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News 24.02.2023

Lapin yöpymiset vahvassa kasvussa tammikuussa 2023

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the number of nights spent by visitors was 48 per cent higher in January 2023 than one year earlier.

In total, one million overnight stays were recorded for resident tourists, which is 44 per cent more than in January 2022. For non-resident visitors, 0.53 million overnight stays were recorded, which is 55 per cent more than one year earlier. However, the total number of overnight stays was around nine per cent lower than in January 2020 before the pandemic.

Line chart on the number of overnight stays by resident and non-resident tourists by month from February 2019 to January 2023. The number of overnight stays by non-resident tourists started to grow gradually in the latter half of 2021 after the drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The number of overnight stays by resident tourists has grown in places to an even higher level than before the pandemic.

Key points

  • The majority of overnight stays by foreign visitors were recorded in Lapland, where the number of overnight stays by foreign visitors was almost as high as in January 2020 prior to the pandemic.
  • The highest numbers of foreign visitors came from France, Germany and Great Britain. Altogether 69 per cent of overnight stays by visitors from these countries were recorded in Lapland.
  • In relative terms, overnight stays have increased most in Pirkanmaa, where the number of overnight stays was 15 per cent higher than in January 2020.
  • The occupancy rate of hotel rooms was 45 per cent. Compared to January 2022, the occupancy rate grew by 17 percentage points.
  • The average price of a hotel room was EUR 121, having been EUR 111 one year earlier. The price of a hotel room was highest in Lapland, EUR 182.

Source: Accommodation Statistics, Statistics Finland