Kouvola
Accommodation and Travel Stats
September 2020
Kouvola: Tourism in a nutshell
9,800
9,200
640
6,100
5,900
200
564,000 €
14
490
1,200
389,000 €
12.2 °C
59 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
9,800 registered bed nights
In September 2020, 9,800 bed nights were recorded in Kouvola (-14.5 %), of which 9,200 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 640 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights decreased nine percent and foreign bed nights decreased 54 percent. In total, bed nights decreased 14 percent from last year's September.
5,700 nights (-12.5 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 4,100 nights (-17.0 %) by business visitors.
Between January and September, 69,900 bed nights (-36.8 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 6,300 (-59.3 %) for foreigners in Kouvola, in total 76,200 (-39.6 %) 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
6,100 tourists arrived to accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 17 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 96.7 percent were domestic, and 3.3 percent were from foreign countries.
During September, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kouvola on average 1.6 nights (+0.05) and foreigners 3.1 nights (+1.1).
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
23,800 Russian travelers via eastern border
A total of 23,800 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
- Vaalimaa: 6,300 (-90.9 %)
- Nuijamaa: 6,100 (-94.0 %)
- Imatra: 3,300 (-92.6 %)
- Vainikkala (train): 0.0 (-100.0 %)
- Niirala: 4,900 (-76.1 %)
- Vartius: 1,900 (-75.9 %)
- Kuusamo: 44 (-89.8 %)
- Salla: 66 (-97.3 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 34 (-98.6 %)
Russian visa applications decreased 99 percent
There was a total of 610 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 60.7 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.
Foreign visitors and their consumption
The number of foreign visitors in September was 2,800 (-70.5 %). Out of them 2,000 were on a daytrip and 810 stayed at least for one night.
The cumulative number of foreign visitors between January and September was 36,000 (-64.9 %).
Total consumption of these visitors in Kouvola in September was 389,000 euro (140 per visitor). Overnight visitors spent 136,000 euro and day visitors 253,000 euro. Between January and September the consumption was 5.0 million euro.
The figures are estimates and based on TAK Border Research results.
Accommodation sales 741,000 euro
Total accommodation sales in September were 741,000 euro (-45,300). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 23.9 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 564,000 euro (-78,200) and non-registered sales 177,000 euro (+32,800).
Total January-September sales were 5.3 million euro and they decreased 2.3 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| September 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-September 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Non-Registered) | 185 € | 69.5 % | 176 € | 59.7 % |
| Revpar (Non-Registered) | 95 € | 33.6 % | 88 € | 38.3 % |
| Adr (Registered) | 92 € | 4.1 % | 93 € | -2.7 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 57 € | 2.7 % | 50 € | -1.9 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 40 € | -0.9 % | 38 € | -11.8 % |
Tax free sales -4.4 % (January)
Tax free sales decreased four percent from the previous year.
(Russians -6.2 %, Chinese +49.3 %)
Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
14 accommodation establishments (+0)
490 rooms (-62)
1,200 beds (-86)
Room utilization 43.5 % (-2.2)
Unsold rooms 280
Bed utilization 28.1 % (-2.5)
Airbnb and Vrbo
104 accommodation establishments (-10)
92 apartments (-11)
190 rooms (-37)
Apartment utilization 51.3 % (-14)
Unsold apartments 45
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Global Google searches for "kouvola"
Global Google searches for "kouvola + keyword"
Google searches for "kouvola" by search region
The occurrence of hashtags on Instagram
Hotel customer satisfaction
Average customer satisfaction score on Booking.com given by hotel customers in September was 7.9/10 (-0.53).
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 Border Research, Tak Research
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