North Savonia
Accommodation and Travel Stats

August 2017

North Savonia: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered Accommodation
icon: star 86,400
0 %
icon: finland 73,000
3 %
icon: foreign 13,400
15 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 49,600
4 %
icon: finland 42,500
3 %
icon: foreign 7,100
6 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 3.9 mill. €
2 %
Average prices:
Night
45.10 €
1.20 €
Room
88.40 €
4.00 €
RevPAR
43.90 €
2.20 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 57
3 %
icon: room 2,900
2 %
icon: bed 7,200
5 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 50 %
1 %
icon: bed 36 %
6 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 1.7
4 %
icon: finland 1.7
0 %
icon: foreign 1.9
20 %

Paid bed nights

86,400 registered bed nights

In August 2017, 86,400 registered bed nights were recorded in North Savonia (-0.1 %), of which 73,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 13,400 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased three percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 15 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased less than one percent from last year's August.

59,400 nights (-1.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 27,000 nights (+2.5 %) by business visitors.

Between January and August, 538,000 registered bed nights (+3.0 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 72,800 (-2.5 %) for foreigners in North Savonia, in total 611,000 (+2.3 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 3.8 percent

Total of 2.3 million registered bed nights (+4.9 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.5 million nights (+0.8 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 773,000 nights (+14.0 %) by foreigners.

The market share of North Savonia out of total registered bed nights was 3.8 % (-0.2 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 4.8 % and foreign bed nights 1.7 %.

Length of stay was 1.7 nights in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation decreased four percent compared to earlier year. In North Savonia, length of stay in August was on average 1.7 nights and in Finland 1.8 nights (+1.4 %).

During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in North Savonia on average 1.7 nights (-0.6 %) and foreigners 1.9 nights (-1.4 %).

49,600 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased four percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 85.7 percent were domestic, and 14.3 percent were from foreign countries.

During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in North Savonia on average 1.7 nights (0.0) and foreigners 1.9 nights (-0.47).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 10 percent

A total of 309,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 90.8 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 97,400 (+5.9 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 109,000 (+9.4 %)
  • Imatra: 58,900 (+23.5 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 14,800 (+27.5 %)
  • Niirala: 26,200 (+0.7 %)
  • Vartius: 9,700 (+3.5 %)
  • Kuusamo: 470 (+0.4 %)
  • Salla: 3,100 (+19.5 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 2,500 (+36.3 %)

Accommodation sales 3.9 million euro

Registered accommodation sales in August were 3.9 million euro (+94,900).

Registered January-August sales were 29.2 million euro and they increased 1.3 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
August 2017
Amount
Change jan-August 2017
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 88 € 4.8 % 93 € 4.2 %
Bed Night (Registered) 45 € 2.6 % 48 € 2.5 %
Revpar (Registered) 44 € 5.4 % 44 € 6.2 %

Total accommodation sales

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

57 accommodation establishments (-2)
2,900 rooms (-68)
7,200 beds (-350)

Room utilization 49.6 % (+0.3)
Unsold rooms 1,500
Bed utilization 36.5 % (+2.1)

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

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Sources: Finnish Border Guard, Statistics Finland

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