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In March, the number of tourists in Estonian hotels decreased by 3% y-o-y

Helga Laurmaa, Statistics Estonia, 11.05.2015.Print version
According to Statistics Estonia, 188,000 tourists used the services of accommodation establishments in March 2015, which is 3% fewer than in March 2014. The number of foreign tourists decreased and the number of domestic tourists increased.

106,000 foreign tourists used the services of accommodation establishments which was 9% fewer than in March 2014. The number of foreign tourists has decreased in all three months of the 1st quarter compared to the same month of the previous year. In March, the number of foreign tourists decreased mainly due to a drop in the number of tourists arriving from Russia and Finland (down 43% and 11%, respectively). Even the increasing number of tourists from several European countries was not able to compensate for this decrease. Compared to March 2014, there was an increase in the number of tourists arriving from other main tourism partner countries of Estonia: Latvia (7%), Sweden (18%), Lithuania (19%) and Germany (13%). The number of tourists from Asian countries increased by nearly a half.

 

44% of the clients of accommodation establishments were domestic tourists. In March, 82,000 domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments, which was 5% more than in March of the previous year. 59% of the domestic tourists were on a holiday trip and 25% were on a business trip. A third of the domestic tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of Harju county, 16% in Pärnu county and 11% in Tartu county. More domestic tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of these counties than in March last year.

 

In March, 875 accommodation establishments offered services for tourists. 18,000 rooms and 40,000 beds were available for tourists. 37% of the rooms and 29% of the beds were occupied. The average cost of a guest night was 33 euros, which was 2 euros more expensive than in March 2014. The average cost of a guest night was higher than the Estonian average in Harju county, where it cost 38 euros. The average cost of a guest night was 25 euros in Pärnu county, 29 euros in Tartu county.


Accommodation by region, March 2015

Accommodation

Total

Northern Estonia

North-Eastern Estonia

Central Estonia

Western Estonia

Southern Estonia

Accommodation establishments

875

178

50

92

240

315

Rooms

18 032

8 054

1 042

1 231

3 914

3 791

Beds

39 798

16 992

2 145

2 939

8 645

9 077

Room occupancy rate, %

37

50

34

20

31

22

Bed occupancy rate, %

29

38

29

16

26

17

Tourists accommodated

188 161

111 775

9 617

8 775

31 790

26 204

Nights spent

354 237

202 537

19 420

14 593

70 925

46 762

residents of Estonia

138 311

43 611

12 296

11 538

37 073

33 793

foreign visitors

215 926

158 926

7 124

3 055

33 852

12 969

Average cost of a guest night, euros

33

38

31

30

24

26

 

The statistics are based on the questionnaire “Accommodation”, the deadline of which was 10 April 2015. Statistics Estonia published the monthly summary in 19 working days.






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