Kymenlaakso
Accommodation and Travel Stats

December 2020

Kymenlaakso: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered Accommodation
icon: star 8,300
35 %
icon: finland 6,600
32 %
icon: foreign 1,600
44 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
United Kingdom
520
233 %
United States
250
297 %
Estonia
174
63 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 4,300
49 %
icon: finland 3,900
42 %
icon: foreign 420
75 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Estonia
75
59 %
United States
37
37 %
United Kingdom
35
44 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 612,000 €
21 %
Average prices:
Night
73.80 €
13.20 €
Room
106.10 €
9.60 €
RevPAR
22.80 €
3.20 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 23
8 %
icon: room 950
11 %
icon: bed 2,200
9 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 22 %
20 %
icon: bed 13 %
27 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 1.9
28 %
icon: finland 1.7
18 %
icon: foreign 3.9
126 %

Paid bed nights

8,300 registered bed nights

In December 2020, 8,300 registered bed nights were recorded in Kymenlaakso (-34.8 %), of which 6,600 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,600 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 32 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 44 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 35 percent from last year's December.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from United Kingdom (520 nights).

3,700 nights (-41.1 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 4,600 nights (-28.6 %) by business visitors.

Between January and December, 187,000 registered bed nights (-20.4 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 21,600 (-60.0 %) for foreigners in Kymenlaakso, in total 209,000 (-27.7 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 1.1 percent

Total of 766,000 registered bed nights (-56.9 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 702,000 nights (-29.0 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 64,200 nights (-91.9 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Kymenlaakso out of total registered bed nights was 1.1 % (+0.4 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 0.9 % and foreign bed nights 2.6 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

Length of stay increased 28 percent in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation increased 28 percent compared to earlier year. In Kymenlaakso, length of stay in December was on average 1.9 nights and in Finland 2.3 nights (+15.3 %).

During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kymenlaakso on average 1.7 nights (-1.1 %) and foreigners 3.9 nights (+31.6 %).

4,300 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 49 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 90.3 percent were domestic, and 9.7 percent were from foreign countries.

During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Kymenlaakso on average 1.7 nights (+0.26) and foreigners 3.9 nights (+2.2).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

25,000 Russian travelers via eastern border

A total of 25,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

  • Vaalimaa: 6,400 (-92.3 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 6,800 (-94.5 %)
  • Imatra: 3,500 (-94.3 %)
  • Niirala: 5,300 (-79.2 %)
  • Vartius: 1,900 (-81.5 %)
  • Kuusamo: 111 (-85.0 %)
  • Salla: 54 (-98.4 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 35 (-98.9 %)

Accommodation sales 612,000 euro

Registered accommodation sales in December were 612,000 euro (-159,000).

Registered January-December sales were 11.9 million euro and they decreased 4.4 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
December 2020
Amount
Change jan-December 2020
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 106 € 10.0 % 101 € 2.5 %
Bed Night (Registered) 74 € 21.7 % 57 € 1.0 %
Revpar (Registered) 23 € -12.4 % 37 € -9.5 %

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

23 accommodation establishments (-2)
950 rooms (-115)
2,200 beds (-220)

Room utilization 21.5 % (-5.5)
Unsold rooms 750
Bed utilization 13.3 % (-4.8)

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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