Kymenlaakso
Accommodation and Travel Stats
August 2020
Kymenlaakso: Tourism in a nutshell
51,500
48,600
2,900
32,900
31,900
970
1.8 mill.
28
990
2,400
16.3 °C
80 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
51,500 registered bed nights (July)
In July 2020, 51,500 bed nights were recorded in Kymenlaakso (-10.3 %), of which 48,600 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 2,900 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased less than one percent and foreign bed nights decreased 67 percent. In total, bed nights decreased 10 percent from last year's July.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Estonia (560 nights).
43,400 nights (-10.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 8,100 nights (-10.3 %) by business visitors.
Between January and July, 113,000 bed nights (-24.8 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 14,100 (-60.6 %) for foreigners in Kymenlaakso, in total 127,000 (-31.7 %) 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
32,900 tourists arrived to accommodation (July)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased seven percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 97.1 percent were domestic, and 2.9 percent were from foreign countries.
During July, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kymenlaakso on average 1.5 nights (-0.05) and foreigners 3.0 nights (+1.1).
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
24,600 Russian travelers via eastern border
A total of 24,600 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
- Vaalimaa: 7,000 (-93.3 %)
- Nuijamaa: 6,600 (-95.3 %)
- Imatra: 2,900 (-95.1 %)
- Vainikkala (train): 0.0 (-100.0 %)
- Niirala: 5,300 (-80.8 %)
- Vartius: 1,700 (-81.8 %)
- Kuusamo: 61 (-89.1 %)
- Salla: 88 (-96.9 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 28 (-99.1 %)
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 1.8 million euro (July)
Registered accommodation sales in July were 1.8 million euro (-484,000).
Registered January-July sales were 6.3 million euro and they decreased 3.5 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| July 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-July 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 87 € | -18.5 % | 95 € | -3.8 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 56 € | -9.2 % | 34 € | -15.6 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 35 € | -12.0 % | 49 € | -5.9 % |
Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (July)
Registered Accommodation
28 accommodation establishments (-4)
990 rooms (-200)
2,400 beds (-350)
Room utilization 64.1 % (+6.6)
Unsold rooms 350
Bed utilization 51.2 % (+2.1)
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Hotel customer satisfaction by nationalities
Sources: Business Finland, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland
Kymenlaakson liitto
PL 35, 48601 KOTKA
Karhulantie 36 B, 48600 KOTKA