Sotkamo - Accommodation and Travel Stats

Sotkamo: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered accommodation. All changes are relative to the same period a year ago.

Bed Nights

70,500

5 %

68,800

7 %

1,600

82 %

Visitors

19,100

11 %

18,600

12 %

510

118 %

Accommodation Sales

2.7 mill. €

11 %

Average prices:

Night

38.80 €

2.40 €

Room

103.30 €

0.00 €

RevPAR

59.90 €

5.30 €

Capacity

13

0 %

1,300

0 %

5,600

0 %

Utilization

58 %

8 %

40 %

7 %

Weather

4.7 °C

0.1 °C

2 mm

70 mm

Gained Followers

31

6.0

70,500 registered bed nights

In October 2022, 70,500 registered bed nights were recorded in Sotkamo (-5.5 %), of which 68,800 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,600 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased seven percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 82 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased five percent from last year's October.

64,700 nights (-6.9 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 5,800 nights (+14.0 %) by business visitors.

Between January and October, 613,000 registered bed nights (-3.0 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 23,500 (+64.1 %) for foreigners in Sotkamo, in total 636,000 (-1.5 %) registered 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

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 4.2 percent

Total of 1.7 million registered bed nights (+0.7 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.4 million nights (-6.4 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 305,000 nights (+52.6 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Sotkamo out of total registered bed nights was 4.2 % (-0.3 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 5.0 % and foreign bed nights 0.5 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

19,100 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 11 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 97.3 percent were domestic, and 2.7 percent were from foreign countries.

During October, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Sotkamo on average 3.7 nights (+0.22) and foreigners 3.2 nights (-0.63).

Domestic visitor days were 129,000

In October 2022, 129,000 domestic visitor days were recorded in Sotkamo. Registered nights by domestic visitors equaled 65,100.

Between January and October, 1.3 million domestic visitor days were recorded in Sotkamo. Registered nights by domestic visitors equaled 658,000.

The number of visitor days means the total number of days spent by domestic tourists in the area. The tourist must stay in the area for at least half an hour to be counted. They are also not counted in the statistics if they visit the area regularly.

Visitor days

Visitor days (Kajaani)

Visitor days (Vuokatti)

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by region (Kajaani)

Visitor days by region (Vuokatti)

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by city (Kajaani)

Visitor days by city (Vuokatti)

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor days by postal code (Kajaani)

Visitor days by postal code (Vuokatti)

Visitor nights

Visitor nights (Kajaani)

Visitor nights (Vuokatti)

Visitor nights by region

Visitor nights by region (Kajaani)

Visitor nights by region (Vuokatti)

44 air travelers (Kajaani)

The airport received a total of 44 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased 97 percent.

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

In addition, there were 47 passengers departing the airport (-96.9 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 91 (-97.0 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Kajaani)

Arriving passengers from (Kajaani)

Passengers on transfers from (Kajaani)

Departing passengers to (Kajaani)

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

International = International cruise ships

Accommodation sales 2.7 million euro

Registered accommodation sales in October were 2.7 million euro (-335,000).

Registered January-October sales were 28.4 million euro and they increased 2.4 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	October 2022 Amount	Change	jan-October 2022 Amount	Change
Adr (Registered)	103 €	-0.0 %	106 €	15.6 %
Revpar (Registered)	60 €	-8.1 %	64 €	16.5 %
Bed Night (Registered)	39 €	-5.8 %	45 €	10.9 %

adr=average daily rate, revpar=revenue per available room (adr * utilization), bed night=accommodation sales per bed nights

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

13 accommodation establishments (+0)
1,300 rooms (+1)
5,600 beds (+23)

Room utilization 58.0 % (-5.1)
Unsold rooms 540
Bed utilization 39.6 % (-2.9)

Registered room utilization for establishments

Accommodation customer satisfaction by nationalities

Accommodation customer satisfaction comparison between regions

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.

Sotkamo Accommodation and Travel Stats

October 2022