Lapland
Accommodation and Travel Stats
September 2020
Lapland: Tourism in a nutshell
156,000
142,000
13,400
86,500
78,100
8,500
6.0 mill.
195
8,200
25,100
8.6 °C
42 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
156,000 registered bed nights (August)
In August 2020, 156,000 bed nights were recorded in Lapland (-22.9 %), of which 142,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 13,400 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased two percent and foreign bed nights decreased 79 percent. In total, bed nights decreased 23 percent from last year's August.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Germany (3,700 nights).
126,000 nights (-20.2 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 29,900 nights (-32.8 %) by business visitors.
Between January and August, 807,000 bed nights (-23.2 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 743,000 (-30.0 %) for foreigners in Lapland, in total 1.6 million (-26.6 %) 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
86,500 tourists arrived to accommodation (August)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 25 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 90.2 percent were domestic, and 9.8 percent were from foreign countries.
During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Lapland on average 1.8 nights (-0.01) and foreigners 1.6 nights (+0.01).
2,600 air travelers (Ivalo)
The airport received a total of 2,600 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 44 percent.
Of local passengers, 0.1 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 99.9 %.
In addition, there were 2,800 passengers departing the airport (-39.5 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 5,400 (-41.8 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Ivalo)
Arriving passengers from (Ivalo)
Passengers on transfers from (Ivalo)
Departing passengers to (Ivalo)
2,700 air travelers (Kittilä)
The airport received a total of 2,700 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 2,800 passengers departing the airport (-3.6 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 5,400 (+0.4 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kittilä)
Arriving passengers from (Kittilä)
Passengers on transfers from (Kittilä)
Departing passengers to (Kittilä)
5,600 air travelers (Rovaniemi)
The airport received a total of 5,600 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 68 percent.
Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.
In addition, there were 5,500 passengers departing the airport (-69.8 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 11,100 (-69.0 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Rovaniemi)
Arriving passengers from (Rovaniemi)
Passengers on transfers from (Rovaniemi)
Departing passengers to (Rovaniemi)
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 6.0 million euro (August)
Registered accommodation sales in August were 6.0 million euro (-2.1 million).
Registered January-August sales were 96.7 million euro and they decreased 25.0 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| August 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-August 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 83 € | 2.1 % | 136 € | 11.3 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 39 € | -3.5 % | 62 € | 8.3 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 23 € | -17.9 % | 54 € | -3.8 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (August)
Registered Accommodation
195 accommodation establishments (-8)
8,200 rooms (-920)
25,100 beds (-1,900)
Room utilization 28.0 % (-6.8)
Unsold rooms 5,900
Bed utilization 17.2 % (-4.7)
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Hotel customer satisfaction by nationalities
Sources: Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Statistics Finland
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