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9. Travelling has changed a lot in ten years

A decade ago, 4.2 million domestic leisure trips with paid accommodation were made while in 2013 the corresponding number was 5.6 million. In ten years, the number of trips has increased by one-third.

A decade ago, the number of trips abroad with overnight stay in the destination country was 2.6 million. In 2013, the corresponding number of trips was 5.0 million. In ten years, the number of trips have nearly doubled.

By contrast, domestic overnight trips with free accommodation and overnight cruises to Sweden and Estonia have lost some of their popularity during the decade.

The differences compared to the situation ten years ago become emphasised when viewing the number of trips by age group. Those who were aged 15 to 34 in 2003 were aged 25 to 44 in 2013. In these age groups the number of trips with overnight stay in paid accommodation both in Finland and abroad have increased exponentially .

Those who were aged 55 to 64 a decade ago reached retirement age by 2013 and increased their trips abroad with overnight stay by good one-third. Persons belonging to the oldest age group have decreased travelling in the past decade .

Table 1. Leisure trips with overnight stay by group of trips and age in 2003 and 2013, and the change in these

Age	Trips in Finland		Trips abroad
	Paid accommodation	Free accommodation	Overnight stay in destination country	Cruises with overnight stay on board only
	Year
Age group	2003	2003	2003	2003
15 to 24	572,000	4,571,000	303,000	328,000
25 to 34	656,000	4 552,000	410,000	290,000
35 to 44	1,054,000	3,468,000	481,000	339,000
45 to 54	1,047,000	3,496,000	626,000	357,000
55 to 64	642,000	2,927,000	549,000	342,000
65 to 74	274,000	1,293,000	232,000	259,000
15 to 74 trips total	4,245,000	20,307,000	2,601,000	1,915,000
	Year
Age group	2013	2013	2013	2013
25 to 34	1,131,000	4,311,000	1,004,000	167,000
35 to 44	1,345,000	2,886 000	953,000	195,000
45 to 54	1,387,000	2,930,000	1 130 000	168,000
55 to 64	991,000	2,992,000	1 017 000	230,000
65 to 74	622,000	1,924,000	749 000	254,000
75 to 84	174,000	67,1000	136 000	65,000
25 to 84 trips total	5,648,000	15,714,000	4,989,000	1,078,000
	Change (2003/2013), %
Age group	2003 to 2013	2003 to 2013	2003 to 2013	2003 to 2013
25 to 34	98	-6	231	-49
35 to 44	105	-37	132	-33
45 to 54	32	-16	135	-50
55 to 64	-5	-14	62	-36
65 to 74	-3	-34	36	-26
75 to 84	-37	-48	-41	-75
25 to 84 total	33	-23	92	-44

Source: Finnish Travel, Statistics Finland

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Updated 10.4.2014