HELSINKI TOURISM STATISTICS
AUGUST 2016
Bednights down 1 per cent In August 2016, 404,000 overnight stays were recorded in Helsinki, of which 157,000 were spent by domestic visitors and 247,000 nights by foreign visitors. Bednights spent by Finnish visitors decreased by 4 per cent, but those by foreign visitors increased almost 1 per cent. In total, the bednights were down 1 per cent. In August 2016, the number of bednights in Finland was 2.19 million (+ 2 %), of which Finns accounted for 1.52 million (+ 2 %) and foreign visitors for 668,000 (+ 2 %). Overnight stays by Russian visitors totalled for 79,000 (- 13 %).
Up in August
Canada Norway Denmark China Netherlands
Down in August + 46 % + 29 % + 16 % + 14 % + 11 %
Russia Estonia
-11 % -8 %
Nights spent by business travellers increased Of the total number of bednights in accommodation facilities, 170,000 (+ 7 %) were for business purposes and 234,000 (- 6%) leisure. Accommodation facilities received 224,000 visitors, which was 2 per cent less than a year previously. Finns accounted for 100,000 (- 4 %) and foreign visitors for 124,000 (- 1 %). Visitors arriving from Russia totalled 7,000 (- 11 %).
Accommodation turnover EUR 27 million Accommodation turnover (VAT included) in the area rose by 6 per cent and was EUR 27 million. The average price of a bednight in August 2016 was EUR 67,45 euroa (+ 7 %).
Tax-free sales increased by 5 per cent Tax-free sales in Helsinki increased 5 per cent, while in the entire country tax-free sales increased 1 per cent. Tax-free purchases by Chinese visitors increased 10 per cent, and by Japanese 26 per cent in Helsinki. Tax-free purchases by Russian visitor in Helsinki were 17 per cent lower than a year earlier, when the decrease in the entire country was 10 per cent.
Air traffic up 3 per cent The number of passengers at Helsinki Airport in August was 1.55 million (+ 3 %). Of these 186,000 (- 0.6 %) took domestic flights while 1.37 million (+ 3 %) took international flights.
707,000 people arrived by ship In August, 707,000 passengers arrived in the Port of Helsinki (- 1 %). Of the passengers, 471,000 came from Estonia(+ 1 %), 117,000 from Sweden (+ 0.5 %) ja 22,000 from Russia (+ 29 %). Almost 8,000 passengers arrived from Germany (- 3 %). Cruise ships brought 86,000 travellers (- 19 %) to Helsinki in August.
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BEDNIGHTS AT ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES Bednights in Helsinki per month 500,000 450,000
421,589
403,992
400,000 352,890 350,000 298,836 300,000 250,000
240,139 247,398
244,251 217,907
200,000 150,000 100,000
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
2013
Jun
Jul
2014
Aug
Sep
2015
Oct
Nov
Dec
2016
Bednights in Helsinki (August) and market share in Finland 420,000 410,000 400,000 390,000 380,000 370,000 360,000 350,000 340,000 330,000 320,000 310,000
21% 20% 19%
19% 18% 17%
17%
18% 18%
17%
18% 17%
18% 17% 16% 15% 14%
8-2008
8-2009
Helsinki
8-2010
8-2011
8-2012
8-2013
8-2014
bednights
market share
Stockholm
Oslo
8-2015
8-2016
Copenhagen
Tallinn
2015
3,456,772
+5%
8,588,534
+8%
4,674,089
+7%
7,542,405
+9 %
1,579,491
-2%
2016 – 1-8
2,428,207
