Kotka
Accommodation and Travel Stats
August 2019
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Kotka: Tourism in a nutshell
16,500
13,500
3,000
9,600
8,000
1,600
938,000
7.0
450
1,000
19 %
17.0 °C
50 mm
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
16,500 registered bed nights
In August 2019, 16,500 bed nights were recorded in Kotka (-2.8 %), of which 13,500 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 3,000 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased one percent and foreign bed nights decreased 17 percent. In total, bed nights decreased three percent from last year's August.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Russia (1,100 nights).
10,200 nights (+3.7 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 6,400 nights (-11.8 %) by business visitors.
Between January and August, 65,600 bed nights (+6.7 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 20,500 (-9.1 %) for foreigners in Kotka, in total 86,100 (+2.4 %) 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
Bed nights by country of arrival
9,600 tourists arrived to accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 82.9 percent were domestic, and 17.1 percent were from foreign countries.
During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kotka on average 1.7 nights (-0.04) and foreigners 1.8 nights (-0.29).
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 13 percent
A total of 348,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
The share of southeastern border stations was 92.3 percent.
- Vaalimaa: 104,000 (+9.0 %)
- Nuijamaa: 139,000 (+22.2 %)
- Imatra: 60,400 (+5.6 %)
- Vainikkala (train): 18,000 (+18.5 %)
- Niirala: 27,600 (+6.7 %)
- Vartius: 9,600 (+7.0 %)
- Kuusamo: 560 (+14.1 %)
- Salla: 2,800 (+0.6 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 3,100 (+32.3 %)
Russian visa applications increased 45 percent
There was a total of 90,700 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 84.3 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.
Accommodation sales 1.1 million euro
Total accommodation sales in August were 1.1 million euro (-223,000). The share of Airbnb and HomeAway was 12.7 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 938,000 euro (-299,000) and non-registered sales 137,000 euro (+72,100).
Total January-August sales were 5.9 million euro and they increased 573,000 euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| August 2019 Amount |
Change |
jan-August 2019
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Non-Registered) | 153 € | 45.0 % | 166 € | 56.2 % |
| Adr (Registered) | 105 € | 1.4 % | 104 € | 5.0 % |
| Revpar (Non-Registered) | 95 € | 51.5 % | 90 € | 84.4 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 64 € | 0.9 % | 44 € | -0.1 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 57 € | -22.0 % | 59 € | -1.4 % |
Tax free sales +19.0 %
Tax free sales increased 19 percent from the previous year.
(Russians +17.4 %, Chinese +111.3 %)
Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
7.0 accommodation establishments (+0)
450 rooms (-17)
1,000 beds (+17)
Room utilization 60.7 % (-0.3)
Unsold rooms 178
Bed utilization 40.5 % (-2.7)
Airbnb and HomeAway
87 accommodation establishments (+7)
74 apartments (+19)
175 rooms (+47)
Apartment utilization 62.4 % (+2.7)
Unsold apartments 28
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Hotel customer satisfaction
Average customer satisfaction score on Booking.com given by hotel customers in August was 8.25/10.
Hotel customer satisfaction by nationalities
Sources: Airdna, Booking.Com, Business Finland, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Global Blue, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland, Tak Research