Tourism

Shadia Raski’s column: My and the cruise mascot’s revelations about the well-being of Finns

Dressed in a fluffy plush suit, Harri Hylje has been delighting child passengers and families on Swedish ships for thirty years. What does the well-being of Finns look like through the eyes of a cruise mascot, Shadia Rask ponders.

Demographer Shadia Rask in a studio portrait.

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A peculiar dispute is simmering in Kolilla between the spa entrepreneur and the city of Lieksa – the city has been sued for stalling construction

Koli Lotus Oy wants to renovate the closed spa and build a hotel next to the spa. However, the city of Lieksa has terminated the lease agreement for the plot on which the hotel was supposed to be built.

The stairs of the closed Koli spa, which are badly damaged
The stairs of the spa, which has been closed for five years, are in bad shape.

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Tykkimäki’s amusement park and the new holiday village attracted people in the summer – managing director: \”Compared to expectations, customers did really well\”

The opening of the new Tykkimäki Resort was later than planned, but there were enough customers in late summer.

Tykkimäki amusement park in Kouvola.
Over 160,000 visitors visited the Tykkimäki amusement park during the summer. Stock photo.

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A record accommodation sale was made in Kainuu in July: however, the number of visitors remained the same as the previous year

Sotkamo still had the fourth highest number of overnight stays in Finland between January and July.

Sotkamo's Hiukka beach viewed from the lake.
Sotkamo had the fourth highest number of overnight stays in Finland between January and July. Photo from Hiukka’s beach in June.

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Growth is expected for ruska tourism – young tourists have discovered the ruska cycling routes, the splendor of color is also being sought with the new application

A busy fall season is expected in Lapland’s fell centers. Corona has turned the season of autumn, which traditionally interests the older age group, into an attractive one for young people as well.

The slope of the fell glowing in rust yellow behind the Tyyne lake ridge, yellow leaves in the willow bush in the foreground.
Ruska is also of interest to young travelers. In the picture, the color splendor of the fall from Utsjoki from September last year.

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Lapland’s smallest municipality invests in vitality – with the goal of increasing the population of Pelkosenniemi to over a thousand

For example, a new vitality director position has been established in Pelkosenniemi, to which Sari Niemi, development manager of the LAB University of Applied Sciences, was selected last week.

Pelkosenniemi municipal manager Päivi Vauhkonen
According to Pelkosenniemi municipal manager Päivi Vauhkonen, the development of Pyhätunturi is crucial for the vitality of the entire municipality.

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Finland will be one of the main tourist destinations for Japanese people in the future – the Japanese are interested in the northern lights and Finnish design

The Japan Tourism Association has named Finland as one of the main tourist destinations. Lapland does not expect an influx of Japanese tourists this winter due to Finnair’s reduced flight schedules and the pandemic.

The woman looks at the camera and smiles.
Japanese people shop hard and use a lot of services, says Susanne Hulbekkmo, hotel manager of Rovaniemi’s Hotel Santa Claus.

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The Savonlinna Opera Festival raised the average prices of hotel rooms in South Savo to the most expensive in the country

Domestic summer tourism was clearly quieter than the previous year. The number of overnight stays fell to a lower level than the previous year in almost all provinces. There were clearly more foreign tourists staying than last summer.

Serena Ferraiuolo and Giulio Settimo on the opera stage.
The Savonlinna Opera Festival vaccinated the hotel guest’s pocket. Serena Ferraiuolo and Giulio Settimo in Ferruccio Busoni’s opera Harlekiini, which premiered in Finland this summer.

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