Kotka
Accommodation and Travel Stats

June 2018

Kotka: Tourism in a nutshell

Total
icon: new 15,000
1 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 13,000
5 %
icon: finland 9,800
12 %
icon: foreign 3,200
29 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 2,000
68 %
Total
icon: new 8,700
7 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 7,800
2 %
icon: finland 6,000
7 %
icon: foreign 1,800
48 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 950
68 %
Total
icon: new 740,000 €
10 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 695,000 €
10 %
Average prices:
Night
53.40 €
6.20 €
Room
97.10 €
2.00 €
RevPAR
49.20 €
5.60 €
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 44,700 €
10 %
Average prices:
Adr
108.10 €
2.70 €
RevPAR
48.00 €
3.40 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 7.0
0 %
icon: room 460
21 %
icon: bed 1,000
9 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 73
74 %
icon: room 122
55 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 51 %
12 %
icon: bed 44 %
14 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: entire place 44 %
10 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 1.7
7 %
icon: finland 1.6
6 %
icon: foreign 1.8
13 %

Paid bed nights

13,000 registered bed nights

In June 2018, 13,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Kotka (-4.8 %), of which 9,800 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 3,200 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 12 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 29 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased five percent from last year's June.

8,800 nights (-10.7 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 4,200 nights (+10.6 %) by business visitors.

Between January and June, 32,200 registered bed nights (-17.2 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 15,200 (+28.5 %) for foreigners in Kotka, in total 47,300 (-6.5 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 0.6 percent

Total of 2.2 million registered bed nights (+1.4 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.6 million nights (+4.2 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 586,000 nights (-5.3 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Kotka out of total registered bed nights was 0.6 % (-0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 0.6 % and foreign bed nights 0.6 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

Length of stay was 1.7 nights in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation decreased seven percent compared to earlier year. In Kotka, length of stay in June was on average 1.7 nights and in Finland 1.8 nights (-0.0 %).

During June, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kotka on average 1.6 nights (-6.5 %) and foreigners 1.8 nights (+3.3 %).

7,800 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 77.1 percent were domestic, and 22.9 percent were from foreign countries.

During June, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kotka on average 1.6 nights (-0.11) and foreigners 1.8 nights (-0.27).

Visitor count by attraction

Visitors

Visitors by city

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased seven percent

A total of 279,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 90.1 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 86,200 (+5.4 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 102,000 (+4.6 %)
  • Imatra: 51,200 (+14.3 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 11,500 (-7.6 %)
  • Niirala: 24,200 (+8.7 %)
  • Vartius: 8,000 (+0.1 %)
  • Kuusamo: 370 (+1.4 %)
  • Salla: 3,000 (-3.5 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 2,800 (+13.3 %)

Accommodation sales 740,000 euro

Total accommodation sales in June were 740,000 euro (+64,600). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 6.0 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 695,000 euro (+50,200) and non-registered sales 44,700 euro (+14,400).

Total January-June sales were 3.0 million euro and they increased 137,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
June 2018
Amount
Change jan-June 2018
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 108 € -2.4 % 101 € 0.0 %
Adr (Registered) 97 € 2.2 % 95 € 0.4 %
Bed Night (Registered) 53 € 13.2 % 60 € 7.3 %
Revpar (Registered) 49 € -10.3 % 38 € -14.1 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 48 € 7.7 % 41 € 29.7 %

Total accommodation sales

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

7.0 accommodation establishments (+0)
460 rooms (+81)
1,000 beds (+87)

Room utilization 50.6 % (-7.0)
Unsold rooms 230
Bed utilization 43.7 % (+5.4)

Airbnb and Vrbo

73 accommodation establishments (+31)
54 apartments (+20)
122 rooms (+43)

Apartment utilization 44.4 % (+4.2)
Unsold apartments 30

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, Statistics Finland, Visitory Research Team

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