South Savonia
Accommodation and Travel Stats

May 2023

South Savonia: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 28,200
10 %
icon: finland 26,400
12 %
icon: foreign 1,800
67 %
Top 3:
Germany
310
11 %
Estonia
280
131 %
France
210
210 %
icon: star 17,800
4 %
icon: finland 17,100
2 %
icon: foreign 780
77 %
Top 3:
Germany
191
115 %
France
108
130 %
Estonia
81
23 %
Average prices:
Night
58.30 €
4.70 €
Room
98.60 €
2.90 €
RevPAR
34.80 €
0.70 €
icon: establishment 59
3 %
icon: room 1,800
4 %
icon: bed 4,900
3 %
icon: room 35 %
1 %
icon: bed 20 %
10 %

28,200 registered bed nights (April)

In April 2023, 28,200 registered bed nights were recorded in South Savonia (-9.7 %), of which 26,400 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,800 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased 12 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 67 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased 10 percent from last year's April.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Germany (310 nights).

17,200 nights (-13.5 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 11,000 nights (-2.9 %) by business visitors.

Between January and April, 107,000 registered bed nights (-3.9 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 7,300 (+33.5 %) for foreigners in South Savonia, in total 114,000 (-2.2 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 1.8 percent (April)

Total of 1.5 million registered bed nights (-3.9 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.3 million nights (-7.7 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 261,000 nights (+20.1 %) by foreigners.

The market share of South Savonia out of total registered bed nights was 1.8 % (-0.1 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 2.1 % and foreign bed nights 0.7 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

17,800 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (April)

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased four percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 95.6 percent were domestic, and 4.4 percent were from foreign countries.

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in South Savonia on average 1.5 nights (-0.25) and foreigners 2.4 nights (-0.15).

Visitor days

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Trips by Russian travelers over the eastern border increased 10 percent (April)

A total of 34,400 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 82.1 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 18,900 (+34.5 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 6,900 (-21.8 %)
  • Imatra: 2,400 (+220.1 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 2.0 (-50.0 %)
  • Niirala: 4,300 (-21.2 %)
  • Vartius: 1,600 (-14.4 %)
  • Kuusamo: 18 (-14.3 %)
  • Salla: 169 (-2.3 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 69 (-16.9 %)

Accommodation sales 2.5 million euro (April)

Total accommodation sales in April were 2.5 million euro (+22,300). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 33.9 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 1.6 million euro (-29,500) and non-registered sales 844,000 euro (+51,700).

Total January-April sales were 10.0 million euro and they increased 868,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
April 2023
Amount
Change jan-April 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 159 € 2.3 % 156 € 5.3 %
Adr (Registered) 99 € -2.9 % 102 € 3.8 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 84 € 0.1 % 78 € 12.0 %
Bed Night (Registered) 58 € 8.7 % 62 € 12.8 %
Revpar (Registered) 35 € -2.1 % 36 € 7.0 %

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (April)

Registered Accommodation

59 accommodation establishments (-2)
1,800 rooms (+76)
4,900 beds (+137)

Room utilization 35.3 % (+0.3)
Unsold rooms 1,200
Bed utilization 20.1 % (-2.3)

Airbnb and Vrbo

600 accommodation establishments (+63)
550 apartments (+55)
1,300 rooms (+120)

Apartment utilization 52.5 % (-1.1)
Unsold apartments 260

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, Finnish Border Guard, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

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