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4. Numbers of trips have changed much in ten years

In 2007, Finns aged between 15 and 74 made 4.9 million domestic leisure trips with paid accommodation and one decade later in 2017, the corresponding number of trips when they were ten years older, 25 to 84, was 5.9 million. The number of trips has increased by 21 per cent in ten years.

A decade ago, Finns aged 15 to 74 made 3.2 million trips abroad with overnight stay in the destination country. In 2017, the corresponding number of trips for persons aged 25 to 84 was 5.7 million. The number of trips abroad has increased by 77 per cent in ten years.

By contrast, domestic trips with free accommodation and overnight cruises to Sweden or 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 2007, were aged 25 to 44 in 2017. In these age groups, the numbers of trips with paid accommodation both in Finland and abroad have increased exponentially.

Those, who were aged 55 to 64 a decade ago, reached retirement age by 2017. This age group increased their trips abroad with overnight stay in the country of destination by good one fifth. For this age group, domestic trips with paid accommodation decreased by 16 per cent over the 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 2007 and 2017, 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 2007	Trips in 2007
15 to 24	590,000	4,710,000	410,000	240,000
25 to 34	730,000	4,610,000	520,000	220,000
35 to 44	1,100,000	3,520,000	570,000	210,000
45 to 54	1,230,000	3,690,000	710,000	220,000
55 to 64	890,000	3,870,000	710,000	250,000
65 to 74	320,000	1,710,000	310,000	150,000
15 to 74 trips total	4,870,000	22,100,000	3,230,000	1,280,000
Age group 2017	Trips in 2017
25 to 34	1,060,000	4,080,000	1,100,000	130,000
35 to 44	1,280,000	2,730,000	1,160,000	240,000
45 to 54	1,330,000	2,720,000	1,220,000	130,000
55 to 64	1,220,000	2,830,000	1,180,000	170,000
65 to 74	750,000	2,270,000	860,000	190,000
75 to 84	250,000	790,000	190,000	..
25 to 84 trips total	5,880,000	15,420,000	5,720,000	920,000
Age group 2017	Change (2007/2017), %
25 to 34	80	-13	167	-47
35 to 44	75	-41	123	12
45 to 54	21	-23	115	-38
55 to 64	-1	-23	67	-20
65 to 74	-16	-41	21	-26
75 to 84	-23	-54	-37	..
25 to 84 total	21	-30	77	-28

Source: Finnish Travel, Statistics Finland

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Updated 29.3.2018