2010.08.1905:18:00UTC+00Finnish Overnight Stays Increase In July

Finnish overnight stays increased in July from the previous year, a report by the Statistics Finland showed on Thursday.

The number of nights spent by foreign tourists at Finnish accommodation establishments totaled 480,000 in July, which was 3% higher than the previous year. By contrast, the number of nights spent by domestic tourists decreased 5.5% from a year earlier. Thus, the total number of overnight stays fell by 4% to 1.9 million nights.

Germans were the largest group of foreign visitors with 65,000 nights spent in June, but it was 7% lower than the previous year. Overnights stays made by the Russian tourists dropped 12% to 60,000.

On the other hand, overnight stays by the Swedish tourists increased 3% annually to 55,000 in June. At the same time, nights spent by French visitors increased by 17% and overnight stays by visitors from the United States climbed 11%.

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