Domestic trips with free accommodation increased by one quarter in December 2024

release | Finnish travel 2024, December

According to Statistics Finland, around 1.8 million domestic leisure trips with overnight stay were made in December 2024, which is one fifth more than one year earlier. The increase in number of trips was due to a growth in trips with free accommodation. The number of leisure trips abroad remained unchanged and was around 0.6 million in December 2024.

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  • The number of domestic leisure trips with paid accommodation remained on level with the previous year. The number of trips with free accommodation grew by one quarter and was around 1.4 million in December 2024.
  • The number of leisure trips abroad with overnight stay in the destination country was 0.4 million, which is one tenth fewer than one year earlier. Around one in four of these trips were package tours.
  • However, the total number of leisure trips abroad remained on level with the previous year, because the number of day trips and day cruises increased. Good 0.1 million such trips were made in December 2024.
  • Altogether 6.1 million overnight stays during leisure trips were recorded in Finland and 3.4 million abroad.
  • Around 0.2 million domestic business trips with overnight stay were made, which is roughly the same as in the previous year.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Finnish travel [online publication].
Reference period: 2024, December. ISSN=1798-9027. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.2.2025].
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