Umeå
Accommodation and Travel Stats

May 2021

Umeå: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 39,800
79 %
icon: sweden 35,700
68 %
icon: foreign 4,100
310 %
Top 3:
Finland
1,100
1,288 %
Lithuania
470
United Kingdom
410
72 %
icon: star 15,600
101 %
icon: sweden 14,600
101 %
icon: foreign 930
106 %
icon: star 18.7 mill. SEK
95 %
Average prices:
Night
470.70 SEK
39.40 SEK
Room
791.80 SEK
4.90 SEK
RevPAR
338.70 SEK
154.40 SEK
icon: establishment 26
0 %
icon: room 1,800
9 %
icon: bed 3,400
10 %
icon: room 43 %
83 %
icon: bed 30 %
78 %

Registered bed nights increased 79 percent

In May 2021, 39,800 registered bed nights were recorded in Umeå (+79.0 %), of which 35,700 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 4,100 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights increased 68 percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 310 percent. In total, registered bed nights increased 79 percent from last year's May.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Finland (1,100 nights).

11,800 rooms (+98.1 %) were booked by leisure visitors and 11,900 rooms (+90.4 %) by business visitors.

Between January and May, 132,000 registered bed nights (-18.2 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 13,100 (-20.1 %) for foreigners in Umeå, in total 145,000 (-18.3 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Forecast of paid bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 1.2 percent

Total of 3.3 million registered bed nights (+46.7 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 3.0 million nights (+45.1 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 291,000 nights (+65.3 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Umeå out of total registered bed nights was 1.2 % (+0.2 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 1.2 % and foreign bed nights 1.4 %.

15,600 tourists arrived to registered accommodation

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 101 percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 94.0 percent were domestic, and 6.0 percent were from foreign countries.

During May, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Umeå on average 2.4 nights (-0.47) and foreigners 4.5 nights (+2.2).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

6,400 air travelers

The airport received a total of 6,400 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 330 percent.

Of local passengers, 0.0 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 100.0 %.

In addition, there were 6,400 passengers departing the airport (+313.1 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 12,800 (+322.9 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)

Arriving passengers from

Passengers on transfers from

Departing passengers to

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 19.1 million crowns

Total accommodation sales in May were 19.1 million crowns (+9.2 million). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 2.0 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 18.7 million crowns (+9.1 million) and non-registered sales 385,000 crowns (+53,900).

Total January-May sales were 72.3 million crowns and they decreased 26.4 million crowns from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
May 2021
Amount
Change jan-May 2021
Amount
Change
Adr (Registered) 790 SEK 0.6 % 770 SEK -12.4 %
Adr (Non-Registered) 780 SEK -6.2 % 730 SEK -8.4 %
Bed Night (Registered) 470 SEK 9.1 % 490 SEK -9.8 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 400 SEK 10.6 % 290 SEK -26.0 %
Revpar (Registered) 340 SEK 83.7 % 270 SEK -23.6 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Registered Accommodation

26 accommodation establishments (+0)
1,800 rooms (+147)
3,400 beds (+310)

Room utilization 42.8 % (+19)
Unsold rooms 1,000
Bed utilization 30.2 % (+13)

Airbnb and Vrbo

111 accommodation establishments (-33)
73 apartments (-8)
182 rooms (-66)

Apartment utilization 50.5 % (+7.7)
Unsold apartments 36

Registered room utilization for establishments

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.

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Sources: Airdna, Statistics Sweden, Swedavia, Tak Research

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