In April the number of tourists in accommodation establishments increased

According to Statistics Estonia, in April 152,000 tourists stayed in accommodation establishments of Estonia, which was 22% more than in March.

In April 102,000 foreign tourists and 50,000 domestic tourists used the services of accommodation establishments. As usual, the coming spring season is bringing into Estonia more foreign tourists who use accommodation services. In April about a half more foreign tourists stayed in accommodation establishments than in March. About three quarters of foreign tourists stayed in accommodation establishments of Tallinn, 9% of Pärnu and 5% of Tartu.

Compared to the April of the previous year, the number of foreign tourists in accommodation establishments did not change significantly. Compared to April 2008, more tourists came from Finland, Latvia, Russia, Norway and Lithuania. The British tourists have lost their interest in Estonia — more than a third less tourists came from the United Kingdom than in April of the previous year. Significantly fewer tourists came from Germany and Sweden than in April a year ago.

In April, compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of domestic tourists decreased about a fifth and the number of domestic tourists did not exceed the level of March.

In April 736 accommodation establishments offered accommodation services to tourists. 17,000 rooms and 36,600 beds were available for tourists. The room occupancy rate was 35%. In previous years, the room occupancy rate in April remained at the level of around 45%. The average cost of a guest night in an accommodation establishment was 456 kroons, which was 11% cheaper compared to April 2008.

Accommodation by regions, April 2009

Accommodation	Total	Northern Estonia	North-eastern Estonia	Central Estonia	Western Estonia	Southern Estonia
Accommodation establishments	736	162	54	65	209	246
Rooms	16 981	7 786	1 140	868	3 845	3 342
Beds	36 580	16 024	2 407	2 024	8 378	7 747
Room occupancy rate, %	35	41	27	17	39	23
Bed occupancy rate, %	27	32	24	13	30	17
Tourists accommodated	151 995	90 195	8 062	5 332	26 086	22 320
Nights spent	295 538	155 722	17 046	8 066	74 796	39 908
residents of Estonia	88 474	20 573	11 461	6 127	25 314	24 999
foreign visitors	207 064	135 149	5 585	1 939	49 482	14 909
Average cost of a guest night, kroons	456	515	362	417	396	386

For further information:

Helga Laurmaa
Leading Statistician
Services Statistics Service
Statistics Estonia
Tel +372 625 9261

More detailed data have been published in the Statistical Database.