Overnight stays by foreign visitors decreased by 77 per cent in July 2021 compared to July 2019
Overnight stays at accommodation establishments were at a record high level in July 2021. Overnight stays by resident visitors exceeded by more than a quarter the level of July 2019 preceding the corona crisis. Overnight stays by non-resident visitors decreased by 77 per cent compared to July 2019. The total amount of overnight stays was 3.3 million, which was two per cent more 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
July records were broken in nearly all regions
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 30 per cent from July 2019. Overnight stays by resident business travellers also increased by 14 per cent. Overnight stays by foreign leisure travellers were 80 per cent less than two years ago and 65 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 compared to July 2019 only in Uusimaa, by 31 per cent, North Karelia, by 16 per cent and South Karelia, by 2 per cent. Compared to July last year however, overnight stays increased in all regions.
Change in overnight stays in July by region 2021/2020,%
Overnight stays increased by almost 5 per cent in January to July 2021
In January to July 2021, a total of 9.1 million nights were spent in Finnish accommodation establishments. This was almost 5 per cent more than in the corresponding period one year earlier. In all, 8.6 million overnight stays were recorded for resident visitors and 0.55 million for non-resident visitors. The number of nights spent by resident tourists increased by 25 per cent and nights spent by non-resident visitors declined by 70 from the previous year.
Overnight stays declined from all of the most important countries of inbound tourism to Finland. The smallest drop was seen in overnight stays by Swedes. Overnight stays by them declined by 14,700 nights. The biggest drop was seen in overnight stays by Russians, down by 231,500 nights. Their overnight stays were 95 per cent down on January to July 2020.
The biggest group of non-resident visitors were Germans with 80,000 overnight stays. The second largest group was Estonians with 67,000 overnight stays. The third largest group was Swedes with 57,000 overnight stays, and fourth were U.S. visitors with 31,000 overnight stays. The fifth largest group was Dutch tourists (19,000 nights), sixth was Britons (17,000 nights), seventh French (16,000 nights) and eight was Italians (15,000 nights).
Change in overnight stays in January-July 2021/2020, %
Source: Accommodation Statistics. Statistics Finland
