Kymenlaakso
Accommodation and Travel Stats

February 2020

Kymenlaakso: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered Accommodation
icon: star 13,300
7 %
icon: finland 10,600
7 %
icon: foreign 2,700
6 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Russia
950
2 %
United Kingdom
390
41 %
Estonia
230
11 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 9,000
2 %
icon: finland 7,600
2 %
icon: foreign 1,400
1 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Russia
680
23 %
United Kingdom
133
49 %
Estonia
114
14 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 925,000 €
2 %
Average prices:
Night
69.50 €
3.40 €
Room
99.50 €
5.30 €
RevPAR
35.00 €
3.20 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 25
4 %
icon: room 930
11 %
icon: bed 2,100
8 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 35 %
4 %
icon: bed 21 %
2 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 1.5
9 %
icon: finland 1.4
9 %
icon: foreign 1.9
7 %

Paid bed nights

13,300 registered bed nights

In February 2020, 13,300 registered bed nights were recorded in Kymenlaakso (-6.9 %), of which 10,600 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 2,700 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased seven percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased six percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased seven percent from last year's February.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Russia (950 nights).

6,100 nights (-5.4 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 7,200 nights (-8.1 %) by business visitors.

Between January and February, 20,300 registered bed nights (-8.1 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 7,400 (-2.5 %) for foreigners in Kymenlaakso, in total 27,700 (-6.7 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 0.7 percent

Total of 1.9 million registered bed nights (+7.0 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.2 million nights (+10.2 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 611,000 nights (+1.2 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Kymenlaakso out of total registered bed nights was 0.7 % (-0.1 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 0.9 % and foreign bed nights 0.4 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

Length of stay was 1.5 nights in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation decreased nine percent compared to earlier year. In Kymenlaakso, length of stay in February was on average 1.5 nights and in Finland 2.0 nights (+2.0 %).

During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kymenlaakso on average 1.4 nights (-6.2 %) and foreigners 1.9 nights (-2.1 %).

9,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 84.4 percent were domestic, and 15.6 percent were from foreign countries.

During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kymenlaakso on average 1.4 nights (-0.14) and foreigners 1.9 nights (-0.14).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 36 percent

A total of 255,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 91.5 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 61,000 (+24.5 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 108,000 (+42.0 %)
  • Imatra: 49,700 (+55.9 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 14,400 (+24.8 %)
  • Niirala: 21,200 (+20.4 %)
  • Vartius: 7,800 (+13.6 %)
  • Kuusamo: 610 (+44.1 %)
  • Salla: 2,900 (+29.5 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 2,600 (+22.3 %)

Accommodation sales 925,000 euro

Registered accommodation sales in February were 925,000 euro (-20,000).

Registered January-February sales were 1.9 million euro and they decreased 46,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
February 2020
Amount
Change jan-February 2020
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 99 € 5.6 % 100 € 5.3 %
Bed Night (Registered) 69 € 5.1 % 68 € 4.6 %
Revpar (Registered) 35 € 10.0 % 36 € 14.8 %

Total accommodation sales

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Non-registered accommodation sales

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

25 accommodation establishments (-1)
930 rooms (-119)
2,100 beds (-180)

Room utilization 35.2 % (+1.4)
Unsold rooms 600
Bed utilization 21.4 % (+0.4)

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.

Temperature

Rainfall

Visitor count by attraction

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Sources: Finnish Border Guard, Statistics Finland

Kymenlaakson liitto
PL 2, 45101 KOUVOLA
Hovioikeudenkatu 6, 45100 Kouvola

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