Lapland
Accommodation and Travel Stats

August 2023

Lapland: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 194,000
3 %
icon: finland 141,000
5 %
icon: foreign 53,300
2 %
icon: star 113,000
5 %
icon: finland 77,500
1 %
icon: foreign 35,300
14 %
icon: star 9.4 mill. €
7 %
Average prices:
Night
48.50 €
4.40 €
Room
99.50 €
7.70 €
RevPAR
32.90 €
2.20 €
icon: establishment 210
0 %
icon: room 9,300
0 %
icon: bed 27,600
1 %
icon: room 33 %
1 %
icon: bed 20 %
3 %

194,000 registered bed nights

In August 2023, 194,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Lapland (-2.8 %), of which 141,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 53,300 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased five percent and registered foreign bed nights increased two percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased three percent from last year's August.

155,000 nights (+0.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 39,500 nights (-13.5 %) by business visitors.

Between January and August, 1.1 million registered bed nights (-3.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 1.1 million (+28.7 %) for foreigners in Lapland, in total 2.2 million (+9.5 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 8.4 percent

Total of 2.3 million registered bed nights (-0.4 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.7 million nights (-2.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 604,000 nights (+7.5 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Lapland out of total registered bed nights was 8.4 % (-0.2 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 8.2 % and foreign bed nights 8.8 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

113,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased five percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 68.7 percent were domestic, and 31.3 percent were from foreign countries.

During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Lapland on average 1.8 nights (-0.11) and foreigners 1.5 nights (-0.17).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

1,500 air travelers (Kemi)

The airport received a total of 1,500 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 200 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 (+168.0 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 3,000 (+182.7 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kemi)

Arriving passengers from (Kemi)

Passengers on transfers from (Kemi)

Departing passengers to (Kemi)

2,600 air travelers (Ivalo)

The airport received a total of 2,600 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 18 percent.

Of local passengers, 0.3 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 99.7 %.

In addition, there were 2,800 passengers departing the airport (+29.9 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 5,400 (+23.8 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Ivalo)

Arriving passengers from (Ivalo)

Passengers on transfers from (Ivalo)

Departing passengers to (Ivalo)

12,400 air travelers (Rovaniemi)

The airport received a total of 12,400 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased five percent.

Of local passengers, 3.1 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 96.9 %.

In addition, there were 13,200 passengers departing the airport (+6.9 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 25,600 (+5.9 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Rovaniemi)

Arriving passengers from (Rovaniemi)

Passengers on transfers from (Rovaniemi)

Departing passengers to (Rovaniemi)

1,700 air travelers (Kittilä)

The airport received a total of 1,700 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 24 percent.

Of local passengers, 16.4 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 83.6 %.

In addition, there were 1,900 passengers departing the airport (+19.3 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 3,700 (+21.3 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kittilä)

Arriving passengers from (Kittilä)

Passengers on transfers from (Kittilä)

Departing passengers to (Kittilä)

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 9.4 million euro

Registered accommodation sales in August were 9.4 million euro (+605,000).

Registered January-August sales were 153.4 million euro and they increased 29.2 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
August 2023
Amount
Change jan-August 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 100 € 8.3 % 147 € 9.1 %
Bed Night (Registered) 48 € 10.0 % 70 € 12.7 %
Revpar (Registered) 33 € 7.1 % 70 € 24.4 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

210 accommodation establishments (+1)
9,300 rooms (+35)
27,600 beds (-240)

Room utilization 33.1 % (-0.4)
Unsold rooms 6,200
Bed utilization 20.4 % (-0.7)

Registered room utilization for establishments

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.

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Sources: Finavia, Statistics Finland

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