Kuusamo
Accommodation and Travel Stats
July 2022
Kuusamo: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
89,200 bed nights in paid accommodation (June)
Total of 89,200 bed nights (-7.6 %) were recorded in paid accommodation in Kuusamo in June 2022. This figure includes bed nights at registered establishments as well as at AirBnB and Vrbo. The share of registered bed nights was 38 % and non-registered 62 %.
Between January and June, the number of paid bed nights was 713,000 (+6.6 %). Share of registered was 52 % and non-registered 48 %.
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. Non-registered bed nights statistics include bed nights from AirBnB and Vrbo.
34,100 registered bed nights (June)
In June 2022, 34,100 registered bed nights were recorded in Kuusamo (-20.5 %), of which 31,700 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 2,400 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 26 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 1,800 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 21 percent from last year's June.
28,200 nights (-27.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 5,900 nights (+43.2 %) by business visitors.
Between January and June, 314,000 registered bed nights (+4.8 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 54,000 (+1,912.3 %) for foreigners in Kuusamo, in total 368,000 (+21.7 %) 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
Comparison of registered bed nights between regions
12,600 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (June)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 22 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 90.9 percent were domestic, and 9.1 percent were from foreign countries.
During June, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kuusamo on average 2.8 nights (+0.1) and foreigners 2.1 nights (+0.1).
Visitor days
Visitor days by region
Visitor days by city
Visitor days by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
1,800 air travelers
The airport received a total of 1,800 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased five percent.
Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.
In addition, there were 1,600 passengers departing the airport (+0.6 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 3,400 (+3.0 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 2.8 million euro (June)
Total accommodation sales in June were 2.8 million euro (-451,000). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 58.4 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 1.2 million euro (-294,000) and non-registered sales 1.6 million euro (-157,000).
Total January-June sales were 28.1 million euro and they increased 3.5 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
June 2022
Amount |
Change |
jan-June 2022
Amount |
Change | |
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Adr (Non-Registered) | 144 € | -10.2 % | 159 € | 0.6 % |
Revpar (Non-Registered) | 102 € | 10.7 % | 111 € | 20.3 % |
Adr (Registered) | 77 € | -8.8 % | 127 € | 7.3 % |
Bed Night (Registered) | 34 € | 0.5 % | 45 € | 10.7 % |
Revpar (Registered) | 25 € | -18.5 % | 62 € | 32.6 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Non-registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (June)
Registered Accommodation
40 accommodation establishments (+1)
1,500 rooms (+8)
5,500 beds (+20)
Room utilization 31.8 % (-3.8)
Unsold rooms 1,000
Bed utilization 20.2 % (-5.0)
Airbnb and Vrbo
680 accommodation establishments (-159)
660 apartments (-165)
1,400 rooms (-380)
Apartment utilization 70.9 % (+13)
Unsold apartments 191
Registered room utilization for establishments
Accommodation customer satisfaction (June)
Average customer satisfaction score on Booking.com given by accommodation customers in June was 7.97/10 (-0.19).
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, Finavia, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Statistics Finland, Tak Research
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