South Karelia
Accommodation and Travel Stats
August 2020
South Karelia: Tourism in a nutshell
109,000
107,000
1,400
60,700
60,100
640
4.2 mill.
35
2,000
5,700
15.9 °C
42 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.
Temperature
Rainfall
109,000 registered bed nights (July)
In July 2020, 109,000 bed nights were recorded in South Karelia (-7.5 %), of which 107,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,400 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased 22 percent and foreign bed nights decreased 95 percent. In total, bed nights decreased eight percent from last year's July.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Germany (260 nights).
99,200 nights (-4.3 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 9,500 nights (-31.8 %) by business visitors.
Between January and July, 247,000 bed nights (-20.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 52,100 (-61.1 %) for foreigners in South Karelia, in total 299,000 (-33.0 %) 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
Bed nights comparison between regions
60,700 tourists arrived to accommodation (July)
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 98.9 percent were domestic, and 1.1 percent were from foreign countries.
During July, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in South Karelia on average 1.8 nights (-0.02) and foreigners 2.2 nights (+0.01).
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
24,600 Russian travelers via eastern border
A total of 24,600 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.
- Vaalimaa: 7,000 (-93.3 %)
- Nuijamaa: 6,600 (-95.3 %)
- Imatra: 2,900 (-95.1 %)
- Vainikkala (train): 0.0 (-100.0 %)
- Niirala: 5,300 (-80.8 %)
- Vartius: 1,700 (-81.8 %)
- Kuusamo: 61 (-89.1 %)
- Salla: 88 (-96.9 %)
- Raja-Jooseppi: 28 (-99.1 %)
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 4.9 million euro (July)
Total accommodation sales in July were 4.9 million euro (-199,000). The share of Airbnb and HomeAway was 14.7 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 4.2 million euro (-454,000) and non-registered sales 727,000 euro (+255,000).
Total January-July sales were 15.3 million euro and they decreased 6.9 million euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| July 2020 Amount |
Change |
jan-July 2020
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Non-Registered) | 179 € | 41.7 % | 159 € | 34.3 % |
| Revpar (Non-Registered) | 118 € | 51.2 % | 70 € | 24.5 % |
| Adr (Registered) | 95 € | -5.9 % | 92 € | -6.0 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 68 € | -2.4 % | 34 € | -30.2 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 39 € | -2.4 % | 42 € | -7.3 % |
Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization (July)
Registered Accommodation
35 accommodation establishments (-4)
2,000 rooms (-250)
5,700 beds (-700)
Room utilization 71.2 % (+2.5)
Unsold rooms 570
Bed utilization 56.6 % (+0.9)
Airbnb and HomeAway
330 accommodation establishments (+17)
290 apartments (+15)
650 rooms (+9)
Apartment utilization 65.8 % (+4.6)
Unsold apartments 100
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Hotel customer satisfaction by nationalities
Hotel customer satisfaction comparison between regions
Sources: Airdna, Business Finland, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland, Tak Research
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