North Karelia
Accommodation and Travel Stats

September 2021

North Karelia: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.

Bed Nights (August)

61,700

3 %

57,500

2 %

4,200

27 %

Visitors (August)

32,500

4 %

30,800

5 %

1,700

48 %

Accommodation Sales (August)

3.3 mill. €

22 %

Average prices:

Night

53.30 €

8.20 €

Room

103.80 €

7.20 €

RevPAR

61.60 €

14.90 €

Capacity (August)

0 %

1,600

11 %

4,300

9 %

Foreign Visitor Spending (August)

1.2 mill. €

47 %

Daily Visitors

278,000 €

Overnight Visitors

971,000 €

Weather

7.2 °C

3.1 °C

46 mm

47 mm

Registered bed nights increased three percent (August)

In August 2021, 61,700 registered bed nights were recorded in North Karelia (+3.0 %), of which 57,500 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 4,200 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased two percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 27 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased three percent from last year's August.

50,300 nights (-0.5 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 11,400 nights (+21.3 %) by business visitors.

Between January and August, 315,000 registered bed nights (+14.7 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 10,100 (-57.0 %) for foreigners in North Karelia, in total 325,000 (+9.1 %) 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

Market share 3.0 percent (August)

Total of 2.1 million registered bed nights (+23.1 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.8 million nights (+17.9 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 264,000 nights (+77.0 %) by foreigners.

The market share of North Karelia out of total registered bed nights was 3.0 % (-0.6 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 3.2 % and foreign bed nights 1.6 %.

Registered bed nights comparison between regions

32,500 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (August)

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased four percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 94.7 percent were domestic, and 5.3 percent were from foreign countries.

During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in North Karelia on average 1.9 nights (+0.13) and foreigners 2.4 nights (-0.4).

630 air travelers (Joensuu)

The airport received a total of 630 passengers.

Of local passengers, 0.6 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 99.4 %.

In addition, there were 720 passengers departing the airport, therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1,300.

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Joensuu)

Arriving passengers from (Joensuu)

Passengers on transfers from (Joensuu)

Departing passengers to (Joensuu)

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

International = International cruise ships

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 40 percent

A total of 33,400 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

Vaalimaa: 9,700 (+52.9 %)
Nuijamaa: 10,600 (+73.2 %)
Imatra: 2,900 (-11.9 %)

Niirala: 6,800 (+38.9 %)
Vartius: 2,200 (+14.8 %)
Kuusamo: 62 (+40.9 %)
Salla: 117 (+77.3 %)
Raja-Jooseppi: 73 (+114.7 %)

Russian visa applications increased 290 percent (August)

There was a total of 2,500 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 56.7 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.

Foreign visitors and their consumption (August)

The number of foreign visitors in August was 11,700 (+47.5 %). Out of them 5,700 were on a daytrip and 6,100 stayed at least for one night.

The cumulative number of foreign visitors between January and August was 34,100 (-70.2 %).

Total consumption of these visitors in North Karelia in August was 1.2 million euro (107 per visitor). Overnight visitors spent 971,000 euro and day visitors 278,000 euro. Between January and August the consumption was 3.3 million euro.

The figures are estimates and based on TAK Border Research results.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	September 2021 Amount	Change	jan-September 2021 Amount	Change
Adr (Non-Registered)	134 €	-9.1 %	135 €	-19.2 %
Revpar (Non-Registered)	75 €	-30.8 %	81 €	-27.7 %

adr=average daily rate, revpar=revenue per available room (adr * utilization), bed night=accommodation sales per bed nights

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Airbnb and Vrbo

450 accommodation establishments (-106)
400 apartments (-96)
820 rooms (-220)

Apartment utilization 55.0 % (-17)
Unsold apartments 181

Registered room utilization for establishments

Website's user sessions by language

Global Google searches for "north karelia"

Global Google searches for "north karelia + keyword"

Google searches for "north karelia" by search region

The occurrence of hashtags on Instagram

The number of likes for posts with hashtags on Instagram

Accommodation customer satisfaction by nationalities

Accommodation customer satisfaction comparison between regions

Sources: Airdna, Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland, Tak Border Research, Tak Research

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North Karelia Accommodation and Travel Stats