HELSINKI TOURISM STATISTICS June 2016 Bednights up 5 per cent In June 2016, 353,000 overnight stays were recorded in Helsinki, of which 13,000 were spent by domestic visitors and 215,000 nights by foreign visitors. The biggest group was U.S. residents, almost 28,000 bed nights (+ 62 %). Reasons for the significant growth of Americans were international events held in Helsinki, such as ICANN Meeting, an international convention for Jehova Witnesses and EuroGames Event. All in all, bednights were up to 5 per cent compared to the June of last year. Bednights spent by Finnish visitors decreased by 3 per cent and those of foreign visitors grew 12 per cent. In June 2016 the number of bednights in Finland was 1.97 million (- 2 %), of which Finns accounted for 1.43 million (- 4 %) and foreign visitors for 536,000 (-4 %). Overnight stays by Russian visitors totalled for 48,000 (- 23 %). Up in June USA + 62 % Denmark + 30 % China + 27 % Austria + 26 % France + 15 % Down in June Poland -33 % Switzerland -11 % Nights spent by business travellers increased Of the total number of bednights in accommodation facilities, 166,000 (47 %) were for business purposes and 187,000 (53 %) leisure. Bednights spent by business travellers grew 17 per cent and bednights by leisure travellers decreased by 3 per cent from a year earlier. Accommodation facilities received 203,000 visitors, which is 5 per cent more than a year previously. Finns accounted for 89,000 (- 4 %) and foreign visitors for 114,000 (+ 14 %). Visitors arriving from Russia totalled a little less than 6,000 (- 31 %), when Chinese totalled more than 8,000, over 43 per cent more than June 2015. Accommodation turnover EUR 27 million Accommodation turnover in the area rose by 14per cent and was EUR 27 million. The average price of a bednight in June 2016 was EUR 77,39 euroa (+ 8 %). Tax-free sales decreased by 31 per cent Tax-free sales in Helsinki decreased 31 per cent, while in the entire country tax-free sales decreased 39 per cent. Tax-free purchases by Chinese visitors decreased 28 per cent and by Japanese 2 per cent in Helsinki. Tax-free purchases by Russian visitor in Helsinki were 56 per cent lower than a year earlier, when the decrease in the entire country was 52 per cent. Air traffic up 4 per cent The number of passengers at Helsinki Airport in June was 1.59 million (+ 4 %). Of these 196,000 (- 0,8 %) took domestic flights while 1.39 million (+ 6 %) took international flights. 658,000 people arrived by ship In June, 658,000 passengers arrived in the Port of Helsinki (- 2 %). Of the passengers, 432,000 came from Estonia (+ 3 %), 113,000 from Sweden ( -6 %) ja 24,000 from Russia ( + 66 %). Passengers arriving from Germany totalled almost 9,000 ( + 3 %). Cruise ships brought 81,000 travellers (- 18 %) to Helsinki in June. 1
BEDNIGHTS AT ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES Bednights in Helsinki per month 500,000 450,000 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 352,890 298,836 244,251 240,139 247,398 217,907 150,000 100,000 2 200,000 2 150,000 2 100,000 2 050,000 2 000,000 1 950,000 1 900,000 1 850,000 1 800,000 Total bednights in June and market share in Finland 18% 17% 15% 15% 14% 6-2008 6-2009 6-2010 6-2011 6-2012 6-2013 6-2014 6-2015 6-2016 20% 19% 18% 17% 15% 14% 13% bednights market share Helsinki Stockholm Oslo Copenhagen Tallinn 2015 3,456,772 + 5 % 8,588,534 + 8 % 4,674,089 + 7 % 7,542,405 +9 % 1,579,491-2 % 2016 1-6 1,601,485 + 7 % 4,012,171 + 7 % 2,184,470 + 3 % 3,491,452 + 5 % 729,692 + 6 % 2
