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Record number of overnight stays by foreign tourists at accommodation establishments in Lapland in December 2023

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release | Accommodation statistics 2023, December

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, 1.81 million overnight stays were recorded at accommodation establishments in December 2023, which is on level with the previous year. The number of nights spent by resident tourists, 1.03 million, went down by four per cent and that of nights spent by foreign tourists, 0.78 million, grew by six per cent from the previous year.

Key selections

  • In December 2023, overnight stays in Lapland numbered 0.57 million in total, of which 84 per cent were by foreign tourists.
  • A new one-month record for overnight stays by foreign tourists was attained in Lapland. The previous record from December 2022 was exceeded by seven per cent.
  • The highest numbers of foreign visitors came from Britain, France and Spain.
  • In Lapland, the hotel room occupancy rate was 77 per cent and in the whole country 47 per cent.
  • On average, hotel rooms were most expensive in Lapland, EUR 243, which is EUR 26 higher than one year previously. The average price of a hotel room was EUR 141 in the whole country.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Accommodation statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2023, December. ISSN=1799-6325. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 10.3.2025].
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