News about Tourism

REOPENING

Malta offers up to € 220 to the country's first 35,000 tourists

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/9/21

Tourists who book a stay of at least three nights directly through a Maltese hotel will be eligible for the financial handouts, with rebates rising according to the category of accommodation.

Cabin-lake-by-Anneli-Hongisto-Visit-Finland

TOURISM

Demand for accommodation services in Finland fell to 1990s level

The Nomad Today 4/8/21

Hardly any foreign tourists visited Finland in 2020 and many accommodation establishments were forced to close doors temporarily because of the pandemic.

27 March 2021, Spain, Palma: German tourists from Leipzig Lucas and Marcel relax on the beach of Arenal. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa

TOURISM

Coronavirus situation in Mallorca relaxed after influx of tourists

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/30/21

At the weekend alone, 129 planes from Germany landed on the Mediterranean island.

Northern-lights-in-Arctic-Snow-Hotel,-by-Visit-Rovaniemi

TOURISM

Nights spent by foreign tourists in Finland fall by 90%

The Nomad Today 3/25/21

The biggest drop was recorded in overnight stays by British tourists, 96.3% less than a year earlier.

FILED - 01 February 2020, Hessen, Frankfurt_Main: An aircraft of the Irish budget airline Ryanair stands on the runway of the Frankfurt Airport. Ryanair on Monday said it plans to cut 20 per cent of regular flights in September and October after several European nations reimposed Covid-19 quarantine rules for arrivals. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa.

TOURISM

Ryanair pledges 2,300 flights a week during the summer holidays

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/24/21

Passengers may be asked to wear face masks on the low-cost airline's flights until 2022.

OFFICIAL ESTIMATE

Tourist spending in Finland will fall between 6 and 8 billion in 2021

The Nomad Today 3/21/21

According to estimates, demand will not reach the level of 2019 before 2023.

21 February 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Warnemuende: Members of the ice-bathing club "Rostocker Seehunde" run for a swim in the Baltic Sea on the beach of Warnemuende. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

PANDEMIC

EU governments seek ways to recover tourism after the crisis

The Nomad Today 3/1/21

In Finland, the tourism sector employs more than 140,000 people.

TOURISM

Overnight stays of foreign tourists in Finland fell 93%

The Nomad Today 2/25/21

Overnight stays did not increase from any of the most important foreign markets.

PANDEMIC

Coronavirus reduced tourist spending in Finland by €7 billion

The Nomad Today 2/22/21

Domestic and foreign tourists spent 9.3 billion euros in Finland in 2020, which represents a fall of 42% from the amount spent in 2019.

CRISIS

Government warns: Finland's tourism recovery will take years

The Nomad Today 2/10/21

After four consecutive years of growth, the Covid-19 pandemic brought the sector to a halt in spring 2020.

TOURISM

Foreign tourist stays in Finland fell by 81% in November

The Nomad Today 12/23/20

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

RESTRICTIONS TIGHTENED

Government fears foreign tourists spread coronavirus in Lapland

The Nomad Today 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…

bike-fat-bikes-cycling-forest-Lapland-by-Visit-Rovaniemi

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Few clients in tourist establishments despite calls to domestic travelers

The Nomad Today 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

England, London: Passengers on a flight from Madrid arrive at Heathrow Airport, following an announcement on Saturday that holidaymakers who had not returned from Spain and its islands by midnight would be forced to quarantine for 14 days. Photo: Andrew Matthews/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

Changes to restrictions on entry to Finland from Monday 9 November

The Nomad Today 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.

Accommodation,-cottage-tourists by Harri Tarvainen-Business Finland

FINNISH VACATION 2020

Finns chose domestic travel and cottages in coronavirus summer

The Nomad Today 11/5/20

Between May and August, Finnish residents made 10.8 million trips, of which 9.7 million were domestic trips with overnight stays. One half of all leisure trips abroad that included overnight…

People passing in front of Helsinki central train station. Photo: Julia Kivela/Visit Finland.

OVERNIGHT STAYS FALL

Coronavirus restrictions sank foreign tourism to Finland by 83%

The Nomad Today 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.

21 October 2020, Saxony, Leipzig: Policemen walk through the isle of a train heading from Munich to Hamburg to inspect the passengers' adherence to obligatory protective mask wearing on public transportation. Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

EU reimposes entry bans on travellers from Canada, Tunisia, Georgia

The Nomad Today 10/21/20

Conversely, travel restrictions were lifted for Singapore.

FILED - The cruise liner "Europa" passes the pier in Wismar-Wendorf in the early morning on its way to the harbour. In its latest effort to put some wind in the sails of a tourism sector left high and dry by the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore will from next month permit cruise ships to sail, for the first time since March. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

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

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/8/20

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

Helsinki airport's departure hall. Photo: Finavia.

TRAVEL

New health security measures to travel to Finland from 1 October

The Nomad Today 9/25/20

Two Covid-19 tests will be recommended for travelers arriving in Finland from countries from which entry into Finland is restricted. The self-isolation period will end if the test result is…