Vaasa
Accommodation and Travel Stats
August 2019
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Vaasa: Tourism in a nutshell
27,500
19,100
8,300
19,200
14,100
5,100
1.5 mill.
9.0
920
1,800
40 %
15.4 °C
40 mm
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
Registered bed nights increased two percent
In August 2019, 27,500 bed nights were recorded in Vaasa (+2.5 %), of which 19,100 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 8,300 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights decreased three percent and foreign bed nights increased 17 percent. In total, bed nights increased two percent from last year's August.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Sweden (3,500 nights).
15,000 nights (+5.8 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 12,400 nights (-1.2 %) by business visitors.
Between January and August, 147,000 bed nights (+10.5 %) were recorded for domestic visitors and 45,900 (-4.3 %) for foreigners in Vaasa, in total 192,000 (+6.6 %) 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
Bed nights by country of arrival
19,200 tourists arrived to accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation increased 18 percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 73.5 percent were domestic, and 26.5 percent were from foreign countries.
During August, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Vaasa on average 1.4 nights (-0.15) and foreigners 1.6 nights (-0.53).
6,300 international congress guests in 2019
The number of international congress quests increased 90 percent from the previous year.
There was a total of 39 congresses organized (+6.0) in 2019.
10,900 air travelers
The airport received a total of 10,900 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals increased two percent.
Of local passengers, 45.9 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 54.1 %.
In addition, there were 12,000 passengers departing the airport (+0.4 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 22,900 (+1.2 %).
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
15,200 passengers by ferries
There were 15,200 arriving passengers by ferries. In total, the arrivals to port increased 24 percent. The number of departing passengers was 13,600 (+3.7 %). Most arrivals were from Sweden (13,900 arrivals).
Arrivals
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 1.5 million euro
Registered accommodation sales in August were 1.5 million euro (+36,000).
Registered January-August sales were 10.9 million euro and they decreased 916,000 euro from the previous year.
Average prices
| August 2019 Amount |
Change |
jan-August 2019
Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 96 € | 3.1 % | 94 € | -5.5 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 55 € | -0.1 % | 57 € | -13.5 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 54 € | 0.4 % | 51 € | -12.6 % |
Tax free sales -39.9 %
Tax free sales decreased 40 percent from the previous year.
(Russians -41.1 %, Chinese -89.3 %, Japanese -100.0 %)
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
9.0 accommodation establishments (+0)
920 rooms (+18)
1,800 beds (+29)
Room utilization 55.8 % (-1.5)
Unsold rooms 400
Bed utilization 42.7 % (-2.7)
Registered room utilization for establishments
Website's user sessions by language
Hotel customer satisfaction
Average customer satisfaction score on Booking.com given by hotel customers in August was 8.56/10.
Hotel customer satisfaction by nationalities
Sources: Booking.Com, Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Global Blue, Statistics Finland