Saariselkä
Accommodation and Travel Stats

May 2023

Saariselkä: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 21,900
21 %
icon: finland 19,800
23 %
icon: foreign 2,100
0 %
Top 3:
Norway
340
29 %
Germany
310
128 %
Thailand
240
559 %
icon: star 6,900
14 %
icon: finland 5,900
17 %
icon: foreign 980
10 %
Top 3:
Norway
167
25 %
Thailand
135
938 %
Germany
103
186 %
Average prices:
Night
51.50 €
7.90 €
Room
100.20 €
18.70 €
RevPAR
32.40 €
15.20 €
icon: establishment 11
0 %
icon: room 1,400
3 %
icon: bed 4,000
2 %

21,900 registered bed nights (April)

In April 2023, 21,900 registered bed nights were recorded in Saariselkä (-21.4 %), of which 19,800 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 2,100 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 23 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased less than one percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 21 percent from last year's April.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Norway (340 nights).

17,800 nights (-26.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 4,000 nights (+14.5 %) by business visitors.

Between January and April, 59,700 registered bed nights (-16.4 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 90,700 (+38.7 %) for foreigners in Saariselkä, in total 150,000 (+9.9 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 1.4 percent (April)

Total of 1.5 million registered bed nights (-3.9 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.3 million nights (-7.7 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 261,000 nights (+20.1 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Saariselkä out of total registered bed nights was 1.4 % (-0.3 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 1.6 % and foreign bed nights 0.8 %.

Market share in Lapland 9.3 percent (April)

Total of 236,000 registered bed nights (-5.1 %) were recorded in Lapland, of which 190,000 nights (-12.2 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 46,400 nights (+42.7 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Saariselkä out of total registered bed nights in Lapland was 9.3 %, out of domestic bed nights 10.4 % and foreign bed nights 4.5 %.

6,900 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (April)

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 14 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 85.8 percent were domestic, and 14.2 percent were from foreign countries.

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Saariselkä on average 3.4 nights (-0.27) and foreigners 2.2 nights (-0.21).

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 1.1 million euro (April)

Registered accommodation sales in April were 1.1 million euro (-529,000).

Registered January-April sales were 14.1 million euro and they increased 2.5 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
April 2023
Amount
Change jan-April 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 100 € -15.7 % 179 € 7.8 %
Bed Night (Registered) 52 € -13.4 % 94 € 10.2 %
Revpar (Registered) 32 € -31.9 % 91 € 19.4 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (April)

Registered Accommodation

11 accommodation establishments (+0)
1,400 rooms (+34)
4,000 beds (+96)

Room utilization 32.3 % (-7.7)
Unsold rooms 920

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.

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Sources: Statistics Finland

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