Saariselkä
Accommodation and Travel Stats
March 2020
Saariselkä: Tourism in a nutshell
49,100
11,000
38,100
18,200
3,200
15,000
4.6 mill.
11
1,300
3,900
42 %
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
Registered bed nights increased two percent (February)
In February 2020, 49,100 bed nights were recorded in Saariselkä (+2.2 %), of which 11,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 38,100 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased 15 percent and foreign bed nights decreased one percent. In total, bed nights increased two percent from last year's February.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from France (6,900 nights).
35,300 nights (-11.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 13,700 nights (+68.4 %) by business visitors.
Between January and February, 19,000 bed nights (+12.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 75,000 (+3.9 %) for foreigners in Saariselkä, in total 94,000 (+5.6 %) 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
Market share 2.7 percent (February)
Total of 1.8 million bed nights (+7.2 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.2 million nights (+10.1 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 613,000 nights (+1.9 %) by foreigners.
The market share of Saariselkä out of total bed nights was 2.7 % (-0.1 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 0.9 % and foreign bed nights 6.2 %.
18,200 tourists arrived to accommodation (February)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 10 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 17.7 percent were domestic, and 82.3 percent were from foreign countries.
During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Saariselkä on average 3.4 nights (-0.34) and foreigners 2.5 nights (+0.36).
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 4.6 million euro (February)
Registered accommodation sales in February were 4.6 million euro (-29,700).
Registered January-February sales were 9.8 million euro and they increased 640,000 euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| February 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-February 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 178 € | -3.5 % | 198 € | 1.7 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 119 € | -6.5 % | 121 € | 2.4 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 94 € | -2.8 % | 104 € | 1.3 % |
Tax free sales -41.6 % (January)
Tax free sales decreased 42 percent from the previous year.
(Russians +44.4 %, Chinese -19.1 %, Japanese +43.0 %)
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (February)
Registered Accommodation
11 accommodation establishments (+0)
1,300 rooms (+5)
3,900 beds (+1)
Room utilization 67.1 % (-2.1)
Unsold rooms 440
Registered room utilization
Website's user sessions by language
Sources: Global Blue, Statistics Finland
