Foreign tourist inflow increases by 5.3% in January

Overnight stays by foreign tourists at Finnish accommodation establishments increased by 5.3 per cent in January and 0.71 million overnight stays were recorded, according to Statistics Finland.

Meanwhile, overnight stays by resident tourists increased by 10.4 per cent from last year and 0.95 million nights were recorded for them in January 2020.

Finnish accommodation establishments recorded a total of 1.66 million overnight stays, which was 8.2 per cent more than one year before.

Among the most important countries of inbound tourism to Finland, overnight stays by Russians increased most in absolute numbers, by 18,600 nights. This was 12.8 per cent higher than in the year before. The biggest drop was seen in overnight stays by Britons , down by 3,800 nights. Their overnight stays were 5.8 per cent down on January 2019.

The biggest group of non-resident tourists were Russians with 164,700 overnight stays. The second largest group was Britons with 61,300 overnight stays. The third largest group was Chinese tourists with 53,200 overnight stays, and fourth were French with 53,000 overnight stays. The fifth largest group was Germans (46,200 nights), sixth was Dutch tourists (44,200 nights), seventh Swedes (24,900 nights) and eight U.S. tourists (18,800 nights).