The number of overnight stays in March was at the level of the time before the corona. However, there are fewer foreign tourists than before.
The number of domestic tourists in Päijät-Häme has returned to the pre-corona level. Travel by foreigners to the Lahti region, on the other hand, has not yet recovered.
March 2023 was the first month in which overnight stays reached the level of 2019. The regional tourism and marketing company Lahti Region informs that 43,800 overnight stays were registered in the region in March, of which 6,300 were from foreign guests.
The decline of the Russian and Asian tourism markets has reduced the number of international guests. The goal of the tourism operators in the province is to reach the level of 2019 in the number of tourists by next year.
Upcoming big events attract tourists to Päijät-Hämee from abroad as well.
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