Lapland
Accommodation and Travel Stats
April 2020
Lapland: Tourism in a nutshell
248,000
129,000
119,000
73,200
35,400
37,800
16.5 mill.
195
9,900
28,900
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 trends.
Temperature
Rainfall
248,000 registered bed nights (March)
In March 2020, 248,000 bed nights were recorded in Lapland (-39.9 %), of which 129,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 119,000 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights decreased 33 percent and foreign bed nights decreased 46 percent. In total, bed nights decreased 40 percent from last year's March.
204,000 nights (-38.7 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 43,400 nights (-44.9 %) by business visitors.
Between January and March, 344,000 bed nights (-7.2 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 702,000 (-9.1 %) for foreigners in Lapland, in total 1.0 million (-8.5 %) 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
73,200 tourists arrived to accommodation (March)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 46 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 48.4 percent were domestic, and 51.6 percent were from foreign countries.
During March, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Lapland on average 3.6 nights (+0.61) and foreigners 3.2 nights (+0.13).
510 air travelers (Rovaniemi)
The airport received a total of 510 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 97 percent.
Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.
In addition, there were 530 passengers departing the airport (-97.0 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1,000.
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 16.5 million euro (March)
Registered accommodation sales in March were 16.5 million euro (-12.4 million).
Registered January-March sales were 76.8 million euro and they decreased 3.7 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| March 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-March 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 138 € | -8.2 % | 155 € | 4.3 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 67 € | -5.1 % | 73 € | 4.3 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 58 € | -40.8 % | 88 € | -7.6 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (March)
Registered Accommodation
195 accommodation establishments (+2)
9,900 rooms (+260)
28,900 beds (+700)
Room utilization 42.0 % (-23)
Unsold rooms 5,700
Registered room utilization
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Sources: Finavia, Statistics Finland
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