South Karelia
Accommodation and Travel Stats
March 2020
South Karelia: Tourism in a nutshell
53,100
38,500
14,600
29,500
20,800
8,700
2.4 mill.
31
1,800
5,200
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 trends.
Temperature
Rainfall
Registered bed nights increased 11 percent (February)
In February 2020, 53,100 bed nights were recorded in South Karelia (+11.4 %), of which 38,500 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 14,600 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased four percent and foreign bed nights increased 36 percent. In total, bed nights increased 11 percent from last year's February.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Russia (12,900 nights).
43,600 nights (+17.1 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 9,500 nights (-8.9 %) by business visitors.
Between January and February, 60,400 bed nights (-1.1 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 42,400 (+22.7 %) for foreigners in South Karelia, in total 103,000 (+7.5 %) 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
Market share 2.9 percent (February)
Total of 1.8 million bed nights (+7.2 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.2 million nights (+10.1 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 613,000 nights (+1.9 %) by foreigners.
The market share of South Karelia out of total bed nights was 2.9 % (+0.1 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 3.1 % and foreign bed nights 2.4 %.
29,500 tourists arrived to accommodation (February)
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 16 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 70.4 percent were domestic, and 29.6 percent were from foreign countries.
During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in South Karelia on average 1.9 nights (-0.04) and foreigners 1.7 nights (-0.12).
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 24 percent (February)
A total of 255,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
- Vaalimaa: 61,000 (+24.5 %)
- Nuijamaa: 108,000 (+42.0 %)
- Imatra: 49,700 (+55.9 %)
- Niirala: 21,200 (+20.4 %)
- Vartius: 7,800 (+13.6 %)
- Kuusamo: 610 (+44.1 %)
- Salla: 2,900 (+29.5 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 2,600 (+22.3 %)
Russian visa applications increased 29 percent (February)
There was a total of 51,600 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 83.4 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.
Accommodation sales 2.6 million euro (February)
Total accommodation sales in February were 2.6 million euro (+218,000). The share of Airbnb and HomeAway was 10.2 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 2.4 million euro (+88,700) and Airbnb and HomeAway sales 245,000 euro (+130,000).
Total January-February sales were 5.6 million euro and they increased 400,000 euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| February 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-February 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Airbnb & Homeaway) | 117 € | 6.2 % | 134 € | -2.6 % |
| Adr (Registered) | 101 € | 2.2 % | 105 € | 3.3 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 47 € | 3.1 % | 47 € | 3.1 % |
| Revpar (Airbnb & Homeaway) | 45 € | 10.6 % | 55 € | 2.5 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 45 € | -6.8 % | 48 € | -4.6 % |
Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (February)
Registered Accommodation
31 accommodation establishments (+1)
1,800 rooms (-39)
5,200 beds (-78)
Room utilization 46.9 % (+0.4)
Unsold rooms 960
Airbnb and HomeAway
260 apartments (+62)
43 private rooms (+10)
5.0 shared rooms (+2)
Apartment utilization 37.9 % (+0.26)
Unsold apartments 164
Registered room utilization
Website's user sessions by language
Sources: Airdna, Finnish Border Guard, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland
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