Mikkeli
Accommodation and Travel Stats
August 2022
Mikkeli: Tourism in a nutshell
Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.
34,000 bed nights in paid accommodation
Total of 34,000 bed nights (+4.8 %) were recorded in paid accommodation in Mikkeli in August 2022. This figure includes bed nights at registered establishments as well as at AirBnB and Vrbo. The share of registered bed nights was 71 % and non-registered 29 %.
Between January and August, the number of paid bed nights was 191,000 (-7.3 %). Share of registered was 69 % and non-registered 31 %.
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. Non-registered bed nights statistics include bed nights from AirBnB and Vrbo.
Registered bed nights increased 18 percent
In August 2022, 24,100 registered bed nights were recorded in Mikkeli (+18.2 %), of which 17,600 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 6,400 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased less than one percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 140 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 18 percent from last year's August.
15,900 nights (+11.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 8,200 nights (+33.4 %) by business visitors.
Between January and August, 115,000 registered bed nights (-1.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 16,400 (+63.8 %) for foreigners in Mikkeli, in total 131,000 (+3.2 %) registered 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
Registered bed nights by country of arrival
Comparison of registered bed nights between regions
12,900 tourists arrived to registered accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 89.9 percent were domestic, and 10.1 percent were from foreign countries.
During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Mikkeli on average 1.5 nights (+0.04) and foreigners 5.0 nights (+0.79).
Visitors
Visitors by region
Visitors by city
Visitors by postal code
Visitor nights
Visitor nights by region
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 250 percent
A total of 129,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
- Vaalimaa: 59,700 (+405.7 %)
- Nuijamaa: 36,900 (+210.0 %)
- Imatra: 18,400 (+518.8 %)
- Niirala: 9,900 (+36.3 %)
- Vartius: 3,100 (+47.2 %)
- Kuusamo: 68 (+36.0 %)
- Salla: 720 (+234.6 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 740 (+1,054.7 %)
Accommodation sales 1.5 million euro
Total accommodation sales in August were 1.5 million euro (+57,100). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 21.2 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 1.2 million euro (+147,000) and non-registered sales 316,000 euro (-90,100).
Total January-August sales were 8.9 million euro and they decreased 34,600 euro from the previous year.
Average prices
August 2022
Amount |
Change |
jan-August 2022
Amount |
Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adr (Non-Registered) | 131 € | -6.7 % | 139 € | -5.4 % |
Adr (Registered) | 100 € | -0.5 % | 103 € | 3.6 % |
Revpar (Non-Registered) | 91 € | -3.0 % | 86 € | -12.5 % |
Revpar (Registered) | 49 € | 12.8 % | 43 € | 15.6 % |
Bed Night (Registered) | 49 € | -3.2 % | 52 € | 9.5 % |
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
17 accommodation establishments (-1)
760 rooms (-19)
2,000 beds (+121)
Room utilization 49.2 % (+5.8)
Unsold rooms 380
Bed utilization 37.2 % (+3.9)
Airbnb and Vrbo
156 accommodation establishments (-48)
139 apartments (-43)
290 rooms (-125)
Apartment utilization 69.7 % (+2.7)
Unsold apartments 42
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
Sources: Airdna, Finnish Border Guard, Statistics Finland, Tak Research
Raatihuoneenkatu 8 – 10
50100 Mikkeli
Puh. (015) 1941
(Kuva:Jyri Tiusanen)

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