+4%
6,093,696
+5%
3,362,407
+4%
5,300,039
+5%
1,124,612
+5%
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VISITOR ARRIVALS Visitor arrivals in Helsinki accommodation facilities 240,000
223,621
229,075
220,000
202,967
200,000
183,652
180,000 160,000
143,432 142,142
143,775 153,737
140,000 120,000 100,000
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
2013
Jun
Jul
2014
Aug
Sep
2015
Oct
Nov
Dec
Nov
Dec
Nov
Dec
2016
Passengers arriving at Helsinki Airport 900,000 800,000 700,000
718,544 622,741
628,026
733,873
776,160 819,964 775,336
676,366
600,000 500,000 400,000
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
2013
Jun
2014
Jul
Aug
Sep
2015
Oct 2016
Passengers arriving at the Port of Helsinki 1 000,000
879,584
900,000 800,000
706,760
658,185
700,000
595,641
600,000 500,000 400,000
445,150 404,296 327,873 364,842
300,000
Jan
Feb
Mar 2013
Apr
May 2014
Jun
Jul
Aug
2015
Sep
Oct
2016
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KEY FIGURES FOR TOURISM IN HELSINKI Bednights (by the country of residence)
August 2016 number
Total Finland Foreign countries Germany Japan USA UK China Sweden Italy Russia Spain France Switzerland Norway Netherlands Denmark Canada Estonia Austria Belgium Poland
403,992 157,204 246,788 22,921 21,316 18,005 17,939 14,850 13,697 13,449 12,679 10,710 7,725 6,171 5,475 5,034 4,137 4,069 2,959 2,644 2,346 2,040
Visitor arrivals (by the country of residence)
100 % 38.9 % 61.1 % 5.7 % 5.3 % 4.5 % 4.4 % 3.7 % 3.4 % 3.3 % 3.1 % 2.7 % 1.9 % 1.5 % 1.4 % 1.2 % 1.0 % 1.0 % 0.7 % 0.7 % 0.6 % 0.5 %
Jan-Aug 2016 change (%) -0.9 %
-3.7 % 0.9 % -3.7 % 4.1 % 5.1 % 1.1 % 14.0 % 9.7 % 10.3 % -10.9 % 3.8 % 0.7 % -1.3 % 28.9 % 11.1 % 16.4 % 45.9 % -7.7 % -6.2 % 6.3 % 4.8 %
number
2,428,207 1,091,418 1,336,789 115,492 90,420 103,650 94,765 61,438 94,314 40,115 92,359 36,800 40,588 34,218 34,263 33,198 27,833 24,751 23,679 14,810 15,992 13,853
August 2016 number
Total Finland Foreign countries Japan Germany China Sweden USA UK Russia Italy Spain France Switzerland Netherlands Norway
share (%)
223,621 99,694 123,927 10,204 10,129 9,278 8,305 8,303 8,176 7,074 6,705 5,952 3,604 2,853 2,541 2,528
share (%)
100 % 44.6 % 55.4 % 4.6 % 4.5 % 4.1 % 3.7 % 3.7 % 3.7 % 3.2 % 3.0 % 2.7 % 1.6 % 1.3 % 1.1 % 1.1 %
share (%) % 100
change (%) 3.5 %
44.9 % 55.1 % 4.8 % 3.7 % 4.3 % 3.9 % 2.5 % 3.9 % 1.7 % 3.8 % 1.5 % 1.7 % 1.4 % 1.4 % 1.4 % 1.1 % 1.0 % 1.0 % 0.6 % 0.7 % 0.6 %
1.2 % 5.4 % -4.4 % 9.1 % 17.2 % 0.1 % 21.2 % 7.4 % 9.4 % -14.3 % 10.7 % 8.7 % -23.9 % 1.6 % 9.6 % 11.7 % 75.5 % 0.3 % -0.3 % 10.8 % -5.3 %
Jan-Aug 2016 change (%) -2.4 %
-3.9 % -1.1 % -1.9 % -10.9 % 16.7 % 7.1 % 1.9 % -5.1 % -11.4 % 12.5 % 8.3 % 0.7 % -2.7 % 5.4 % 10.9 %
number
1 422,673 727,072 695,601 49,108 54,864 39,107 59,884 43,883 48,587 49,456 20,139 19,342 20,111 15,997 18,144 18,265
share (%) % 100
change (%) 3.8 %
51.1 % 48.9 % 3.5 % 3.9 % 2.7 % 4.2 % 3.1 % 3.4 % 3.5 % 1.4 % 1.4 % 1.4 % 1.1 % 1.3 % 1.3 %
1.9 % 5.9 % 7.6 % -7.0 % 28.5 % 9.1 % 11.3 % -1.1 % -15.6 % 11.7 % 10.8 % 7.1 % -13.9 % 9.3 % 11.1 % 4
Visitor arrivals (continued)
August 2016 number
Denmark Estonia Canada Belgium Austria Poland
2,093 2,023 1,297 1,141 1,140 982
