Vaasa
Accommodation and Travel Stats
January 2019
Notice
This is a non-premium report and will only show data up to 12 months from now.
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 trends.
Vaasa: Tourism in a nutshell
15,200
12,200
3,000
10,200
8,600
1,600
1.1 mill.
8.0
850
1,700
-6.1 °C
34 mm
Temperature
Rainfall
Registered bed nights increased one percent
In January 2019, 15,200 bed nights were recorded in Vaasa (+0.6 %), of which 12,200 nights were spent by domestic visitors and 3,000 nights by foreigners. Domestic bed nights increased two percent and foreign bed nights decreased four percent. In total, bed nights increased one percent from last year's January.
Most foreign bed nights were recorded for travelers from Sweden (910 nights).
5,100 nights (+0.6 %) were spend by leisure visitors and 10,100 nights (+0.6 %) by business visitors.
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
Market share 1.0 percent
Total of 1.5 million bed nights (+1.1 %) were recorded in the whole country, of which 869,000 nights (+1.5 %) were spent by domestic visitors and 675,000 nights (+0.6 %) by foreigners.
The market share of Vaasa out of total bed nights was 1.0 % (-0.0 percentage points), out of domestic bed nights 1.4 % and foreign bed nights 0.4 %.
10,200 tourists arrived to accommodation
Arrivals to registered accommodation decreased five percent compared to earlier year. Of all arrivals, 83.9 percent were domestic, and 16.1 percent were from foreign countries.
During January, domestic visitors stayed in registered accommodation in Vaasa on average 1.4 nights (+0.11) and foreigners 1.8 nights (-0.01).
3,300 international congress guests in 2018
The number of international congress quests increased 24 percent from the previous year.
There was a total of 33 congresses organized (-5.0) in 2018.
10,600 air travelers
The airport received a total of 10,600 passengers, which means air passenger arrivals decreased five percent.
Of local passengers, 43.6 % arrived from abroad, thus the share of domestic passengers was 56.4 %.
In addition, there were 11,200 passengers departing the airport (-7.4 %), therefore the total number of trips via the airport was 21,800.
Arriving passengers (excl. transfers)
Arriving passengers from
Passengers on transfers from
Departing passengers to
1,600 passengers by ferries
There were 1,600 arriving passengers by ferries. In total, the arrivals to port decreased 72 percent. The number of departing passengers was 1,800 (-68.8 %). Most arrivals were from Sweden (1,600 arrivals).
Arrivals
Ferry arrivals from different harbors
International = International cruise ships
Accommodation sales 1.1 million euro
Total accommodation sales in January were 1.1 million euro (-31,200). The share of Airbnb was 4.4 percent. Therefore, registered accommodation sales were 1.1 million euro (-42,300) and Airbnb sales 47,200 euro (+11,100).
Average prices
| January 2019 Amount |
Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Adr (Registered) | 92 € | -5.6 % |
| Bed Night (Registered) | 71 € | -4.4 % |
| Adr (Airbnb) | 68 € | 5.0 % |
| Revpar (Registered) | 41 € | -11.6 % |
| Revpar (Airbnb) | 33 € | 23.1 % |
Registered accommodation sales
Average registered room price (ADR)
Capacity & Utilization
Registered Accommodation
8.0 accommodation establishments (+1)
850 rooms (+69)
1,700 beds (+148)
Room utilization 44.3 % (-3.0)
Unsold rooms 480
Airbnb
80 apartments (+4)
14 private rooms (+2)
3.0 shared rooms (+0)
Apartment utilization 48.2 % (+7.1)
Unsold apartments 41
Registered room utilization
Sources: Airdna, Business Finland, Finavia, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Statistics Finland