Helsinki-Uusimaa
Accommodation and Travel Stats

May 2023

Uusimaa: Tourism in a nutshell

icon: star 427,000
1 %
icon: finland 280,000
8 %
icon: foreign 146,000
18 %
Top 3:
Germany
13,300
10 %
United States
13,100
60 %
Sweden
12,300
15 %
icon: star 257,000
2 %
icon: finland 180,000
6 %
icon: foreign 77,100
29 %
Top 3:
Sweden
7,700
15 %
Germany
7,000
11 %
United States
6,300
60 %
Average prices:
Night
71.60 €
5.50 €
Room
110.60 €
6.50 €
RevPAR
49.50 €
0.70 €
icon: establishment 171
4 %
icon: room 20,300
3 %
icon: bed 40,500
3 %
icon: room 45 %
4 %
icon: bed 35 %
5 %

427,000 registered bed nights (April)

In April 2023, 427,000 registered bed nights were recorded in Uusimaa (-0.6 %), of which 280,000 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 146,000 nights by foreigners. Registered domestic bed nights decreased eight percent and registered foreign bed nights increased 18 percent. In total, registered bed nights decreased one percent from last year's April.

Most foreign registered bed nights were recorded for travelers from Germany (13,300 nights).

219,000 nights (-0.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 207,000 nights (-0.6 %) by business visitors.

Between January and April, 1.1 million registered bed nights (+24.2 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 598,000 (+57.2 %) for foreigners in Uusimaa, in total 1.7 million (+34.2 %) registered nights.

Registered bed nights

Registered bed nights by country of arrival

Market share 27.8 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 Uusimaa out of total registered bed nights was 27.8 % (+0.9 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 22.1 % and foreign bed nights 56.0 %.

Comparison of registered bed nights between regions

257,000 tourists arrived to registered accommodation (April)

Arrivals to registered accommodation increased two percent compared to earlier year. Of all registered arrivals, 70.0 percent were domestic, and 30.0 percent were from foreign countries.

During April, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Uusimaa on average 1.6 nights (-0.04) and foreigners 1.9 nights (-0.18).

Visitor days

Visitor days by region

Visitor days by city

Visitor days by postal code

Visitor nights

Visitor nights by region

797,000 air travelers (April, Helsinki)

The airport received a total of 797,000 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased 32 percent. 189,000 travelers were transferring planes (+51.6 %) and 608,000 were local passengers (+26.4 %).

Of local passengers, 88.7 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 11.3 %. For transferring passengers, the share of travelers arriving from abroad was 84.6 %.

In addition, there were 416,000 passengers departing the airport (+16.7 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 1.2 million (+26.1 %).

Arriving passengers (excl. transfers) (Helsinki)

Arriving passengers from (Helsinki)

Passengers on transfers from (Helsinki)

Departing passengers to (Helsinki)

269,000 passengers by ferries (March, Helsinki)

There were 269,000 arriving passengers by ferries. In total, the arrivals to port increased 27 percent. The number of departing passengers was 280,000 (+34.6 %). Most arrivals were from Estonia (213,000 arrivals).

Arrivals (Helsinki)

Ferry arrivals from different harbors

Accommodation sales 34.3 million euro (April)

Total accommodation sales in April were 34.3 million euro (+2.7 million). The share of Airbnb and Vrbo was 11.0 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 30.6 million euro (+2.2 million) and non-registered sales 3.8 million euro (+516,000).

Total January-April sales were 137.2 million euro and they increased 46.2 million euro from the previous year.

Average prices

= change at least 10 %
April 2023
Amount
Change jan-April 2023
Amount
Change
Adr (Non-Registered) 118 € 3.3 % 118 € 8.6 %
Adr (Registered) 111 € 6.2 % 111 € 10.3 %
Bed Night (Registered) 72 € 8.3 % 74 € 13.4 %
Revpar (Non-Registered) 63 € -10.3 % 60 € 1.5 %
Revpar (Registered) 49 € 1.5 % 51 € 39.6 %

Registered accommodation sales

Non-registered accommodation sales

Average registered room price (ADR)

Capacity & Utilization (April)

Registered Accommodation

171 accommodation establishments (+6)
20,300 rooms (+600)
40,500 beds (+1,200)

Room utilization 44.7 % (-2.1)
Unsold rooms 11,200
Bed utilization 34.8 % (-1.8)

Airbnb and Vrbo

3,800 accommodation establishments (+970)
3,200 apartments (+890)
5,300 rooms (+1,500)

Apartment utilization 53.5 % (-8.5)
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

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

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