Lapland
Accommodation and Travel Stats
August 2020
Lapland: Tourism in a nutshell
231,000
211,000
20,200
136,000
124,000
12,200
7.9 mill.
191
8,000
25,100
13.2 °C
40 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
231,000 registered bed nights (July)
In July 2020, 231,000 bed nights were recorded in Lapland (-10.5 %), of which 211,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 20,200 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased 15 percent and foreign bed nights decreased 73 percent. In total, bed nights decreased 10 percent from last year's July.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Norway (8,900 nights).
206,000 nights (-6.4 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 25,200 nights (-34.1 %) by business visitors.
Between January and July, 664,000 bed nights (-27.1 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 729,000 (-26.9 %) for foreigners in Lapland, in total 1.4 million (-27.0 %) 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
136,000 tourists arrived to accommodation (July)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 16 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 91.0 percent were domestic, and 9.0 percent were from foreign countries.
During July, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Lapland on average 1.7 nights (-0.02) and foreigners 1.7 nights (+0.28).
1,700 air travelers (Ivalo)
The airport received a total of 1,700 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 50 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 (-53.1 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 3,300 (-51.5 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Ivalo)
Arriving passengers from (Ivalo)
Passengers on transfers from (Ivalo)
Departing passengers to (Ivalo)
890 air travelers (Kittilä)
The airport received a total of 890 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 52 percent.
Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.
In addition, there were 810 passengers departing the airport (-60.9 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1,700 (-56.8 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kittilä)
Arriving passengers from (Kittilä)
Passengers on transfers from (Kittilä)
Departing passengers to (Kittilä)
5,200 air travelers (Rovaniemi)
The airport received a total of 5,200 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 67 percent.
Of local passengers, 0.2 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 99.8 %.
In addition, there were 5,700 passengers departing the airport (-65.9 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 10,900 (-66.6 %).
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 7.9 million euro (July)
Registered accommodation sales in July were 7.9 million euro (-613,000).
Registered January-July sales were 90.9 million euro and they decreased 22.8 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| July 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-July 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 86 € | 9.3 % | 141 € | 11.9 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 34 € | 3.7 % | 65 € | 9.6 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 30 € | 2.8 % | 59 € | -2.3 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (July)
Registered Accommodation
191 accommodation establishments (-12)
8,000 rooms (-980)
25,100 beds (-2,000)
Room utilization 34.8 % (-2.2)
Unsold rooms 5,200
Bed utilization 24.9 % (-0.6)
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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