VISITOR ARRIVALS Visitor arrivals in Helsinki accommodation facilities 240,000 220,000 200,000 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 143,775 153,737 143,432 142,142 183,652 202,967 100,000 Passengers arriving at Helsinki Airport 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 718,544 733,873 776,160 676,366 622,741 628,026 Passengers arriving at the Port of Helsinki 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 658,185 595,641 445,150 404,296 327,873 364,842 3
KEY FIGURES FOR TOURISM IN HELSINKI Bednights (by the country of residence) June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 number share (%) change number share change Total 352,890 100 % 5.2 % 1,60,485 100 % 6.6 % Finland 138,156 39.1 % -3.4 % 749,351 46.8 % 3.5 % Foreign countries 214,734 60.9 % 11.5 % 852,134 53.2 % 9.6 % USA 27,605 7.8 % 62.1 % 68,859 4.3 % 27.3 % Germany 19,632 5.6 % -2.2 % 72,825 4.5 % 3.7 % UK 15,074 4.3 % 7.6 % 62,965 3.9 % 0.1 % Japan 13,601 3.9 % 0.3 % 51,035 3.2 % 14.3 % China 12,886 3.7 % 27.2 % 34,916 2.2 % 28.9 % Sweden 12,019 3.4 % 3.3 % 68,180 4.3 % 10.0 % Russia 11,297 3.2 % -7.1 % 66,659 4.2 % -15.5 % France 6,566 1.9 % 15.1 % 25,174 1.6 % 8.0 % Switzerland 5,123 1.5 % -11.4 % 18,861 1.2 % -0.8 % Spain 5,028 1.4 % 9.3 % 17,868 1.1 % 6.3 % Netherland 4,903 1.4 % 7.6 % 22,948 1.4 % 9.1 % Norway 4,882 1.4 % -1.6 % 24,512 1.5 % 11.4 % Italy 4,780 1.4 % 6.6 % 18,633 1.2 % 1.3 % Denmark 4,615 1.3 % 29.9 % 20,564 1.3 % 13.9 % Canada 2,697 0.8 % 2.5 % 17,727 1.1 % 121.2 % Estonia 2,597 0.7 % -3.9 % 17,981 1.1 % 9.0 % Austria 2,318 0.7 % 25.8 % 9,091 0.6 % 15.7 % Belgium 2,266 0.6 % 5.2 % 9,862 0.6 % 0.8 % Poland 2,227 0.6 % -32.9 % 9,654 0.6 % -15.5 % Visitor arrivals (by the country of residence) June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 number share (%) change number share (%) change Total 202,967 100 % (%) 5.3 % 969,324 100 % (%) 6.6 % Finland 89,451 44.1 % -3.7 % 514,170 53.0 % 3.7 % Foreign countries 113,516 55.9 % 13.7 % 455,154 47.0 % 10.2 % USA 10,852 5.3 % 48.6 % 28,048 2.9 % 18.6 % Germany 9,840 4.8 % -1.6 % 36,129 3.7 % -2.1 % China 8,212 4.0 % 43.4 % 21,493 2.2 % 46.4 % UK 8,015 3.9 % 13.2 % 34,331 3.5 % 1.8 % Japan 7,524 3.7 % -4.2 % 29,598 3.1 % 14.1 % Sweden 7,507 3.7 % 4.5 % 44,660 4.6 % 12.2 % Russia 5,914 2.9 % -11.4 % 35,381 3.7 % -16.5 % France 3,708 1.8 % 16.7 % 13,250 1.4 % 9.8 % Spain 2,883 1.4 % 13.4 % 9,409 1.0 % 11.5 % Norway 2,719 1.3 % 5.6 % 13,800 1.4 % 16.6 % Netherland 2,666 1.3 % 9.3 % 12,954 1.3 % 8.5 % Denmark 2,546 1.3 % 27.1 % 12,377 1.3 % 18.2 % Italy 2,518 1.2 % 18.5 % 9,746 1.0 % 7.9 % 4
