Tahko
Accommodation and Travel Stats

February 2019

Tahko: Tourism in a nutshell

Registered Accommodation
icon: star 21,100
5 %
icon: finland 19,300
8 %
icon: foreign 1,900
20 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Russia
1,300
15 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 7,600
1 %
icon: finland 7,200
2 %
icon: foreign 400
37 %
Top 3 (Reg.):
Russia
250
37 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 902,000 €
9 %
Average prices:
Night
42.70 €
1.60 €
Room
129.80 €
9.70 €
RevPAR
81.10 €
12.00 €
Registered Accommodation
icon: establishment 8.0
0 %
icon: room 400
2 %
icon: bed 1,400
4 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: room 62 %
9 %
Registered Accommodation
icon: star 2.8
6 %
icon: finland 2.7
5 %
icon: foreign 4.7
28 %

Paid bed nights

Registered bed nights increased five percent

In February 2019, 21,100 registered bed nights were recorded in Tahko (+4.7 %), of which 19,300 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 1,900 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased eight percent and registered foreign bed nights decreased 20 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased five percent from last year's February.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Russia (1,300 nights).

18,400 nights (-0.0 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 2,700 nights (+53.4 %) by business visitors.

Between January and February, 27,100 registered bed nights (+3.7 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 6,900 (-13.7 %) for foreigners in Tahko, in total 34,000 (-0.4 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 1.2 percent

Total of 1.7 million registered bed nights (+2.4 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 1.1 million nights (+3.3 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 604,000 nights (+0.8 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Tahko out of total registered bed nights was 1.2 % (0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 1.7 % and foreign bed nights 0.3 %.

Length of stay increased six percent in registered accommodation

Length of stay in registered accommodation increased six percent compared to earlier year. In Tahko, length of stay in February was on average 2.8 nights and in Finland 2.0 nights (-1.3 %).

During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Tahko on average 2.7 nights (+1.0 %) and foreigners 4.7 nights (+5.1 %).

7,600 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased one percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 94.8 percent were domestic, and 5.2 percent were from foreign countries.

During February, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Tahko on average 2.7 nights (+0.14) and foreigners 4.7 nights (+1.0).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

187,000 Russian travelers via eastern border

A total of 187,000 Russians arrived in Finland over the eastern border crossings.

The share of southeastern border stations was 90.0 percent.

  • Vaalimaa: 49,000 (-10.9 %)
  • Nuijamaa: 76,000 (+8.9 %)
  • Imatra: 31,900 (-13.5 %)
  • Vainikkala (train): 11,600 (+18.2 %)
  • Niirala: 17,600 (-0.9 %)
  • Vartius: 6,900 (-7.9 %)
  • Kuusamo: 420 (+16.9 %)
  • Salla: 2,200 (-19.6 %)
  • Raja-Jooseppi: 2,100 (-17.7 %)

Accommodation sales 902,000 euro

Registered accommodation sales in February were 902,000 euro (+72,900).

Registered January-February sales were 1.6 million euro and they increased 106,000 euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
February 2019
Amount
Change jan-February 2019
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 130 € 8.1 % 125 € 8.2 %
Revpar (Registered) 81 € 17.3 % 64 € 12.6 %
Bed Night (Registered) 43 € 3.9 % 46 € 7.8 %

Total accommodation sales

Duty-free invoice vouchers stamped at the border stations

Registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Non-registered accommodation sales

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

8.0 accommodation establishments (+0)
400 rooms (-9)
1,400 beds (-53)

Room utilization 62.5 % (+4.9)
Unsold rooms 148

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: Finnish Border Guard, Statistics Finland

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