Record Overnight Stays by Foreign Tourists in Lapland During Christmas

Record Overnight Stays During Christmas

A new one-month record for overnight stays by foreign tourists was attained in Lapland. The previous record from December 2019 was exceeded by eight per cent.

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the number of nights spent by tourists was 12 per cent higher in December 2022 than one year earlier. In total, 1.07 million overnight stays were recorded for resident tourists, which is five per cent more than in December 2021. For non-resident tourists, 0.73 million overnight stays were recorded, which is nearly one quarter more than in December 2021.
Key points

In Lapland, overnight stays numbered 0.55 million in total, of which 80 per cent were by foreign tourists.

In the whole country the highest numbers of foreign visitors came from Great Britain, France and Germany. British visitors accounted for nearly one third of all overnight stays by foreign visitors.

The hotels in Rovaniemi were almost sold out. In the whole country, the occupancy rate of hotel rooms was 47 per cent.