Overnight stays by resident tourists rise in October

Overnight stays by resident tourists exceeded the level of October 2019 preceding the corona crisis by 18 per cent, according to Statistics Finland.

Overnight stays by non-resident tourists 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.

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 tourists 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.

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.

Among the regions, the highest occupancy rates of hotel rooms were measured in Pirkanmaa, 64.4 per cent, and in Southwest Finland , 60.7 per cent. In Helsinki, the hotel room occupancy rate was 45.5 per cent, 70.3 per cent in Tampere, 65.6 per cent in Turku, 65.2 per cent in Oulu and 33.3 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.