Kotka
Accommodation and Travel Stats

April 2019

Kotka: Tourism in a nutshell

Total
icon: new 9,500
23 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 7,200
13 %
icon: finland 5,200
21 %
icon: foreign 1,900
4 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 2,300
70 %
Total
icon: new 5,000
24 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 3,900
15 %
icon: finland 2,900
19 %
icon: foreign 930
6 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 1,100
70 %
Total
icon: new 565,000
31 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 467,000 €
31 %
Average prices:
Night
65.30 €
0.80 €
Room
100.60 €
5.30 €
RevPAR
36.00 €
0.90 €
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 97,500
31 %
Average prices:
Adr
167.80 €
81.80 €
RevPAR
80.10 €
45.60 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 6.0
0 %
icon: room 420
1 %
icon: bed 890
1 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 80
48 %
icon: room 152
82 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 36 %
7 %
icon: bed 23 %
8 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: entire place 48 %
19 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 1.9
2 %
icon: finland 1.8
2 %
icon: foreign 2.1
9 %

Paid bed nights

Registered bed nights increased 13 percent

In April 2019, 7,200 registered bed nights were recorded in Kotka (+12.9 %), of which 5,200 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,900 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 21 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased four percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 13 percent from last year's April.

3,400 nights (+16.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 3,700 nights (+9.8 %) by business visitors.

Between January and April, 16,700 registered bed nights (+11.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 8,900 (-4.4 %) for foreigners in Kotka, in total 25,600 (+5.7 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 0.5 percent

Total of 1.6 million registered bed nights (+2.5 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.2 million nights (+4.3 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 356,000 nights (-3.4 %) by foreigners.

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

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

Length of stay was 1.9 nights in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation decreased two percent compared to earlier year. In Kotka, length of stay in April was on average 1.9 nights and in Finland 1.9 nights (-0.4 %).

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kotka on average 1.8 nights (+8.7 %) and foreigners 2.1 nights (-19.7 %).

3,900 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 15 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 75.9 percent were domestic, and 24.1 percent were from foreign countries.

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kotka on average 1.8 nights (+0.04) and foreigners 2.1 nights (-0.22).

Visitor count by attraction

Visitors

Visitors by city

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased three percent

A total of 249,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 91.4 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 70,600 (-7.4 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 99,900 (+11.0 %)
  • Imatra: 42,300 (+7.5 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 14,300 (+15.6 %)
  • Niirala: 21,300 (+4.5 %)
  • Vartius: 8,000 (+5.3 %)
  • Kuusamo: 330 (+29.6 %)
  • Salla: 2,500 (-25.5 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 2,500 (+2.9 %)

Accommodation sales 565,000 euro

Total accommodation sales in April were 565,000 euro (+133,000). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 17.3 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 467,000 euro (+58,900) and non-registered sales 97,500 euro (+74,000).

Total January-April sales were 2.3 million euro and they increased 660,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
April 2019
Amount
Change jan-April 2019
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 168 € 95.0 % 230 € 146.0 %
Adr (Registered) 101 € 5.6 % 100 € 4.4 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 80 € 132.2 % 109 € 206.4 %
Bed Night (Registered) 65 € 1.3 % 72 € 14.6 %
Revpar (Registered) 36 € -2.3 % 33 € 1.9 %

Total accommodation sales

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

6.0 accommodation establishments (+0)
420 rooms (-4)
890 beds (-9)

Room utilization 35.8 % (-2.9)
Unsold rooms 270
Bed utilization 22.9 % (-2.0)

Airbnb and Vrbo

80 accommodation establishments (+26)
71 apartments (+31)
152 rooms (+68)

Apartment utilization 47.7 % (+7.7)
Unsold apartments 37

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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