Tourism

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.

Tourism

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.

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

Tourism

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.

Entrepreneurs in Finland

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…

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.

Tourism

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.

Residents and tourists, enjoying the terraces and the sun on Saturday 1 August in Helsinki. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Tourism

IN AUGUST

Foreign tourist nights in Finland decreased by 82%

The Nomad Today 9/24/20

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

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin met with Prime Minister of Estonia Jüri Ratas in Helsinki on 22 September. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

Tourism

TRAVEL

Travel restrictions reinstated with Sweden, Germany, Estonia

The Nomad Today 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

The Nomad Today 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…

A view of the city of Kuopio from the Puijo Tower. Photo: Pablo Morilla.

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.

Mika-Lintilä-Maria-Ohisalo-Timo-Harakka-by-Laura-Kotila-Vnk

Tourism

RESTRICTIONS EASED

List of countries from which Finland allows unrestricted travel

The Nomad Today 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.

A Finnair A350 aircraft. Photo: Finnair.

Tourism

BUSINESS

Finnair cuts flights for October and gives up reopening routes

The Nomad Today 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…

03 September 2020, Hamburg: A doctor takes a smear test from a woman in the new coronavirus test centre of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians at Hamburg main station. Photo: Markus Scholz/dpa.

Tourism

FINLAND-TOURISM

Bill to demand tests in departure countries sent out for comments

The Nomad Today 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…

A couple takes a selfie while sunbathing on Las Canteras beach (Gran Canaria). Photo: Borja Suarez/Reuters/File photo.

Coronavirus

TOURISM

Largest Nordic tour operator seeks safe corridor with Canary Islands

The Nomad Today 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…

Helsinki-Vantaa airport, half empty in mid-July. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Tourism

Finnish residents canceled millions of trips due to coronavirus

The Nomad Today 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…

Tourism

CORONAVIRUS

Government to refund travelers for tour packages cancellations

The Nomad Today 9/3/20

Travelers would not be entitled to refund if they receive compensation based on another act or agreement, for example from a credit card company.

A view of Helsinki's central station, with the stone men who guard the entrace equipped with face masks. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Tourism

CORONAVIRUS

Finland will require negative tests from tourists before traveling

The Nomad Today 9/2/20

The amendment will be part of a new legislative package to ensure health on airplanes, ships, buses and trains.

Terraces in Helsinki. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Tourism

Tourist overnight stays by foreigners plummeted 82% in July

The Nomad Today 8/27/20

This summer many residents from Helsinki and its surroundings went to the Finnish countryside to spend their holidays.

Tourism

TRAVEL

Estonia to allow coronavirus tests instead of self-isolation

The Nomad Today 8/19/20

So far, a quarantine requirement has applied in Estonia when entering from high-risk areas, which is now to be supplemented by a two-stage test procedure.