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Explore the data and statistics on the rental market for holiday homes in Finland, including the target population, data sources, estimation methods, and key metrics like bed-places and revenue.
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Statistics on rentedholidayhomes Katja Löytynoja, Johannes Kolu, Matti Kokkonen, Ossi Nurmi
Background • In Finland, there are roughly half a million buildings classified as holiday homes according to the Finnish Building and Dwelling Register • Many of theseholidayhomes / cabinsareavailable for rent on various web platforms • Accommodationstatisticsexcluderentals of privatelyownedcabins and holidayhomes – a type of sharingeconomy • Theserentalsmakeup a potentiallysignificantshare of totalpaidaccommodation
Objectives • Statistics Finland implementedthestatistics on rentalholidayhomes in 2018 commissionedbyVisit Finland • The main objectiveswas to establish • Thetargetpopulation of rentalholidayhomes • The data sources • Themethod for estimatingthecapacity and occupancy • Statistical relase for 2018
Example:theuse of of a single holiday home Out of scope Intermediate web service 1 Nearlyimpossible to register Own (non-rental) use of theowner Rentalusedirectlysoldbytheowner Intermediate (web) service 2
How theprocessworks Web scraping Harmonization Publishing De-duplication Estimation of use Location Bed-places Solddays Nightsspent Revenue (€)
Web scraping as a data collectionmethod • Automatedmethod for parsingstructured data fromthesourcecode of web pages • Typical data collectedfromnationalholiday home platforms • Address • Coordinates • Building year • Area (m2) • Bed-places • An agreement is made withallsitesthatarebeingscraped