Savonlinna
Accommodation and Travel Stats
August 2019
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Savonlinna: Tourism in a nutshell
46,800
28,700
18,200
23,300
17,700
5,600
2.2 mill.
36
1,500
3,900
3 %
14.5 °C
46 mm
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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46,800 registered bed nights
In August 2019, 46,800 bed nights were recorded in Savonlinna (-14.3 %), of which 28,700 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 18,200 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights decreased 15 percent and foreign bed nights decreased 13 percent. In total, bed nights decreased 14 percent from last year's August.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Russia (8,800 nights).
40,700 nights (-9.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 6,100 nights (-37.3 %) by business visitors.
Between January and August, 167,000 bed nights (-6.2 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 64,600 (-3.0 %) for foreigners in Savonlinna, in total 232,000 (-5.3 %) 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
23,300 tourists arrived to accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 19 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 75.9 percent were domestic, and 24.1 percent were from foreign countries.
During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Savonlinna on average 1.6 nights (+0.06) and foreigners 3.2 nights (+0.32).
115 air travelers
The airport received a total of 115 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 35 percent.
Of local passengers, 2.6 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 97.4 %.
In addition, there were 300 passengers departing the airport (-22.8 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 420 (-26.5 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 13 percent
A total of 348,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
The share of southeastern border stations was 92.3 percent.
- Vaalimaa: 104,000 (+9.0 %)
- Nuijamaa: 139,000 (+22.2 %)
- Imatra: 60,400 (+5.6 %)
- Vainikkala (train): 18,000 (+18.5 %)
- Niirala: 27,600 (+6.7 %)
- Vartius: 9,600 (+7.0 %)
- Kuusamo: 560 (+14.1 %)
- Salla: 2,800 (+0.6 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 3,100 (+32.3 %)
Russian visa applications increased 45 percent
There was a total of 90,700 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 84.3 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.
Accommodation sales 2.2 million euro
Registered accommodation sales in August were 2.2 million euro (+9,700).
Registered January-August sales were 12.3 million euro and they increased 2.0 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| August 2019 Amount |
Change |
jan-August 2019
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 100 € | 8.5 % | 110 € | 18.8 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 53 € | -5.9 % | 50 € | 5.3 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 48 € | 17.2 % | 53 € | 26.5 % |
Tax free sales -3.2 %
Tax free sales decreased three percent from the previous year.
(Russians -0.6 %, Chinese -83.8 %)
Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
36 accommodation establishments (+0)
1,500 rooms (+7)
3,900 beds (+32)
Room utilization 53.5 % (-8.2)
Unsold rooms 710
Bed utilization 39.9 % (-4.0)
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Hotel customer satisfaction
Average customer satisfaction score on Booking.com given by hotel customers in August was 8.42/10.
Hotel customer satisfaction by nationalities
Sources: Booking.Com, Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Global Blue, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland