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Finland

See the latest market data for Finland – including traveller visits and spend, length of stay, behaviours and preferences.

Finland

Travellers from Finland made 6.6 million outbound visits in 2022, with a total international tourism expenditure of US$4.4 billion.

In 2022, the UK welcomed 169,000 visits from Finland. During the travellers’ visits, their total expenditure was £113 million, with an average spend of £668 per person.

Discover visitor behaviour, travel trade insights, detailed data visualisations for this market  – and more. The statistics in this market report are collated from a range of sources such as the Office for National Statistics (ONS), as well as sponsored questions and our own research. For further details, see How we source this information.

Explore the inbound data in full

Use our visualisations to see data from this market in greater depth and clarity. Compare annual statistics, and filter by age group, gender, trip duration and more. It includes seasonality, trip purpose and regional spread of visitors to UK destinations. These data are based on the International Passenger Survey, conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Global context

Top-level statistics relating to the population, GDP, tourism expenditure and popular destinations for this market. For greater detail on inbound tourism flows from this market to the UK, see our data visualisations.

Measure

2022

International tourism expenditure (US$bn)

4.4

Global rank for international tourism expenditure

43

Number of outbound visits (m)

6.6

Most visited destination

Sweden

Key demographic and economic data

Measure

2022

Population (m)

5.5

GDP per capita PPP (US$)

58,510

Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%)

1.0

Annual GDP growth (%)

2.1

Access to Britain from Finland

The key routes and transport modes that connect this market with the UK.

Measure

2023

Weekly aircraft departures 

62

Weekly seat capacity

12,196

Airports with direct routes in Finland

6

Airports with direct routes in Britain

10

  • Virtually all visits from Finland to Britain are made by plane.
  • In 2023, there are 62 direct flight departures from Finland to Britain per week, with a total seat capacity of 12,196 per week.
  • Six airports in Finland serve 10 British airports.
  • Following the COVID-19 pandemic, scheduled seat capacity on non-stop flights from Finland to the UK has recovered to 71% of 2019 levels in 2023.
  • The current rate of Air Passenger Duty for visitors departing Britain for Finland is £13. (2023 data excludes flights from Pori.)

Further resources

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The preferences of Europeans towards tourism.pdf

The preferences of Europeans towards tourism

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How we source this information

We work with a number of data sources to provide a rich and insightful picture of our key inbound source markets. This includes, but is not limited to, data provided by Oxford Economics, the UNWTO, Apex, Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index and from our own surveys and ad-hoc research. The largest share of these data comes from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) by the ONS.

Visit our About the International Passenger Survey page for more information on how this data is collected and analysed.

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