In April more domestic tourists and fewer foreign tourists stayed in accommodation establishments

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According to Statistics Estonia, in April 2013, 192,000 foreign and domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments, which was 6% less than in the same month of the previous year. The number of domestic tourists increased and the number of foreign tourists decreased.

In April, 125,500 foreign tourists used the services of accommodation establishments, which was 13% less than in the same month a year ago. 70% of foreign tourists arrived from the neighbouring countries Finland, Russia and Latvia. 19,000 tourists arrived from Russia, which was 7% more than a year ago. The number of tourists from Latvia and Finland decreased by 23% and 11%, respectively. Compared to April of the previous year, fewer tourists arrived from all main partner countries of Estonia, only the number of tourists arriving from Lithuania increased (5%). In April, nearly three quarters of foreign tourists using the services of accommodation establishments stayed in Tallinn, followed by Pärnu and Tartu. In April, only 13% of all foreign tourists used the services of accommodation establishments outside these cities.

In April, 66,600 domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments, which was 8% more than in the same month of the previous year. Less than half of domestic tourists (44%) used the services of accommodation establishments of Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu. The preferred counties by domestic tourists were also Ida-Viru, Lääne-Viru and Saare counties, where 10%, 7% and 7% of domestic tourists stayed, respectively.

In April, 880 accommodation establishments offered services for tourists. 18,000 rooms and 40,000 beds were available for tourists. The room occupancy rate was 40% and the bed occupancy rate 31%. The room occupancy rate and the bed occupancy rate were higher than the Estonian average in the accommodation establishments of Tallinn Tartu and Pärnu. Outside of these cities the room occupancy rate and the bed occupancy rate was lower, 24% and 18%, respectively.

The average cost of a guest night was 32 euros and was by one euro more expensive than in April of the previous year.

Accommodation in larger cities of Estonia, April 2013

Accommodation	Whole Estonia	Tallinn	Tartu	Pärnu
Accommodation establishments	880	120	44	50
Rooms	18 085	7 078	987	1856
Beds	39 926	14 636	2 015	3810
Room occupancy rate, %	40	54	58	45
Bed occupancy rate, %	31	44	48	42
Tourists accommodated	192 191	107 833	14 870	16 217
Nights spent	374 945	191 046	28 762	48 076
residents of Estonia	113 951	24 299	12 808	14 637
foreign visitors	260 994	166 747	15 954	33 439
Average cost of a guest night, euros	32	37	31	28