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Appendix table 4. Trips abroad by cause and destination in 2015 and its change

Destination Leisure trips Business trips
Visiting friends or relatives Holiday      Other personal reason Leisure trips, total Year-on-year change (2014/2015) Business trips, total Year-on-year change (2014/2015)
1,000 trips % 1,000 trips %
Trips, total 996 6,643 497 8,137 2,6 1,886 1,7
Nordic countries Total 262 1,435 96 1,793 -5,2 532 -12,1
Denmark .. 73 .. 91 49,8 79 -26,7
Norway .. 188 .. 209 38,4 56 71,0
Sweden 227 1,168 85 1,480 -10,7 393 -13,3
Russia and Baltic countries Total 250 2,417 244 2,912 5,0 381 -4,0
Estonia 164 2,144 173 2,480 8,0 262 -5,9
Latvia   .. .. 50 6,8 .. ..
Russian Federation 82 219 60 361 -8,6 71 -12,3
Western and Eastern Europe Total 220 948 84 1,251 17,3 622 10,7
Austria .. .. .. 55 -1,1 .. ..
Czech Republic .. 82 .. 90 51,1 .. ..
France .. 155 .. 181 10,6 62 4,0
Germany 61 235 .. 326 27,3 236 40,1
Hungary .. 68 .. 82 -14,8 .. ..
Netherlands .. .. .. 72 150,3 .. ..
Poland .. 78 .. 89 15,7 .. ..
Switzerland .. .. .. 61 12,8 .. ..
United Kingdom .. 155 .. 200 -1,1 108 -2,8
Southern Europe and East Mediterranean countries Total 126 1,388 67 1,580 -3,7 148 8,3
Spain (without Canary Islands) .. 310 .. 375 -8,2 .. ..
Canary Islands .. 253 .. 273 -21,3 .. ..
Croatia .. .. .. 54 -21,0 .. ..
Greece .. 222 .. 237 16,5 .. ..
Italy .. 199 .. 234 -11,5 .. ..
Portugal .. 82 .. 104 45,7 .. ..
Turkey .. 208 .. 214 1,2 .. ..
America Total 55 125 .. 180 -15,5 98 11,2
United States .. 73 .. 119 -24,1 61 -15,8
Africa Total .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Asia and Oceania Total 69 307 .. 384 38,8 94 56,4
Thailand .. 117 .. 125 -8,1 .. ..
United Arab Emirates .. 87 .. 99 427,9 .. ..
Symbols: [..] Data not available or too uncertain for presentation, or subject to secrecy.
The sums in the tables do not always amount to the totals shown because of rounding.

Source: Finnish Travel, Statistics Finland

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Updated 30.3.2016

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Finnish Travel [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-9027. 2015, Appendix table 4. Trips abroad by cause and destination in 2015 and its change . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
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