Saimaa Region
Accommodation and Travel Stats

December 2018

Saimaa Region: Tourism in a nutshell

Total
icon: new 112,000
12 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 84,300
5 %
icon: finland 62,600
10 %
icon: foreign 21,700
6 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Russia
15,400
18 %
Total
icon: new 56,400
7 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 45,600
1 %
icon: finland 34,500
6 %
icon: foreign 11,200
12 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Russia
9,400
17 %
Total
icon: new 4.7 mill.
21 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 3.8 mill. €
21 %
Average prices:
Night
45.40 €
4.00 €
Room
92.60 €
7.40 €
RevPAR
31.90 €
4.30 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 104
0 %
icon: room 4,100
2 %
icon: bed 11,500
2 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 34 %
7 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 1.8
4 %
icon: finland 1.8
3 %
icon: foreign 1.9
7 %

Paid bed nights

Registered bed nights increased five percent

In December 2018, 84,300 registered bed nights were recorded in Saimaa Region (+5.0 %), of which 62,600 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 21,700 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 10 percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased six percent. In total, registered bed nights increased five percent from last year's December.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Russia (15,400 nights).

59,300 nights (-0.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 25,000 nights (+20.2 %) by business visitors.

Between January and December, 963,000 registered bed nights (-11.0 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 372,000 (-8.5 %) for foreigners in Saimaa Region, in total 1.5 million (+0.2 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 4.8 percent

Total of 1.8 million registered bed nights (+3.0 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 967,000 nights (-0.2 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 789,000 nights (+7.1 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Saimaa Region out of total registered bed nights was 4.8 % (+0.1 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 6.5 % and foreign bed nights 2.8 %.

Length of stay increased four percent in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation increased four percent compared to earlier year. In Saimaa Region, length of stay in December was on average 1.8 nights and in Finland 2.0 nights (+1.4 %).

During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Saimaa Region on average 1.8 nights (+0.1 %) and foreigners 1.9 nights (+0.4 %).

45,600 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased one percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 75.5 percent were domestic, and 24.5 percent were from foreign countries.

During December, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Saimaa Region on average 1.8 nights (+0.06) and foreigners 1.9 nights (+0.13).

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 four percent

A total of 293,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 90.8 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 84,800 (-2.8 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 109,000 (+15.0 %)
  • Imatra: 55,700 (-4.4 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 16,400 (-0.2 %)
  • Niirala: 25,100 (+10.3 %)
  • Vartius: 10,200 (-0.5 %)
  • Kuusamo: 630 (+15.3 %)
  • Salla: 3,700 (-17.1 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 3,200 (+0.7 %)

Accommodation sales 3.8 million euro

Registered accommodation sales in December were 3.8 million euro (+502,000).

Registered January-December sales were 63.7 million euro and they increased 1.3 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
December 2018
Amount
Change jan-December 2018
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 93 € 8.6 % 89 € 3.4 %
Bed Night (Registered) 45 € 9.6 % 43 € 1.9 %
Revpar (Registered) 32 € 15.8 % 40 € 5.9 %

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

104 accommodation establishments (+0)
4,100 rooms (+90)
11,500 beds (-220)

Room utilization 34.5 % (+2.1)
Unsold rooms 2,700

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, Visitory Research Team

Yhteistyössä Etelä-Karjalan liitto, Etelä-Savon Maakuntaliitto, goSaimaa Oy, Miksei Oy, Navitas Oy, Imatran kaupunki, Lappeenrannan kaupunki, Mikkelin kaupunki ja Savonlinnan kaupunki. Saimaa-alue käsittää Etelä-Karjalan, Etelä-Savon ja Varkauden seudun.

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