The purpose for travelling (bednights)
Duration (bednights/arrivals) (by the country of residence)
Total Finland Foreign countries Canada Austria Germany UK Norway USA Switzerland France Japan Poland Belgium Italy Denmark Netherlands Spain Russia Sweden China Estonia Capacity
234,315 169,677
share (%)
58.0 % 42.0 %
August 2016 number
1.8 1.6 2.0 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5
number
15,781 14,236 6,976 7,947 6,828 6,767
3.0 % 14.5 % 18.5 % -7.8 % 3.3 %
60 9,271 17,805
share (%) 1.1 %
change (%) % 13.0
1.0 % 0.5 % 0.6 % 0.5 % 0.5 %
4.0 % 21.5 % 14.2 % 4.8 % -2.3 %
Jan-Aug 2016 change (%) -5.6 %
number
1,287,811 1,140,396
7.3 %
share (%) % 53.0
change (%) -0.9 %
47.0 %
10.6 %
Jan-Aug 2016
change (%)
1.7 % 0.6 % 2.1 % 27.6 % 1.8 % 8.1 % 6.3 % 16.7 % 3.3 % 1.4 % 0.0 % 6.1 % 1.5 % -10.0 % -2.0 % 11.9 % 5.3 % -4.3 % 0.6 % 2.5 % -2.4 % -10.4 %
August 2016 number
Accommodation facilities Rooms Beds
0.9 % 0.9 % 0.6 % 0.5 % 0.5 % 0.4 %
Jan-Aug 2016 change (%) 4.0 %
August 2016 number
Leisure Business
share (%)
number
1.7 1.5 1.9 3.6 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.7
change (%) -0.2 %
-0.7 % -0.6 % 44.4 % -4.9 % 2.9 % 1.1 % -8.5 % 5.3 % -11.7 % 1.5 % 1.3 % -3.2 % -3.0 % -2.0 % -1.1 % 0.4 % -0.2 % 1.6 % -1.5 % -5.7 % -3.6 %
Jan-Aug 2016
change (%)
0.0 % 1.3 % -1.0 %
number
57 8,793 16,913
change (%) -2.1 %
0.3 % -1.4 %
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Occupancy rate
August 2016 rate
Rooms Price/person/night, VAT incl.
84.1 %
Accommodation turnover
Taxfree (change %)
All foreign visitors Russia Japan China
70.00
in EUR
in Helsinki
18.8 % -10.1 %
share (%)
100 % 11.8 % 88.2 %
share (%)
16.0 % -10.8 % Jan-Aug 2016
change (%)
2.5 % -0.6 % 3.0 % 2.2 %
August 2016 number
change (%) % 10.9
in whole in Helsinki change (%) -16.4 % change -10.2 % -25.2 % -24.1 (%) %
August 2016
1,553,212 186,002 1,367,210 775,336
change (%) 7.2 %
Jan-Aug 2016
1.0 % change 5.2(%)% -9.7 % -17.1 % 31.4 % 26.0 % 10.6 % 10.4 %
Ship passengers
Arrivals
in EUR
5.8 % 169,980,703 €
August 2016
number
All (arrivals/departures/arriving cruise pass.) of which: -Sweden -Germany -Russia -Estonia Foreign cruise ships
72.3 %
change (%) 5.6 %
Jan-Aug 2016
change (%)
27,249,260 652€
Air traffic passengers
All (arrivals/departures/gateway travellers) - of which domestic - of which international Arrivals (not gateway travellers)
6.8 %
August 2016
in whole
rate
Jan-Aug 2016
change (%)
67.45
in EUR
Total
-0.1 %
August 2016 in EUR
Bednights
Jan-Aug 2016
change (%)
number
11,473,454 1,733,176 9,740,278 5,750,980 1547174
15.1 % 84.9 %
4.1 % 4.7 % 4.3 %
Jan-Aug 2016 change (%)
number
share (%)% 8,343,617 100
1,301,612
100 %
0.0 %
241,942 18,465 37,837 916,956 86,412
18.6 % 1.4 % 2.9 % 70.4 % 6.6 %
0.6 % 2.1 % 28.5 % 1.1 % -18.5 %
890 1,631,337 102,469 193,356 6,067,195 343,093
-1.2 %
4,383,019
706,760
share change (%)% (%) % e4.8 100
19.6 1.2 % 2.3 % 72.7 4.1 %
change (%) 2.7 %
-2.6 % 6.0 % 7.4 % 4.8 % -9.1 % %%% 2.3 %
Sources: Statistics Finland. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Customs. Trafi. Finavia. Global Blue. TourMIS. Matkailutilasto.fi
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