Kouvola
Accommodation and Travel Stats
June 2020
Kouvola: Tourism in a nutshell
3,100
3,000
108
1,600
1,600
47
177,000
11
250
650
4 %
18.5 °C
27 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 trends.
Temperature
Rainfall
3,100 registered bed nights (May)
In May 2020, 3,100 bed nights were recorded in Kouvola (-80.0 %), of which 3,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 108 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights decreased 78 percent and foreign bed nights decreased 94 percent. In total, bed nights decreased 80 percent from last year's May.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Sweden (36 nights).
1,200 nights (-82.4 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 1,900 nights (-78.0 %) by business visitors.
Between January and May, 19,100 bed nights (-53.5 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 2,600 (-55.7 %) for foreigners in Kouvola, in total 21,800 (-53.8 %) 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
1,600 tourists arrived to accommodation (May)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 78 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 97.1 percent were domestic, and 2.9 percent were from foreign countries.
During May, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kouvola on average 1.9 nights (-0.12) and foreigners 2.3 nights (-0.29).
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
19,400 Russian travelers via eastern border (May)
A total of 19,400 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
The share of southeastern border stations was 66.8 percent.
- Vaalimaa: 4,600 (-94.7 %)
- Nuijamaa: 6,000 (-94.8 %)
- Imatra: 2,200 (-95.2 %)
- Vainikkala (train): 2.0 (-100.0 %)
- Niirala: 4,400 (-80.5 %)
- Vartius: 1,400 (-81.8 %)
- Kuusamo: 0.0 (-100.0 %)
- Salla: 19 (-99.5 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 23 (-99.3 %)
Russian visa applications increased 29 percent (February)
There was a total of 51,600 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 83.4 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.
Accommodation sales 177,000 euro (May)
Registered accommodation sales in May were 177,000 euro (-702,000).
Registered January-May sales were 1.4 million euro and they decreased 1.3 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| May 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-May 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 91 € | -5.9 % | 96 € | 4.2 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 58 € | 0.8 % | 66 € | 11.5 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 25 € | -51.7 % | 31 € | -12.4 % |
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 (May)
Registered Accommodation
11 accommodation establishments (-3)
250 rooms (-320)
650 beds (-610)
Room utilization 27.4 % (-26)
(for establishments in use)
Unsold rooms 182
Registered room utilization
Website's user sessions by language
Hotel customer satisfaction
Average customer satisfaction score on Booking.com given by hotel customers in June was 7.57/10 (-0.81).
Sources: Booking.Com, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Global Blue, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland