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4. The volume of trips has changed a lot in ten years

In 2004, Finns aged between 15 and 74 made 4.5 million domestic leisure trips with paid accommodation and one decade later in 2014, the corresponding number of trips for persons aged 25 to 84 was 5.9 million. In ten years, the number of trips has increased by one-third.

A decade ago, Finns aged 15 to 74 made 3.0 million trips abroad with overnight stay in the destination country. In 2014, the corresponding number of trips for persons aged 25 to 84 was 5.9 million. In ten years, the number of trips has 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 2004, were aged 25 to 44 in 2014. In these age groups, the numbers of trips with overnight stay in paid accommodation both in Finland and abroad have increased.

Those, who were aged 55 to 64 a decade ago, reached retirement age by 2014. This age group increased their trips abroad with overnight stay by one-third. For this age group, domestic trips with paid accommodation decreased by almost one-quarter over a decade. Persons belonging to the oldest age group have decreased all types of leisure travel over the past ten years.

Table 1. Leisure trips with overnight stay by group of trips and age in 2004 and 2014, 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
Age group 2004	Trips in 2004
15 to 24	512,000	4,340,000	383,000	269,000
25 to 34	713,000	4,539,000	471,000	239,000
35 to 44	1,177,000	3,803,000	577,000	304,000
45 to 54	1,063,000	3,610,000	647,000	309,000
55 to 64	720,000	3,198,000	630,000	300,000
65 to 74	320,000	1,641,000	314,000	272,000
15 to 74 trips total	4,505,000	21,131,000	3,022,000	1,693,000
Age group 2014	Trips in 2014
25 to 34	938,000	4,206,000	986,000	199,000
35 to 44	1,075,000	2,894,000	1,023,000	180,000
45 to 54	1,165,000	2,467,000	1,121,000	145,000
55 to 64	1,122,000	2,905,000	994,000	182,000
65 to 74	557,000	2,056,000	841,000	180,000
75 to 84	141,000	683,000	140,000	78,000
25 to 84 trips total	5,892,000	19,321,000	5,882,000	1,050,000
Age group 2014	Change (2004/2014), %
25 to 34	83	-3	157	-26
35 to 44	51	-36	117	-25
45 to 54	-1	-35	94	-52
55 to 64	6	-20	54	-41
65 to 74	-23	-36	33	-40
75 to 84	-56	-58	-55	-71
25 to 84 total	31	-9	95	-32

Source: Finnish Travel, Statistics Finland

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Updated 10.4.2015