Appendix table 4. Trips abroad by cause and destination in 2017 and its change
Destination | Leisure trips | Business trips | ||||||
Visiting friends or relatives | Holiday | Other personal reason | Leisure trips, total | Year-on-year change (2016/2017) | Business trips, total | Year-on-year change (2016/2017) | ||
1,000 trips | % | 1,000 trips | % | |||||
Trips, total | 1, 190 | 6,730 | 610 | 8,530 | 4 | 1,960 | -5 | |
Nordic countries | Total | 400 | 1,430 | 160 | 1,990 | 1 | 620 | 1 |
Denmark | .. | 100 | .. | 130 | 28 | 150 | 146 | |
Norway | .. | 150 | .. | 210 | 33 | .. | .. | |
Sweden | 320 | 1,160 | 130 | 1,620 | -4 | 370 | -15 | |
Russia and Baltic countries | Total | 310 | 2,410 | 280 | 3,000 | 2 | 350 | -35 |
Estonia | 220 | 2,060 | 160 | 2,450 | 3 | 250 | -30 | |
Latvia | .. | .. | .. | 120 | 63 | .. | .. | |
Russian Federation | .. | 230 | 100 | 410 | -11 | .. | .. | |
Western and Eastern Europe | Total | 300 | 990 | .. | 1,360 | 14 | 730 | 25 |
Czech Republic | .. | 120 | .. | 130 | 22 | .. | .. | |
France | .. | 100 | .. | 130 | 30 | .. | .. | |
Germany | .. | 180 | .. | 290 | 4 | 240 | 13 | |
Poland | .. | 110 | 120 | 5 | .. | .. | ||
United Kingdom | .. | 180 | .. | 250 | 18 | .. | .. | |
Southern Europe and East Mediterranean countries | Total | .. | 1,490 | .. | 1,640 | 8 | 110 | -36 |
Spain (without Canary Islands) | .. | 410 | .. | 470 | 11 | .. | .. | |
Canary Islands | .. | 300 | .. | 310 | -4 | .. | .. | |
Croatia | .. | 110 | .. | 120 | 65 | .. | .. | |
Greece | .. | 240 | .. | 250 | 34 | .. | .. | |
Italy | .. | 200 | .. | 230 | -15 | .. | .. | |
America | Total | .. | 130 | .. | 160 | -23 | 100 | 48 |
United States | .. | .. | .. | 100 | -28 | .. | .. | |
Africa | Total | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Asia and Oceania | Total | .. | 250 | .. | 330 | 3 | .. | .. |
Thailand | .. | .. | 100 | -26 | .. | .. |
The sums in the tables do not always amount to the totals shown because of rounding.
Source: Finnish Travel, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Taru Tamminen 029 551 2243, Ossi Nurmi 029 551 2984, liikenne.matkailu@stat.fi
Director in charge: Sami Saarikivi
Updated 29.3.2018
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Finnish Travel [e-publication].
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Appendix table 4. Trips abroad by cause and destination in 2017 and its change
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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