Download 140 000 7,4 million EUR 4,03 billion EUR 124 million

Tourism is a growing source of export revenue
and a significant provider of employment in Finland
Tourism has a multiplier effect on other sectors. 1 euro in tourism adds value 56 cents to the other sectors.
Purpose of visit
Overall tourism consumption in 2014
19,8 million
EUR 14,2 billion
20
3,0* % of GDP*
18 16 14 12 10 2007
2013
2025
Tourism’s contribution to the
GDP is 2,5 % which makes it
•A bit bigger than agriculture and
forestry
•More than 1.5 times as big as the
food industry
•Growth 6,5 % in 2011–2014
registered overnight
stays in Finland
14,3 million
Finnish
tourists
5,5 million
international
tourists
7,4 million 4.
foreign tourists in
Finland
people
27 900
enterprises
•Capital investments EUR 1,2 billion
•Hundreds of millions invested in
hotels in 2013–2015
*) estimate for the year 2025, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
2.
•Has doubled since the year 2000
•More than twice as big as the health technology export
•Bigger than the total of the high tech export from Finland
Global tourism
grows at an
annual rate of
4%
Breakdown of total consumption
1
2
7
Investments
3.
EUR 4,03 billion
•Young people’s share of employees 30 %
•40 000 new jobs are expected in the
indursty by 2025
•Workforce grew by 6 % in 2011–2014
•The indursty also temporarily employs
via staffing services
•3 000 new companies established in
2007–2014
•Tourism is especially important for
the remote areas
•Tourism also provides employment
to people skilled in other fields
1.
1.Holiday trip 33%
2.Shopping trip 22 %
3.Visiting friends,
relatives 18 %
4.Business trip 16 %
5.Other trip 11 %
Export earnings generated by
international tourism in 2014
In 2014, tourism industry
provided jobs for
140 000
5.
6 5 4
3
1.Russia 18 %
2.China 13 %
3.Japan 8 %
4.Germany 6 %
5.Sweden 5 %
6.Estonia 4 %
7.Other 45 %
Overnight stays of international tourists in Finland
Russia
782 900
Relative change of
over-night stays
Other
Sweden
2 313 900
549 800 •Russia -41,6 %
•Sweden +2,9 %
Germany •Germany +8,7 %
543 300 •Great Britain +5,6 %
•France +6,1 %
Great Britain
•China and Hong Kong +40,1 %
471 700
USA
France
•Japan +5,9 %
202 500
China and 228 500
•USA -0,7 %
Japan Hong Kong
203 400 210 500
•Other +8,7 %
Spending per visit
1. China EUR 656
2. Switzerland EUR 604
3. France EUR 532
4. India EUR 528
5. Netherlands EUR 516
6. Japan EUR 442
7. Poland EUR 438
8. USA EUR 434
9. Spain EUR 406
International conferences
generated revenue of
EUR 124 million
•71 % growth in revenue in 2010–2015
•One conference guest spends on
average EUR 1 635 per visit
Sources: Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Visit Finland, Finavia, UNWTO, Visit Finland Visitor Survey 2015, Statistics Finland and Bank of Finland
Additional information (in Finnish): www.visitfinland.fi > Tutkimukset ja tilastot
The infographic and other materials are available for download at: www.tem.fi/matkailu
Updated 4/2016