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In June, 8% more tourists stayed in Estonian hotels y-o-y
238,000 foreign tourists and 135,000 domestic tourists
used the services of accommodation establishments; their numbers increased 6%
and 10%, respectively, compared to June of the previous year. 52% of the
foreign tourists who used accommodation services came from the neighbouring
countries – 92,000 tourists came from Finland, 16,000 from Russia and 14,000
from Latvia. Compared to June 2016, the number of tourists from neighbouring
countries decreased 2%.
The number of Finnish tourists in accommodation establishments
fell 5%, but the number of Russian and Latvian tourists increased 9% and 6%,
respectively, compared to the same month of the previous year. Compared to June
2016, there was an increase in the number of tourists arriving from Sweden, the
United Kingdom and France, while fewer tourists arrived from Lithuania, the
United States and Italy. 155,000 foreign tourists, i.e 65% of the foreign
tourists who used accommodation services, stayed in the accommodation
establishments of Tallinn. The second most popular destination was Pärnu city,
accounting for 11% of all accommodated foreign tourists, followed by Tartu
city, which accounted for 7% of the accommodated foreign tourists. Saare county
accounted for 4% and Ida-Viru county for 3% of the foreign tourists who used
accommodation services. 76% of the foreign tourists were on a holiday and 18%
on a business trip.
36% of the customers of accommodation establishments
were domestic tourists. Two- thirds of them were on a holiday and a fifth on a
business trip. 24% of the accommodated domestic tourists stayed in Harju
county, 14% in Pärnu county, 11% in Tartu county, 9% in Ida-Viru county and 8%
in Saare county.
In June, 1,340 accommodation establishments offered
services for tourists. 23,000 rooms and 56,000 beds were available for
tourists. Compared to June of the previous year, there were 49 additional
accommodation establishments with 1,000 rooms and 2,500 beds. 51% of the rooms
and 41% of the beds were occupied. The average cost of a guest night was 39 euros,
i.e. four euros more than in the same month of the previous year. The average
cost of a guest night was 48 euros in Harju county, 36 euros in Pärnu county,
33 euros in Tartu county, 28 euros in Saare county and 27 euros in Ida-Viru
county.
Accommodation by region, June 2017
Accommodation |
Total |
Northern |
North-Eastern |
Central |
Western |
Southern |
Accommodation
establishments |
1,340 |
239 |
69 |
137 |
501 |
394 |
Rooms |
23,244 |
8,744 |
1,471 |
1,826 |
6,245 |
4,958 |
Beds |
55,567 |
19,247 |
3,464 |
4,642 |
15,691 |
12,523 |
Room
occupancy rate, % |
51 |
72 |
42 |
28 |
42 |
37 |
Bed
occupancy rate, % |
41 |
60 |
36 |
23 |
34 |
29 |
Tourists
accommodated |
372,448 |
193,936 |
20,519 |
18,841 |
80,057 |
59,095 |
Nights
spent |
680,570 |
344,894 |
37,575 |
31,795 |
158,640 |
107,666 |
residents
of Estonia |
234,168 |
56,385 |
21 984 |
23,643 |
65,441 |
66,715 |
foreign
visitors |
446,402 |
288,509 |
15,591 |
8 152 |
93,199 |
40,951 |
Average cost of a guest night, euros |
39 |
48 |
27 |
26 |
32 |
27 |
The statistics are based on the questionnaire
“Accommodation”, the submission deadline of which was 10 July 2017.
Statistics Estonia published the monthly summary in 19 working days. For the
statistical activity “Accommodation”, the main representative of public
interest is the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, commissioned by
whom Statistics Estonia collects and analyses the data necessary for conducting
the statistical activity.