Finland
Finland
Travellers from Finland made 7.4 million outbound visits in 2023, with a total international tourism expenditure of US$5.8 billion.
In 2023, the UK welcomed 202,000 visits from Finland. During the travellers’ visits, their total expenditure was £136.4 million, with an average spend of £675 per visit.
Discover visitor behaviour, travel trade insights, detailed data visualisations for this market – and more. The statistics in this market report are collated from a range of sources such as the Office for National Statistics (ONS), as well as sponsored questions and our own research. For further details, see How we source this information.
Popular activities for this market
Dining in a restaurant.
Visiting a pub.
Going shopping.
Explore the inbound data in full
Use our visualisations to see data from this market in greater depth and clarity. Compare annual statistics, and filter by age group, gender, trip duration and more. It includes seasonality, trip purpose and regional spread of visitors to UK destinations. These data are based on the International Passenger Survey, conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Global context
Top-level statistics relating to the population, GDP, tourism expenditure and popular destinations for this market. For greater detail on inbound tourism flows from this market to the UK, see our data visualisations.
| Measure | 2023 |
| International tourism expenditure (US$bn) | 5.8 |
| Global rank for international tourism expenditure | 45 |
| Number of outbound visits (m) | 7.4 |
| Most visited destination | Sweden |
Key demographic and economic data
| Measure | 2023 |
| Population (m) | 6 |
| GDP per capita PPP (US$) | 59,192 |
| Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%) | 0.9 |
| Annual GDP growth (%) | -1.2 |
Access to Britain from Finland
The key routes and transport modes that connect this market with the UK.
| Measure | 2023 |
| Weekly aircraft departures | 62 |
| Weekly seat capacity | 12,452 |
| Airports with direct routes in Finland | 6 |
| Airports with direct routes in Britain | 12 |
- Virtually all visits from Finland to Britain are made by plane.
- In 2023, there were an average of 62 direct flight departures from Finland to the UK per week, with a total seat capacity of 12,452 per week.
- Six airports in Finland served 12 British airports.
- Following the COVID-19 pandemic, scheduled seat capacity on non-stop flights from Finland to the UK has recovered to 73% of 2019 levels in 2023.
- The current rate of Air Passenger Duty for visitors departing Britain for Finland is £13.
How we source this information
We work with a number of data sources to provide a rich and insightful picture of our key inbound source markets. This includes, but is not limited to, data provided by Oxford Economics, the UNWTO, Apex, Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index and from our own surveys and ad-hoc research. The largest share of these data comes from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) by the ONS.
Visit our About the International Passenger Survey page for more information on how this data is collected and analysed.
