Overnight stays by tourists increased by 22 per cent in 2021
release | Accommodation statistics 2021In total, 15.4 million overnight stays were recorded for resident tourists and 2.1 million overnight stays for non-resident tourists 2021. The number of nights spent by resident tourists increased by 28 per cent and that of nights spent by non-resident tourists decreased by nine per cent from the previous year. The total number of overnight stays was nearly one quarter lower than in 2019 prior to the pandemic. These figures are final data for Statistics Finland's accommodation statistics.
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- The number of overnight stays by resident tourists returned almost to the level of 2019 prior to the pandemic.
- The number of overnight stays by non-resident tourists began to recover in the latter half of the year.
- Examined by area, the total number of overnight stays exceeded the level of 2019 only in North Ostrobothnia.
- Hotel occupancy rates remained at a low level in 2021 as well.
- In most regions the average price of a hotel room was already higher than before the pandemic, but in Uusimaa a hotel room was around EUR 20 cheaper.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Accommodation statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. ISSN=1799-6325. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 15.7.2025].
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