Visitor arrivals (continued) June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 number share (%) change number share (%) change Switzerland 2,460 1.2 % -13.6 % 8,962 0.9 % 10.2 % Estonia 1,596 0.8 % -5.2 % 10,614 1.1 % 9.3 % Belgium 1,279 0.6 % 25.1 % 5,412 0.6 % 38.0 % Canada 1,244 0.6 % 18.7 % 4,512 0.5 % 13.0 % Austria 1,117 0.6 % 24.5 % 4,174 0.4 % -8.2 % Poland 1,090 0.5 % -22.3 % 4,861 0.5 % 10.2 % The purpose for travelling (bednights) June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 number share (%) change number share (%) change Leisure 187,385 53.1 % -2.6 % 758,853 47.4 % 1.4 % Business 165,505 46.9 % 17.3 % 842,632 52.6 % 14.2 % Duration (bednights/arrivals) June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 (by the country of residence) number change (%) number change Total 1.74 0.0 % 1.65 0.2 % Finland 1.54 0.0 % 1.46-0.2 % Foreign countries 1.89-2.1 % 1.87-0.7 % USA 2.54 9.0 % 2.45 7.2 % Canada 2.17-13.5 % 3.93 60.3 % Austria 2.08 1.5 % 2.18 2.4 % Switzerland 2.08 2.5 % 2.10 1.2 % Poland 2.04-13.9 % 1.98-8.1 % Germany 2.00-0.5 % 2.02 5.9 % Russia 1.91 4.9 % 1.89 1.2 % Italy 1.90-10.0 % 1.91-6.0 % UK 1.88-5.1 % 1.83-1.8 % Netherland 1.84-1.6 % 1.77 0.7 % Japan 1.81 4.6 % 1.73 0.1 % Denmark 1.81 2.3 % 1.66-3.6 % Norway 1.80-6.7 % 1.78-4.6 % Belgium 1.77-16.1 % 1.82-7.8 % France 1.77-1.7 % 1.90-1.7 % Spain 1.74-3.9 % 1.90-4.9 % Estonia 1.63 1.2 % 1.69-1.2 % Sweden 1.60-1.2 % 1.53-2.1 % China 1.57-11.3 % 1.63-11.9 % Capacity June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 number change (%) number change Accommodation facilities 59-1.7 % 57 (%) -2.6 % Rooms 9,226 2.7 % 8,660 0.0 % Beds 17,772 1.2 % 16,658-1.4 % 5
Occupancy rate June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 number change (%) number change Rooms 82.3 % 5.9 % 69.0 % 7.8 % Prices June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 in EUR change (%) in EUR change Bednights 77.39 8.3 % 74.11 3.5 % Accommodation turnover June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 in EUR change (%) in EUR change Total 27,310,157 13.9 % 118,678,106 10.4 % Taxfree (change %) June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 in whole in Helsinki in whole in Helsinki All foreign visitors -38.5 % -30.5 % -21.6 % -16.0 % Russia -52.1 % -55.7 % -27.5 % -23.3 % Japan -1.7 % -1.9 % 10.4 % 7.6 % China -28.0 % -27.8 % -20.8 % -22.0 % Air traffic passengers June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 number share (%) change (%) number share change All (arrivals/departures/gateway travellers) 1,588,234 100 % 4.2 % 8,319,343 100 % 5.2 % - of which domestic 196,008 12.3 % -0.8 % 1,411,168 17.0 % 6.0 % - of which international 1,392,226 87.7 % 5.0 % 6,908,175 83.0 % 5.1 % Arrivals (not gateway travellers) 776,160 3.8 % 4,155,680 767 5.0 % Ship passengers June 2016 Jan-Jun 2016 number share (%) change (%) number share change All (arrivals/departures/cruise) 1,247,703 100 % 0.4 % 5,410,944 100 (%) % (%) 2.9 % of which: 890 -Sweden 231,783 18.6 % -6.3 % 1,102,933 20.4 % -3.6 % -Germany 17,682 1.4 % 0.8 % 62,116 1.2 % 7.1 % -Russia 38,629 3.1 % 25.2 % 115,110 2.1 % -5.9 % -Estonia 878,502 70.4 % 4.0 % 3,984,896 73.6 % 5.7 % Arrivals 81,107 6.5 % -18.1 % 145,889 2.7 % -8.2 % Foreign cruise ships 658,185-1.7 % 2,796,675 2.7 % % Sources: Statistics Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Customs, Trafi, Finavia, Global Blue, TourMIS, Matkailutilasto.fi 6