Analytics, Estonia, Tourism

More than half of foreign tourists who stayed in accommodation establishments of Estonia came from Finland. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of Finnish tourists increased 9%. Among other main partner countries of tourism, more tourists also arrived from Latvia and Russia. The number of tourists from Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom and Norway decreased.

In March 154,000 tourists stayed in accommodation establishments. As usual with the approaching tourist season the share of foreign tourists started to increase in March. If in January and February about a half of accommodated tourists were foreign tourists, then in March the share of foreign tourists increased to 54%. Compared to March of the previous year the number of foreign tourist grew 6% and the number of domestic tourists increased 3%. In March 683 accommodation establishments with 16,300 rooms and 34,700 beds were available for tourists. The room occupancy rate was 36%. The average cost of a guest night in an accommodation establishment was 459 kroons. Compared to March of the previous year, the average cost of a guest night increased 4%.

Accommodation by regions, March 2008