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4. Numbers of trips have changed much in ten years

In 2006, Finns aged between 15 and 74 made 4.9 million domestic leisure trips with paid accommodation and one decade later in 2016, the corresponding number of trips when they were ten years older, 25 to 84, was 5.6 million. The number of trips has increased by 16 per cent in ten years.

A decade ago, Finns aged 15 to 74 made 3.1 million trips abroad with overnight stay in the destination country. In 2016, the corresponding number of trips for persons aged 25 to 84 was nearly 5.4 million. The number of trips abroad has increased by 70 per cent in ten years.

By contrast, domestic trips with free accommodation and overnight cruises to Sweden or Estonia have lost some of their popularity during the decade.

The differences compared to the situation ten years ago become emphasised when viewing the number of trips by age group. Those who were aged 15 to 34 in 2006, were aged 25 to 44 in 2016. In these age groups, the numbers of trips with overnight stay both in Finland and abroad have increased exponentially.

Those, who were aged 55 to 64 a decade ago, reached retirement age by 2016. This age group increased their trips abroad with overnight stay in the country of destination by good one fifth. For this age group, domestic trips with paid accommodation decreased by six per cent over a decade. Persons belonging to the oldest age group have decreased all types of leisure travel over the past ten years.

Table 1. Leisure trips with overnight stay by group of trips and age in 2006 and 2016, and the change in these

Age	Trips in Finland		Trips abroad
	Paid accommodation	Free accommodation	Overnight stay in destination country	Cruises with overnight stay on board only
Age group 2006	Trips in 2006
15 to 24	630,000	4,400,000	390,000	230,000
25 to 34	770,000	4,120,000	550,000	210,000
35 to 44	1,250,000	3,530,000	580,000	270,000
45 to 54	1,080,000	3,350,000	650,000	300,000
55 to 64	780,000	3,160,000	650,000	270,000
65 to 74	350,000	1,610,000	340,000	200,000
15 to 74 trips total	4,870,000	20,170,000	3,150,000	1,470,000
Age group 2016	Trips in 2016
25 to 34	950,000	4,190,000	1,050,000	150,000
35 to 44	1,290,000	2,890,000	1,060,000	190,000
45 to 54	1,290,000	2,640,000	1,120,000	160,000
55 to 64	1,140,000	2,740,000	1,130,000	200,000
65 to 74	730,000	2,490,000	790,000	190,000
75 to 84	220,000	710,000	200,000	..
25 to 84 trips total	5,630,000	15,660,000	5,360,000	970,000
Age group 2016	Change (2006/2016), %
25 to 34	51	-5	168	-35
35 to 44	67	-30	94	-6
45 to 54	3	-25	96	-40
55 to 64	5	-18	74	-33
65 to 74	-6	-21	22	-31
75 to 84	-36	-56	-39	..
25 to 84 total	16	-22	70	-34

Source: Finnish Travel, Statistics Finland

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Updated 29.3.2017