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4. Numbers of trips have changed much in ten years

In 2005, Finns aged between 15 and 74 made 4.6 million domestic leisure trips with paid accommodation and one decade later in 2015, the corresponding number of trips for persons aged 25 to 84 was 5.5 million. In ten years, the number of trips has gone up by nearly one-fifth.

A decade ago, Finns aged 15 to 74 made 3.1 million trips abroad with overnight stay in the destination country. In 2015, the corresponding number of trips for persons aged 25 to 84 was 5.4 million. The number of trips has increased by 75 per cent in ten years.

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 2005, were aged 25 to 44 in 2015. In these age groups, the numbers of trips with overnight stay both in Finland and abroad have increased exponentially.

Those, who were aged 55 to 64 a decade ago, reached retirement age by 2015. This age group increased their trips abroad with overnight stay by one quarter. For this age group, domestic trips with paid accommodation decreased by 15 per cent 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 2005 and 2015, 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 2005	Trips in 2005
15 to 24	538,000	4,697,000	413,000	253,000
25 to 34	761,000	4,853,000	489,000	224,000
35 to 44	1,069,000	3,897,000	589,000	298,000
45 to 54	1,109,000	3,796,000	641,000	285,000
55 to 64	804,000	3,816,000	657,000	347,000
65 to 74	356,000	1,664,000	324,000	163,000
15 to 74 trips total	4,637,000	22,723,000	3,112,000	1,570,000
Age group 2015	Trips in 2015
25 to 34	995,000	4,078,000	1,038,000	180,000
35 to 44	1,288,000	2,642,000	1,104,000	184,000
45 to 54	1,266,000	2,617,000	1,216,000	154,000
55 to 64	1,066,000	3,029,000	1,106,000	141,000
65 to 74	682,000	2,332,000	815,000	215,000
75 to 84	197,000	724,000	160,000	77,000
25 to 84 trips total	5,495,000	15,422,000	5,439,000	952,000
Age group 2015	Change (2005/2015), %
25 to 34	85	-13	151	-29
35 to 44	69	-46	126	-18
45 to 54	18	-33	107	-48
55 to 64	-4	-20	72	-50
65 to 74	-15	-39	24	-38
75 to 84	-45	-56	-51	-53
25 to 84 total	18	-32	75	-39

Source: Finnish Travel, Statistics Finland

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Updated 30.3.2016