Nights spent by residents increased in October 2021
Overnight stays by non-resident visitors decreased by 54 per cent compared to October 2019. The total amount of overnight stays was 1.66 million, which was 1 per cent less than two years ago.
Overnight stays by resident visitors exceeded the level of October 2019 preceding the corona crisis by 18 per cent. Overnight stays by non-resident visitors decreased by 54 per cent compared to October 2019. The total amount of overnight stays was 1.66 million, which was 1 per cent less than two years ago. These figures are preliminary data from Statistics Finland’s statistics on accommodation establishments and they have been collected from accommodation establishments with at least 20 beds or caravan pitches with electricity connection.
Monthly overnight stays at accommodation establishments, 2019–2021
Overnight stays by business travellers still below the level of 2019
The recovery of tourism is illustrated by comparison with the year before the corona crisis started in 2020. For leisure trips, overnight stays by resident visitors increased by 36 per cent from October 2019. In turn, overnight stays by resident business travellers decreased by 8 per cent. Overnight stays by non-resident leisure travellers were 52 per cent less than two years ago and 56 per cent less by non-resident business travellers.
Changes in overnight stays (%) by month and trip purpose, 2021/2019
Examined by region, overnight stays decreased most compared to October 2019 in Uusimaa, by 24 per cent. Compared to October last year however, overnight stays increased in all regions with the exception of Central Ostrobothnia, where overnight stays decreased by 22 per cent.
Change in overnight stays in October by region 2021/2020,%
Occupancy rates of hotel rooms high in several regions
Among the regions, the highest occupancy rates of hotel rooms were measured in Pirkanmaa, 64 per cent, and in Southwest Finland , 61 per cent. In Helsinki, the hotel room occupancy rate was 46 per cent, 70 per cent in Tampere, 66 per cent in Turku, 65 per cent in Oulu and 33 per cent in Rovaniemi.
In October 2021, the realised average price of a hotel room was EUR 100.95 per day for the whole country. Twelve months earlier, it was EUR 90.85. There was a total of 55,094 hotel rooms available in Finland, which was 4,415 more than in October 2020.
Hotel room occupancy rate and the monthly average price
Overnight stays increased by 14 per cent in January to October 2021
In January to October 2021, a total of 14.5 million nights were spent in Finnish accommodation establishments. This was 14 per cent more than in the corresponding period one year earlier. In all, 13.28 million overnight stays were recorded for resident visitors and 1.22 million for non-resident visitors. The number of nights spent by resident visitors increased by 25 per cent and nights spent by non-resident visitors declined by 43 from the previous year.
Among the most important countries of inbound tourism to Finland, overnight stays by Swedes increased most in absolute numbers, by 45,700 nights. This was 50 per cent higher than in the year before. The biggest drop was seen in overnight stays by Russians, down by 225,400 nights. Their overnight stays were 90 per cent down on January to October 2020.
The biggest group of non-resident visitors were Germans with 188,000 overnight stays. The second largest group was Swedes with 137,000 overnight stays. The third largest group was Estonians with 125,000 overnight stays , and fourth were U.S. visitors with 62,000 overnight stays. The fifth largest group was Dutch visitors (46,000 nights), sixth was Britons (41,000 nights), seventh French (41,000 nights) and eight was Italians (39,000 nights).
Change in overnight stays in January-October 2021/2020, %
