Helsinki-Uusimaa
Accommodation and Travel Stats

August 2023

Uusimaa: Tourism in a nutshell

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

Bed Nights (July)

742,000

2 %

470,000

7 %

273,000

7 %

Arrivals (July)

416,000

2 %

282,000

7 %

134,000

13 %

Accommodation Sales (July)

41.8 mill. €

2 %

Average prices:

Night

56.30 €

0.40 €

Room

110.90 €

0.90 €

RevPAR

65.20 €

2.10 €

Capacity (July)

173

3 %

20,600

2 %

41,000

2 %

Utilization (July)

59 %

4 %

56 %

4 %

742,000 registered bed nights (July)

In July 2023, 742,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Uusimaa (-2.4 %), of which 470,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 273,000 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased seven percent and registered foreign bed nights increased seven percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased two percent from last year's July.

534,000 nights (-0.2 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 209,000 nights (-7.6 %) by business visitors.

Between January and July, 2.3 million registered bed nights (+7.3 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 1.3 million (+30.2 %) for foreigners in Uusimaa, in total 3.6 million (+14.8 %) 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 23.1 percent (July)

Total of 3.2 million registered bed nights (-2.0 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 2.6 million nights (-3.4 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 592,000 nights (+4.5 %) by foreigners.

The market share of Uusimaa out of total registered bed nights was 23.1 % (-0.1 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 17.9 % and foreign bed nights 46.0 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

416,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (July)

Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 67.8 percent were domestic, and 32.2 percent were from foreign countries.

During July, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Uusimaa on average 1.7 nights (+0.0) and foreigners 2.0 nights (-0.12).

Visitors

Visitors by region

Visitors by city

Visitors by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

892,000 air travelers (Helsinki)

The airport received a total of 892,000 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased eight percent. 213,000 travelers were transferring planes (+14.1 %) and 679,000 were local passengers (+6.6 %).

Of local passengers, 92.4 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 7.6 %. For transferring passengers, the share of travelers arriving from abroad was 89.1 %.

In addition, there were 464,000 passengers departing the airport (+4.0 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1.4 million (+6.8 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Helsinki)

Arriving passengers from (Helsinki)

Passengers on transfers from (Helsinki)

Departing passengers to (Helsinki)

721,000 passengers by ferries (July, Helsinki)

There were 721,000 arriving passengers by ferries. In total, the arrivals to port increased six percent. The number of departing passengers was 695,000 (+3.9 %). Most arrivals were from Estonia (531,000 arrivals).

Arrivals (Helsinki)

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

International = International cruise ships

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
	August 2023 Amount	Change	jan-August 2023 Amount	Change
Adr (Non-Registered)	127 €	-3.8 %	124 €	2.0 %
Revpar (Non-Registered)	83 €	-14.0 %	70 €	-9.4 %

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

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization

Airbnb and Vrbo

4,900 accommodation establishments (+1,100)
4,300 apartments (+1,000)
6,900 rooms (+1,700)

Apartment utilization 65.1 % (-7.8)
Unsold apartments 1,500

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.

Temperature

Rainfall

Sources: Airdna, Finavia, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Statistics Finland, Tak Research

Uudenmaan liitto
e-mail: toimisto at uudenmaanliitto.fi
puh/tel +358 9 4767 411
Esterinportti 2 B, 00240 Helsinki

More information available at the dashboard

Helsinki-Uusimaa Accommodation and Travel Stats