Savonlinna
Accommodation and Travel Stats

February 2019

Savonlinna: Tourism in a nutshell

Total
icon: new 16,300
6 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 14,200
8 %
icon: finland 11,000
9 %
icon: foreign 3,100
7 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 2,100
50 %
Total
icon: new 7,000
9 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 6,000
34 %
icon: finland 5,200
44 %
icon: foreign 800
10 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 950
50 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Russia
490
14 %
Total
icon: new 726,000
5 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 647,000 €
5 %
Average prices:
Night
45.60 €
4.30 €
Room
79.30 €
9.50 €
RevPAR
29.30 €
1.70 €
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: star 79,200
5 %
Average prices:
Adr
141.40 €
8.90 €
RevPAR
42.70 €
16.90 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 23
15 %
icon: room 750
11 %
icon: bed 2,100
12 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 157
5 %
icon: room 350
8 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 37 %
7 %
icon: bed 25 %
5 %
Non-registered Accommodation
icon: entire place 30 %
33 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 2.4
19 %
icon: finland 2.1
25 %
icon: foreign 3.9
18 %

Paid bed nights

Registered bed nights increased eight percent

In February 2019, 14,200 registered bed nights were recorded in Savonlinna (+8.3 %), of which 11,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 3,100 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased nine percent and registered foreign bed nights increased seven percent. In total, registered bed nights increased eight percent from last year's February.

10,200 nights (+0.5 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 3,900 nights (+35.6 %) by business visitors.

Between January and February, 20,600 registered bed nights (+17.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 8,300 (+1.8 %) for foreigners in Savonlinna, in total 28,900 (+12.8 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 0.8 percent

Total of 1.7 million registered bed nights (+2.4 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.1 million nights (+3.3 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 604,000 nights (+0.8 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Savonlinna out of total registered bed nights was 0.8 % (0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 1.0 % and foreign bed nights 0.5 %.

Length of stay was 2.4 nights in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation decreased 19 percent compared to earlier year. In Savonlinna, length of stay in February was on average 2.4 nights and in Finland 2.0 nights (-1.3 %).

During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Savonlinna on average 2.1 nights (+6.6 %) and foreigners 3.9 nights (+9.2 %).

6,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 34 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 86.7 percent were domestic, and 13.3 percent were from foreign countries.

During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Savonlinna on average 2.1 nights (-0.69) and foreigners 3.9 nights (+0.61).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

161 air travelers

The airport received a total of 161 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased six percent.

Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.

In addition, there were 164 passengers departing the airport (-14.1 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 320 (-10.2 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)

Arriving passengers from

Passengers on transfers from

Departing passengers to

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

187,000 Russian travelers via eastern border

A total of 187,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 90.0 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 49,000 (-10.9 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 76,000 (+8.9 %)
  • Imatra: 31,900 (-13.5 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 11,600 (+18.2 %)
  • Niirala: 17,600 (-0.9 %)
  • Vartius: 6,900 (-7.9 %)
  • Kuusamo: 420 (+16.9 %)
  • Salla: 2,200 (-19.6 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 2,100 (-17.7 %)

Accommodation sales 726,000 euro

Total accommodation sales in February were 726,000 euro (+34,600). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 10.9 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 647,000 euro (+106,000) and non-registered sales 79,200 euro (-71,300).

Total January-February sales were 1.6 million euro and they increased 230,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
February 2019
Amount
Change jan-February 2019
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 141 € 6.7 % 166 € 25.9 %
Adr (Registered) 79 € 13.6 % 84 € 15.8 %
Bed Night (Registered) 46 € 10.4 % 47 € 15.4 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 43 € -28.3 % 58 € -1.5 %
Revpar (Registered) 29 € 6.1 % 29 € 5.1 %

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

23 accommodation establishments (+3)
750 rooms (+77)
2,100 beds (+220)

Room utilization 36.9 % (-2.6)
Unsold rooms 470
Bed utilization 25.0 % (-1.2)

Airbnb and Vrbo

157 accommodation establishments (-8)
153 apartments (-7)
350 rooms (-30)

Apartment utilization 30.2 % (-15)
Unsold apartments 107

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: Airdna, Finavia, Finnish Border Guard, Statistics Finland, Visitory Research Team

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