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

In July, 271,000 foreign tourists stayed in accommodation establishments. Foreign tourists spent a total of 576,000 nights in accommodation establishments, or 14% more than a year earlier. As the number of overnight stays increased by more than the number of tourists, in July foreign tourists stayed in Estonia longer than a year earlier. 82% of foreign tourists were on holiday and 13% on a business trip. Compared to July last year, the number of foreign tourists increased more than the average in Northern, North-Eastern and Southern Estonia. The most popular destinations were continually Tallinn and Western Estonia, where respectively three quarters and 23% of foreign tourists stayed, who used the services of accommodation establishments.

126,000 domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments. Despite the 11% increase in the number of domestic tourists compared to July of the previous year, less domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments compared to the same month of 2007 and 2008. Two third of domestic tourists were on holiday and 19% on a business trip. A third of the domestic tourists preferred accommodation establishments of Western Estonia and 28% of Southern Estonia. Only 12% of domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments of Tallinn, which is normal, because the share of domestic tourists in accommodation establishments of Tallinn falls significantly in the summer months.

In July, 1,087 accommodation establishments offered services for tourists. 20,900 rooms and 48,000 beds were available for tourists. The room occupancy rate was 62% and the bed occupancy rate 55%. The room occupancy rate was considerably higher than the average in the accommodation establishments of Tallinn and Pärnu.

The average cost of a guest night in an accommodation establishment was 28 euros being 2 euros more expensive than in July 2010.