Tourism

According to Statistics Finland’s December accommodation statistics, Rovaniemi had over 150 000 overnight stays in registered accommodation establishments in December.

The number of tourists in Rovaniemi increased dramatically in December. According to Statistics Finland’s December accommodation statistics, Rovaniemi had over 150 000 overnight stays in registered accommodation establishments in December.

The year-on-year increase was good 18%, and the number of foreign tourists was up by almost 24%.

In particular, the number of Asian tourists increased compared to a year ago.

The number of overnight stays in the whole country increased by almost 12 percent, in Lapland by 12.5 percent.

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Tourist numbers in Rovaniemi soared in December, with an average night in the city costing 300 eurosRead More »

The village hotel will partner with Polar Adventures, a programme and equipment rental company.

The new hotel currently under construction in the village of Koli in Lieksa will be completed by midsummer.

The four-storey Hotel Koli Village will have 130 rooms and almost 400 beds. Reservations have started.

The village hotel will partner with Polar Adventures, a programme and equipment rental company.

A young Joensuu-Helsinki company organizes guided tours both in the terrain and on Pielisen.

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The cooperation between Lahti, Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä builds on Finland’s and the cities’ own strengths. The cities would prefer to have several medium-sized events rather than a large-scale competition that is organised less frequently.

Five Finnish cities are stepping up their cooperation to raise the profile of Finland in the hosting of sporting events.

In addition to Lahti, which is coordinating the project, Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä are also involved. The Sport Event Management Finland project is managed by the tourism company Lahti Region Oy.

The project has received funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture since 2019. The aim is to highlight Tampere’s expertise in international ice hockey competitions or Lahti’s experience in major skiing events, for example. The participating cities will present themselves on a dedicated English-language website.

It is also about communicating Finland’s image.

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Businesses can book flights on the new aviation kyyt app. The Uber-like app will choose which company will fly the route.

The reduction in scheduled flights is creating new ways for companies to organise employee travel. A new Finnish startup is offering companies the alternative of booking flights on an aviation kyyt app.

An eight-seater Jonair aircraft from Sweden taxi to the Helsinki-Vantaa business terminal, and after passengers have boarded, the plane continues to Tartu, Estonia.

You can book a flight using a Lygg ride-sharing app like Uber. Based on the number of passengers and the length of the trip, the app will choose which airline will ultimately fly the route. The image of luxury associated with business flights is fast disappearing.

There are fifty companies offering flights, and the number of seats on the planes varies between 8-33. The first to start is the triangular route from Helsinki via Tallinn to Örebro.

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Lieksan Koli was visited by 251 000 people, which is only two per cent below the record figure for 2021.

Some 3.5 million people visited our country’s national parks last year.

Compared to the previous year, the so-called pandemic year, the total number of visits to national parks fell by 12%.

According to the statistics collected by Metsähallitus, the most popular were once again Pallas-Yllästunturi, Urho Kekkonen, Nuuksio and Koli National Parks.

About 251,000 people visited Lieksan Koli, which is only two percent of the 2021 record number.

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If Sweden’s country brand gets worse, it will be difficult to turn back, says Susanne Andersson, CEO of Visit Sweden.

In Stockholm, most of the violence in recent weeks has taken place kilometres away from the city centre and in areas frequented by tourists, but on 18 January there was an explosion outside a restaurant in the popular Södermalm district near the city centre. The explosion did not cause any injuries, but the restaurant building was damaged.

According to Andersson, the situation has not yet had an impact on the Swedish tourism industry.

– The problem is that if this situation continues for a long time, it will have an impact on Sweden’s country brand,” Andersson says, referring to the numerous recent acts of violence in Sweden.

Based on numerous country brand studies, it is characteristic of a country’s image that it changes very slowly. But.

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The Bishop’s House Board met yesterday and immediately opened the search for a new director.

The Board of Directors, which met yesterday, opened the search for a new director immediately.

Peltoniemi’s notice period expires in mid-April. Mr Peltoniemi was elected to lead Piispala in late 2019.

Bishopric has been struggling financially in recent years. Negotiations on changes that began last year ended last week and as a result, all Piispala staff will be laid off for two weeks in the spring. More layoffs could be on the cards.

Piispala’s booking situation has been weak outside of the high season.

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Kenkävero is thanked for developing the cultural and historical environment, Ilkka Juva for his tireless lobbying.

Mikkeli Region Tourism Services awarded its annual tourism development prizes on Saturday evening.

The 2022 Tourism Achievement Award went to Kenkävero, whose business is run by Taito Itä-Suomi ry.

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Kenkävero’s old rectory is located near the centre of Mikkeli, on the 5 road. The parsonage was converted into a tourist facility in 1991, and today it houses a restaurant and a café. Behind the building is a traditional garden, and in the courtyard there is a bakery and a handicraft shop.

According to the reasons for the award, Kenkävero’s activities and services have been developed while respecting the culturally and historically valuable milieu, but responding to the challenges and demand of the time.

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Lohane Prince, from a Paris suburb, wanted to volunteer and move to the snow. The silence, witchcraft and learning new things in Lapland have made an impression on the young woman.

Foreign tourist arrivals to Finland are slowly recovering from the collapse caused by the pandemic.

He expects Europeans to be in the black by 2025.

– Non-European tourists will have to wait years to reach pre-pandemic levels.

Tourism in Häme needs international tourists

– There were really two reasons. The rise in costs and the fact that now you can also go abroad. It is a phenomenon throughout Finland.

According to Forsman, when Finns head abroad in the Lahti region, mutual investment is made in the return of foreign tourists.

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