HELSINKI: Accommodation Statistics shows that Year-on-year changes in nights spent (%) by month 2014–2013.The last four months of 2013 indicated a petering out in the demand for accommodation services, and in the early part of 2014, the demand diminished slightly, deepening to a fall of 6.5 per cent in March.
Not even the summer season managed to turn the demand for accommodation services around, and the latter part of the year was slightly negative, except for October, when the demand grew by under one per cent, according to Statistics Finland’s data on accommodation establishments.
In 2014, the demand for accommodation services decreased in total by 2.3 per cent. The foreign demand for accommodation services declined by 2.6 per cent and the domestic demand by 2.1 per cent compared with the previous year.
Accommodation establishments in Finland recorded nearly 19.8 million overnight stays, of which domestic tourists accounted for 14.1 million and foreign tourists for 5.7 million as per the statistics collected from accommodation establishments with at least 20 beds or caravan pitches with electricity connection, and youth hostels.
