Pielinen Karelia Region
Accommodation and Travel Stats

February 2023

Pielinen Karelia Region: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 12,500
23 %
icon: finland 12,000
21 %
icon: foreign 520
66 %
Top 3:
Germany
230
27 %
Russia
41
583 %
Estonia
40
567 %
icon: star 7,000
33 %
icon: finland 6,700
32 %
icon: foreign 240
103 %
Top 3:
Germany
91
26 %
Estonia
22
1,000 %
Russia
21
250 %
icon: star 804,000 €
26 %
Average prices:
Night
64.30 €
1.80 €
Room
125.10 €
12.40 €
RevPAR
59.20 €
1.50 €
icon: establishment 21
11 %
icon: room 460
26 %
icon: bed 1,300
25 %

Registered bed nights increased 23 percent

In February 2023, 12,500 registered bed nights were recorded in Pielinen Karelia Region (+22.8 %), of which 12,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 520 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 21 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 66 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 23 percent from last year's February.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Germany (230 nights).

10,300 nights (+13.0 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 2,200 nights (+105.8 %) by business visitors.

Between January and February, 20,700 registered bed nights (+23.7 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 750 (+50.9 %) for foreigners in Pielinen Karelia Region, in total 21,500 (+24.5 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 0.7 percent

Total of 1.8 million registered bed nights (+24.2 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.2 million nights (+16.4 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 558,000 nights (+45.1 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Pielinen Karelia Region out of total registered bed nights was 0.7 % (-0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 1.0 % and foreign bed nights 0.1 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

7,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 33 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 96.6 percent were domestic, and 3.4 percent were from foreign countries.

During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Pielinen Karelia Region on average 1.8 nights (-0.15) and foreigners 2.2 nights (-0.48).

Visitor days

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 1.2 million euro

Total accommodation sales in February were 1.2 million euro (+210,000). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 30.2 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 804,000 euro (+168,000) and non-registered sales 348,000 euro (+42,700).

Total January-February sales were 2.0 million euro and they increased 296,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
February 2023
Amount
Change jan-February 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 164 € -1.6 % 166 € 0.0 %
Adr (Registered) 125 € -9.0 % 118 € -12.2 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 110 € -2.4 % 101 € -2.0 %
Bed Night (Registered) 64 € 2.9 % 62 € -0.9 %
Revpar (Registered) 59 € -2.4 % 48 € -1.7 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

21 accommodation establishments (+2)
460 rooms (+94)
1,300 beds (+260)

Room utilization 47.3 % (+3.2)
Unsold rooms 240

Airbnb and Vrbo

150 accommodation establishments (+34)
138 apartments (+32)
320 rooms (+76)

Apartment utilization 67.2 % (-0.56)
Unsold apartments 45

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.

Temperature

Rainfall

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Sources: Airdna, Business Finland, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

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