VI/ 2009
HELSINKI TOURISM STATISTICS
Bednights slightly up in June:
Market Report / June 2009 Nights up slightly in June The number of nights at accommodation establishments in Helsinki rose by 0.8% in June compared with the year before. The increase came entirely from the domestic market, with Finnish nights rising by over 13%. Foreigners' nights fell by nearly 7%. Some markets including Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and China showed signs of picking up. The Swiss market continued to expand, and in the first half of the year nights for visitors from Switzerland were up nearly 19%. In June growth in nights relied on domestic leisure travel, with nearly 10,000 more nights being registered in this category than the year before. Among foreign visitors leisure nights were down only slightly, while business nights were clearly lower than in June of last year.
Decline in occupancy rate and average price
Total + 0.8% Domestic + 13.4% Foreign countries - 6.7% Up: Germany, Russia, The Netherlands, China, Switzerland, Canada, Austria Down: Great Britain, Sweden, USA, Japan, Italy, Norway, Spain, Denmark, Estonia, India.
Business travel clearly down in January-June: Leisure nights: - 8,100 Business nights: - 117,100 Other reason: - 0.
Occupancy rate down in June: 71.9% (75.0% in June 2008 and 80.6% in June 2007).
Average price of accommodation* slightly down in June: 67.01 EUR / night (76.78 EUR in June 2008 and 80.40 EUR in June 2007).
Air traffic down in January-June:
The room occupancy rate at accommodation establishments in Helsinki was 71.9% in June. Such a low occupancy rate had not been recorded for over ten years. The average price of overnight accommodation in June (€67.01) was also lower than in any year since 2000. Accommodation sales totalled €19.89 million in June. The last time the figure for June was under €20 million was in 2005.
Kari Halonen Marketing Director
The number of passengers at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport: International traffic: - 5.2% Domestic traffic: - 12.4% Total: - 6.8%.
Ship traffic slightly up in January-June: Passenger traffic at the ports of Helsinki: Total traffic: + 0.8% Passengers in Swedish traffic: + 3.0% Passengers in Estonian traffic: + 0.5% Passengers in German traffic: - 12.4% *price per person in all accommodation facilities
Monthly bednights in Helsinki 400 000
2006 350 000
2007 2008 2009
300 000
250 000
200 000
150 000
Joulukuu December
Marraskuu November
Lokaskuu October
Syyskuu September
Elokuu August
Heinäkuu July
Kesäkuu June
Toukokuu May
Huhtikuu April
Maaliskuu March
Helmikuu February
Tammikuu January
100 000