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Number of leisure trips abroad grew by one tenth in August 2025

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release | Finnish travel 2025, August

According to Statistics Finland, nearly 0.7 million leisure trips abroad were made in August 2025, when trips with overnight stay in the destination country, cruises and same-day trips are included. The number of domestic leisure trips with overnight stay was 2.1 million, which is around one fifth fewer than in August 2024.

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  • The number of leisure trips abroad with overnight stay in the destination country was around 0.5 million in August 2025, which is one tenth more than one year earlier.
  • The number of domestic leisure trips with free accommodation was 1.5 million and the
    number of domestic leisure trips with paid accommodation was 0.6 million.
  • Altogether 8.2 million overnight stays during leisure trips were recorded in Finland and 3.8 million abroad in August 2025.

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13q6
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  • Trip purpose
  • Type of trip abroad
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13q8
Classifications used:
  • Trip purpose
  • Accommodation
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13q9
Classifications used:
  • Trip direction
  • Trip purpose
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Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Finnish travel [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, August. ISSN=1798-9027. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 16.10.2025].
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