In April the number of tourists in accommodation establishments increased

According to Statistics Estonia, in April 193,000 foreign and domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments of Estonia, which was 13% more than in the same period a year ago. The number of foreign tourists increased the most.

In April 133,500 foreign tourists stayed in accommodation establishments, which was 16% more than in April of the previous year. More tourists than in April a year ago came from Russia (89%), Sweden (6%), Latvia (38%), the United Kingdom (131%) and Norway (54%). Most tourists who stayed in accommodation establishments, came from Finland (69,600), but their number decreased by 5% compared to April of the previous year.

In April, nearly a third of the clients in accommodation establishments were domestic tourists and their number increased 7% compared to the same month of the previous year. By counties, the most preferred destinations were Harju, Tartu, Pärnu and Ida-Viru counties, where stayed correspondingly 28%, 14%, 12% and 12% of domestic tourists using the services of accommodation establishments. Slightly more than a half of domestic tourists were on a holiday trip and a third on a business trip.

In April, 807 accommodation establishments offered accommodation services for tourists, 38 accommodation establishments more than in April a year ago. 17,100 rooms and 37,700 beds were available for tourists. The room occupancy rate was 42% and the bed occupancy rate was 34%, or each bed was in use for an average of 10 nights during the month. The room occupancy rate was higher than the average in Harju, Tartu and Ida-Viru counties.

The average cost of a guest night in an accommodation establishment was 28 euros being 4% more expensive compared to April 2010.

Accommodation by regions, April 2011
Accommodation	Total	Northern Estonia	North-eastern Estonia	Central Estonia	Western Estonia	Southern Estonia
Accommodation establishments	807	173	50	83	226	275
Rooms	17 106	7 802	1 018	999	3 891	3 396
Beds	37 679	16 293	2 105	2 419	8 812	8 050
Room occupancy rate, %	42	55	43	22	34	29
Bed occupancy rate, %	34	46	38	16	29	20
Tourists accommodated	193 312	121 152	10 874	6 728	28 117	26 441
Nights spent	384 081	222 685	23 707	11 697	77 955	48 037
residents of Estonia	104 853	27 453	14 376	7 568	26 131	29 325
foreign visitors	279 228	195 232	9 331	4 129	51 824	18 712
Average cost of a guest night, euros	28	31	25	26	23	24

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.