South Savonia
Accommodation and Travel Stats

September 2020

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South Savonia: Tourism in a nutshell

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

Bed Nights

37,300

20 %

34,200

3 %

3,100

73 %

Visitors

20,300

20 %

19,900

7 %

330

91 %

Accommodation Sales

2.0 mill. €

15 %

Average prices:

Night

54.20 €

3.10 €

Room

101.10 €

10.10 €

RevPAR

38.30 €

1.40 €

Capacity

1 %

1,900

9 %

5,600

6 %

Utilization

38 %

13 %

23 %

14 %

Weather

11.4 °C

2.0 °C

80 mm

11 mm

37,300 registered bed nights

In September 2020, 37,300 registered bed nights were recorded in South Savonia (-20.1 %), of which 34,200 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 3,100 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased three percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 73 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 20 percent from last year's September.

18,200 nights (-38.9 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 19,100 nights (+13.4 %) by business visitors.

Between January and September, 387,000 registered bed nights (-8.1 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 36,000 (-72.6 %) for foreigners in South Savonia, in total 423,000 (-23.4 %) 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 3.0 percent

Total of 1.2 million registered bed nights (-32.1 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.1 million nights (-12.4 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 92,200 nights (-82.1 %) by foreigners.

The market share of South Savonia out of total registered bed nights was 3.0 % (+0.5 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 3.0 % and foreign bed nights 3.4 %.

20,300 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased 20 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 98.4 percent were domestic, and 1.6 percent were from foreign countries.

During September, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in South Savonia on average 1.7 nights (+0.08) and foreigners 9.4 nights (+6.4).

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

International = International cruise ships

23,800 Russian travelers via eastern border

A total of 23,800 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

Vaalimaa: 6,300 (-90.9 %)
Nuijamaa: 6,100 (-94.0 %)
Imatra: 3,300 (-92.6 %)
Vainikkala (train): 0.0 (-100.0 %)

Niirala: 4,900 (-76.1 %)
Vartius: 1,900 (-75.9 %)
Kuusamo: 44 (-89.8 %)
Salla: 66 (-97.3 %)
Raja-Jooseppi: 34 (-98.6 %)

Russian visa applications decreased 99 percent

There was a total of 610 visa applications to Finland made by the Russians. 60.7 percent were done at St. Petersburg's consulate.

Accommodation sales 2.0 million euro

Registered accommodation sales in September were 2.0 million euro (-362,000).

Registered January-September sales were 19.6 million euro and they decreased 7.4 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	September 2020 Amount	Change	jan-September 2020 Amount	Change
Adr (Registered)	101 €	11.1 %	106 €	5.9 %
Bed Night (Registered)	54 €	6.1 %	46 €	-5.1 %
Revpar (Registered)	38 €	-3.6 %	42 €	-4.6 %

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

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

73 accommodation establishments (-1)
1,900 rooms (-193)
5,600 beds (-360)

Room utilization 37.9 % (-5.8)
Unsold rooms 1,200
Bed utilization 22.7 % (-3.6)

Registered room utilization for establishments

Website's user sessions by language

Global Google searches for "south savonia"

Global Google searches for "south savonia + keyword"

Google searches for "south savonia" by search region

The occurrence of hashtags on Instagram

The number of likes for posts with hashtags on Instagram

Accommodation customer satisfaction by nationalities

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

Sources: Business Finland, Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Ministry For Foreign Affairs Of Finland, Statistics Finland

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South Savonia Accommodation and Travel Stats