Accommodation Establishments in Estonia Served Nearly 337,000 Tourists in June This Year, Statistics Reveals

The same source shows that the number of both domestic and foreign tourists has also increased, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.

Commenting on the June data, an analyst at Statistics Estonia, Helga Laurmaa, said that almost 150,000 foreign and another 187,000 domestic tourists were accommodated in Estonia in the same month.

“The number of foreign tourists was 41 per cent lower than in the pre-pandemic June of 2019 but still several times higher than in 2020 and 2021, the peak years of the crisis. The number of domestic tourists has continued to climb in the last two years, and it broke the record for June,” Laurmaa noted.

Such data also revealed that compared to June 2021, there was a spike in the number of tourists from European countries as well as from other countries outside Europe. As a result, the number of foreign tourists in accommodation establishments was 373 per cent higher than in June last year.

Most tourists came from Finland, with approximately 61,000, and Latvia, with 19,000.

In addition, 10,400 tourists arrived from Germany and 7,500 from Lithuania. As for foreign tourists, 68 per cent of them were accommodated in Harju County, followed by Pärnu (13 per cent), Tartu ( seven per cent), and Saare County ( four per cent). Based on this, a total of 286,000 tourists have spent the night in Estonia.

As for 71 per cent of domestic tourists, the purpose of their trip was vacation, while 19 per cent were on business trips. Almost the majority or 23 per cent of domestic tourists, were accommodated in the Harju district. On the other hand, 16 per cent of domestic tourists stayed overnight in Pärnu county and ten per cent in Tartu county.

Ida-Viru county hosted nine per cent, Saare county eight per cent and Lääne-Viru county seven per cent of domestic tourists. As a result, domestic tourists have spent a total of 318,000 nights in accommodation establishments.

Moreover, according to the data, 1,179 accommodation establishments served visitors during June, which means 136 more than in May. Thus, Estonia had 22,000 rooms and 53,000 beds available for guests. Meanwhile, the room occupancy rate was 48 per cent.

The average cost of a guest night was around €41per person, which means two euros less than in May. For example, in Harju county, the average cost of a night per person was €46, €43 in Pärnu county, €40 in Tartu county, €39 in Ida-Viru county, and €36 in Saare county.