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TOURISM

Foreign tourist stays in Finland fell by 81% in November

Foreigner.fi 12/23/20

The average price of a hotel room was 23.54 euros cheaper than 12 months earlier.

Business

AIRLINES

Shareholders approve Norwegian Air rescue plan

Foreigner.fi/dpa 12/17/20

Trading in shares was briefly halted on the Oslo stock exchange during the session, which was held online.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Entry restrictions to Finland extended until 12 January

Foreigner.fi 12/12/20

As for Finnish residents, the Finnish authorities still recommends avoiding unnecessary travel to "high-risk countries."

Tourism

RESTRICTIONS TIGHTENED

Government fears foreign tourists spread coronavirus in Lapland

Foreigner.fi 12/11/20

Sanna Marin's cabinet issued a decree to further limit bar and restaurant activity in Lapland due to the expected arrival of "tens of thousands of tourists from other countries" to celebrate…

Tourism

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Few clients in tourist establishments despite calls to domestic travelers

Foreigner.fi 11/29/20

Finnish travelers did not respond as well as expected to calls from local tourism entrepreneurs to fill their establishments during the October school holidays

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

Finland prepares legal changes to relax strict travel limits

Foreigner.fi 11/11/20

According to the proposal, the quarantine requirement could be imposed on people from countries with at least twice the incidence rate of infections as Finland. Quarantine would not apply…

Tourism

CORONAVIRUS

Changes to restrictions on entry to Finland from Monday 9 November

Foreigner.fi 11/5/20

The decision applies the limit value of a maximum of 25 new cases of the disease per 100,000 persons in the previous 14 days.

Tourism

OVERNIGHT STAYS FALL

Coronavirus restrictions sank foreign tourism to Finland by 83%

Foreigner.fi 11/2/20

In Helsinki, the hotel room occupancy rate was 25.1%, 39.1% in Tampere, 45.9% in Turku, 59.8% in Oulu and 32.6% in Rovaniemi.

Entrepreneurs

RAMON CRESPÍ - ENTREPRENEUR

"The main reason for failure is to create something nobody buys"

Pablo Morilla 10/10/20

Ramon came to Finland one year ago to start his own business. He created Nordinen, which he describes a non-tourist travel company to show the real Finland to travelers. In this interview, he reviews…

Tourism

CORONAVIRUS

Singapore allows 'cruises to nowhere' as part of tourism revival

Foreigner.fi/dpa 10/8/20

Only half the usual passenger numbers will be permitted to travel.

Tourism

IN AUGUST

Foreign tourist nights in Finland decreased by 82%

Foreigner.fi 9/24/20

The total number of nights spent in hotels was 1.13 million, which was 37.3% less than twelve months earlier.

Tourism

TRAVEL

Travel restrictions reinstated with Sweden, Germany, Estonia

Foreigner.fi 9/24/20

From 28 September, residents of Finland will only be able to travel to 7 European states without being subjected to quarantine on return.

Tourism

TOURISM

Sweden exceeds new virus case limit to allow unrestricted travel

Foreigner.fi 9/13/20

The neighboring country has already exceeded the new threshold of 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past two weeks imposed by the government to be able to travel to Finland without…

Tourism

TRAVEL

Kuopio, the heart of the Finnish Lakeland

Pablo Morilla 9/12/20

This is one of the favourite places for leisure and the municipality with the highest number of free-time residences.

Tourism

RESTRICTIONS EASED

List of countries from which Finland allows unrestricted travel

Cesar Calvar 9/11/20

As of Saturday 19 September, restrictions on entry will be lifted between Finland and Iceland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Germany and Cyprus, as well as for residents of Australia, Canada and Japan.

Tourism

BUSINESS

Finnair cuts flights for October and gives up reopening routes

Foreigner.fi 9/9/20

Route starts planned for October to destinations like Bergen, Barcelona, Madrid, St. Petersburg and Stuttgart will be postponed, as well as domestic destinations, Turku and…

Tourism

FINLAND-TOURISM

Bill to demand tests in departure countries sent out for comments

Foreigner.fi 9/8/20

Passengers would be required to obtain a certificate of a negative test result before travelling and to present the certificate to the transport service provider before entering the means of…

Tourism

TOURISM

Largest Nordic tour operator seeks safe corridor with Canary Islands

Foreigner.fi 9/5/20

Nordic Leisure Travel Group, the leading Scandinavian tour operator, plans to bring 179,000 tourists from the four Nordic countries to the archipelago from October to March. Canary Islands…

Tourism

Finnish residents canceled millions of trips due to coronavirus

Foreigner.fi 9/4/20

Altogether 1.4 million trips abroad and 0.8 million domestic trips with paid accommodation, for which reservations had been made before the restrictions set in March, were cancelled or postponed in…