Kotka
Accommodation and Travel Stats

September 2021

Kotka: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.

Bed Nights (August)

16,800

3 %

16,100

3 %

780

11 %

Visitors (August)

9,100

4 %

8,700

4 %

350

10 %

Accommodation Sales (August)

1.2 mill. €

9 %

Average prices:

Night

69.30 €

3.80 €

Room

118.40 €

1.80 €

RevPAR

79.00 €

1.20 €

Capacity (August)

6.0

20 %

440

5 %

990

2 %

Utilization (August)

67 %

0 %

46 %

7 %

Weather

8.8 °C

4.7 °C

24 mm

9 mm

Registered bed nights increased three percent (August)

In August 2021, 16,800 registered bed nights were recorded in Kotka (+3.0 %), of which 16,100 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 780 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased three percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 11 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased three percent from last year's August.

11,000 nights (+19.7 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 5,900 nights (-18.4 %) by business visitors.

Between January and August, 72,500 registered bed nights (+12.7 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 3,700 (-55.5 %) for foreigners in Kotka, in total 76,200 (+5.0 %) 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

Market share 0.8 percent (August)

Total of 2.1 million registered bed nights (+23.1 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.8 million nights (+17.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 264,000 nights (+77.0 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Kotka out of total registered bed nights was 0.8 % (-0.2 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 0.9 % and foreign bed nights 0.3 %.

Registered bed nights comparison between regions

9,100 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (August)

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased four percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 96.2 percent were domestic, and 3.8 percent were from foreign countries.

During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kotka on average 1.8 nights (-0.02) and foreigners 2.2 nights (+0.03).

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

International = International cruise ships

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 40 percent

A total of 33,400 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

Vaalimaa: 9,700 (+52.9 %)
Nuijamaa: 10,600 (+73.2 %)
Imatra: 2,900 (-11.9 %)

Niirala: 6,800 (+38.9 %)
Vartius: 2,200 (+14.8 %)
Kuusamo: 62 (+40.9 %)
Salla: 117 (+77.3 %)
Raja-Jooseppi: 73 (+114.7 %)

Russian visa applications increased 290 percent (August)

There was a total of 2,500 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 56.7 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	September 2021 Amount	Change	jan-September 2021 Amount	Change
Adr (Non-Registered)	125 €	-20.0 %	171 €	6.2 %
Revpar (Non-Registered)	59 €	-35.5 %	86 €	4.9 %

adr=average daily rate, revpar=revenue per available room (adr * utilization), bed night=accommodation sales per bed nights

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Airbnb and Vrbo

94 accommodation establishments (+24)
79 apartments (+18)
171 rooms (+41)

Apartment utilization 47.4 % (-11)
Unsold apartments 42

Registered room utilization for establishments

Website's user sessions by language

Global Google searches for "kotka"

Global Google searches for "kotka + keyword"

Google searches for "kotka" by search region

The occurrence of hashtags on Instagram

The number of likes for posts with hashtags on Instagram

Accommodation customer satisfaction

Average customer satisfaction score on Booking.com given by accommodation customers in September was 7.86/10 (-0.02).

Accommodation customer satisfaction by nationalities

Accommodation customer satisfaction comparison between regions

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, Booking.Com, Business Finland, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

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Kotka Accommodation and Travel Stats