3,200 (+0.7 %)

Accommodation sales 573,000 euro

Total accommodation sales in December were 573,000 euro (+114,000). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 18.8 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 465,000 euro (+59,100) and non-registered sales 108,000 euro (+54,400).

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
December 2018
Amount
Change jan-December 2018
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 182 € 67.5 % 122 € 20.1 %
Adr (Registered) 102 € 11.0 % 100 € 3.5 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 70 € 69.6 % 56 € 32.1 %
Bed Night (Registered) 63 € 14.0 % 62 € 21.0 %
Revpar (Registered) 28 € 4.8 % 41 € -5.8 %

Average prices (Hamina)

= change at least 10 %
December 2018
Amount
Change jan-December 2018
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 93 € -3.3 % 130 € 57.6 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 27 € 4.5 % 59 € 111.1 %

Accommodation sales 438,000 euro (Kotka)

Total accommodation sales in December were 438,000 euro (+97,400). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 15.2 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 372,000 euro (+58,500) and non-registered sales 66,600 euro (+38,900).

Total January-December sales were 8.0 million euro and they increased 1.3 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
December 2018
Amount
Change jan-December 2018
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 187 € 77.7 % 116 € 8.9 %
Adr (Registered) 96 € 9.1 % 99 € 2.2 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 79 € 85.5 % 54 € 20.0 %
Bed Night (Registered) 61 € 14.9 % 64 € 21.9 %
Revpar (Registered) 28 € 5.1 % 43 € -9.9 %

Average prices (Other South Kymenlaakso)

= change at least 10 %
December 2018
Amount
Change jan-December 2018
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 220 € 89.2 % 132 € 30.2 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 84 € 83.1 % 57 € 29.7 %

Total accommodation sales

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

14 accommodation establishments (-1)
540 rooms (+29)
1,300 beds (-71)

Room utilization 27.0 % (-1.6)
Unsold rooms 390

Airbnb and Vrbo

125 accommodation establishments (+43)
107 apartments (+40)
240 rooms (+85)

Apartment utilization 38.7 % (+0.75)
Unsold apartments 66

Capacity & Utilization (Hamina)

Airbnb and Vrbo

23 accommodation establishments (+11)
21 apartments (+11)
38 rooms (+12)

Apartment utilization 29.2 % (+2.2)
Unsold apartments 15

Capacity & Utilization (Kotka)

Registered Accommodation

6.0 accommodation establishments (-1)
440 rooms (+30)
960 beds (-67)

Room utilization 28.9 % (-1.1)
Unsold rooms 310
Bed utilization 21.2 % (+2.3)

Airbnb and Vrbo

75 accommodation establishments (+25)
60 apartments (+21)
131 rooms (+44)

Apartment utilization 42.4 % (+1.8)
Unsold apartments 35

Capacity & Utilization (Other South Kymenlaakso)

Airbnb and Vrbo

27 accommodation establishments (+7)
26 apartments (+8)
68 rooms (+28)

Apartment utilization 37.7 % (-0.4)
Unsold apartments 16

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.

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Sources: Airdna, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Statistics Finland, Visitory Research Team

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