In July more tourists stayed in accommodation establishments than a year ago

In July, 136,000 domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments. Over 9,000 domestic tourists more were accommodated than in the same month of the previous year. More than half of the domestic tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of Western and Southern Estonia, and one fifth in Northern Estonia. The accommodation establishments located in North-Eastern and Central Estonia were used less. 70% of the domestic tourists were on a holiday trip. Domestic tourists preferred Northern and Western Estonia as the destination for their holiday trip.

In July, 281,000 foreign tourists used the services of accommodation establishments and, compared to July 2012, the number of foreign tourists increased by 1%. 65% of foreign tourists came from the neighbouring countries Latvia, Finland and Russia. Compared to July 2012, the number of tourists from Finland and Russia increased by 8% and 6%, respectively. Fewer tourists from Latvia as well as from several other European countries stayed in the accommodation establishments of Estonia than in July a year ago.  However, 39% more tourists from Asian countries stayed in accommodation establishments than in July 2012, although their share in the total number of accommodated foreign tourists was small (2%). 65% of accommodated foreign tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of Tallinn, 19% in Western Estonia, 9% in Southern Estonia, and 7% in Central Estonia, North-Eastern Estonia and Harju county. Most of the foreign tourists came to Estonia for a holiday; one fifth had another reason for visiting Estonia.

In July, 1,189 accommodation establishments offered services for tourists. 22,000 rooms and 51,000 beds were available for tourists. The room occupancy rate and the bed occupancy rate were more than 50%. In Tallinn, the room occupancy rate and the bed occupancy rate were higher than Estonia’s average.

The average cost of a guest night was 32 euros, which is one euro more than in July of the previous year. The average cost of a guest night was 38 euros in Tallinn and 33 euros in Western Estonia.