2015 tourism in 2015 3 travel year 2015 in brief • almost 3.5 million stays at accommodation...

2 Helsinki Tourism in 2015

The number of overnight stays in Helsinki rose to a new record, almost 3.5 million, in 2015. Helsinki experienced growth of 4.9%, while stays nationwide were largely unchanged (-0.2%) from the previous year. All-time highs were recorded in July, when overnight stays in Helsinki grew 18%, and in December, when 21% more stays were registered than in the previous year.

July’s major international gymnastics event Gymnaestrada and the ice hockey junior world championships, which started in December, were behind the record numbers. They also contributed to the lengthening of the average duration of stay in Helsinki. Stays by Russian travellers continued to fall. The number of stays by guests from our eastern neighbour reduced 38% in Hel-sinki, even though they had already fallen 21% in 2014.

Germany bypassed Russia to become the largest foreign market area. The next-largest were UK, Sweden, Japan, USA and China. Stays by domestic visitors to Hel-sinki were up 3.8%. Nationwide, overnight stays by Finnish visitors increased 1.2%.

Both recreational and business travel grew in 2015, with the main emphasis of growth in the leisure travel segment, which once again accounted for more than half of all overnight stays.

About 35,200 delegates attended a total of 275 international conferences that were arranged in Helsinki in 2015. Helsinki accounted for just under half (48%) of all conference visits to Finland. International cruise ships brought 437,000 visitors, an-other new record, to the city.

A survey conducted at border crossing points indicates that the Helsinki metropol-itan region was the primary travel destina-tion for a total of 4.9 million foreigners arriving in Finland. 13% of them lived in Russia, 52% in other European countries and 28% in Asian countries. 39% of arrivals were day trippers, 34% stayed in a hotel or motel and 16% with friends or relatives. 8% of arrivals stayed in a rental apartment or cottage.

Foreign travellers spent about €1.47 billion in the Helsinki region. The travel spend of Chinese visitors exceeded the spend of Rus-sian travellers for the first time. The most money was spent on shopping, advance expenses (e.g. travel packages, pre-booked services), accommodation and restaurants.

Helsinki experiences its best-ever travel year in 2015

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traVel Year 2015 in brief

• almost 3.5 million stays at accommodation providers

• 47% of stays by domestic travellers

• 53% of stays by foreign travellers

• most significant market areas: Germany, Russia, UK, Sweden, Japan and USA

• followed by China, Switzerland, France, Norway, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Estonia

• 52% travelled for recreational purposes, 48% were business travellers

• average duration of stay 1.68 nights, foreigners 1.90 nights, Finns 1.48 nights

• room occupancy rate 69.5%

• 52 hotels, with about 8,700 rooms and 16,300 beds

• all accommodation providers have about 17,100 beds in total

• 16.4 million passengers travelled through Helsinki airport

• 12.0 million ship passengers travelled through Port of Helsinki

• 437,000 international cruise ship passenger guests, 254 cruise ship visits

• 35,200 conference delegates, 275 international conferences

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almost 3.5 million oVernight staYsThe number of overnight stays at Helsinki’s accommodation establishments increased 4.9% from the previous year to 3,460,100. Stays by overseas visitors were up 5.9% on 2014, while stays by domestic guests increased 3.8%. For-eign guests accumulated 1.84 million overnight stays and Finnish visitors 1.62 million. These figures have never been higher. The previous record was set in 2012.

The largest growth in stays by foreign visitors was due to major events arranged in Helsinki in July and December. Stays by domestic guests increased the most by volume in July.

Helsinki’s share of all overnight stays nation-wide was 17.5%, which is just under a per-centage point higher than one year earlier. The corresponding share of the capital city region was 23.8%, while the entire Uusimaa province received 27.2% of the total.

international guests accounted for more than half of all oVernight staYsForeign visitors were responsible for 53.2% of all overnight stays in Helsinki, a slightly

higher share than in 2014. July and August were the busiest months for travel emanat-ing from overseas, with foreigners account-ing for 60% of all stays in August. Domes-tic travellers accounted for 46.8% of all overnight stays in 2015, with July being by far the liveliest month. The share of stays attributable to Finns was at its highest in February, when it exceeded 54%.

Helsinki’s share of all nationwide over-night stays by domestic visitors was 11.4%, which is a little higher than one year earlier. The corresponding share of stays by foreign guests was up clearly, or some three percentage points, to 33.4% in 2015.

germans rise to the top of the foreign Visitor tableGuests from Germany bypassed Russians as the largest foreigner group with their number of overnight stays increasing 12%. The next-largest countries of origin were Russia, UK, Sweden, Japan and USA, with China, Switzerland, France, Norway, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark and Estonia making up the rest of the table.

The number of overnight stays by foreign visi-tors increased by 102,300 from the previous year. The largest contributions to this growth came from China, Japan, Germany, Switzer-land, UK and Canada. The number of stays by Russian travellers decreased by 93,500.

helsinki’s market share the largest in the long-haul traVel segmentHelsinki’s share of all nationwide overnight stays by international visitors was 33.4%, which is three percentage points higher than in 2014. The share is the highest in the long-haul travel segments, such as in the case of overnight stays by visitors from South Korea (67%), Canada (64%), Japan (62%) and USA (61%). Helsinki’s share is the smallest in the Ukrainian, Russian, Estonian and Latvian visitor segments.

length of staY increases somewhatThe average duration of stay of overnight visitors to Helsinki was 1.68 nights, a shade higher than the 1.67 nights recorded in 2014. Domestic visitors stayed for an aver-age of 1.48 nights and foreign guests for 1.90 nights. The duration of stay shortened a little on the part of domestic visitors and lengthened for international guests. Visitors from Canada, Iceland, Israel and Switzerland stayed for longer than the average, while guests from Sweden, Latvia and China stayed for the shortest time.

leisure traVel increases the most Leisure travellers accounted for just under 52% of all overnight stays, which is more than two percentage points higher than in 2014. The share of business travellers was almost unchanged at 48%. The separation of visitors travelling for other purposes was discontinued from the statistics at the half-year mark.

The majority of the growth in recreational travel came from the domestic segment; business travel contracted in this segment, however. Business travel increased more, when measured by volume, than recreational travel in the foreign segment. The total number of stays for leisure purposes was the highest recorded since 2011. The number of stays by business travellers was the highest on record.

accommodation capacitY growing in helsinki Helsinki’s registered accommodation capacity was on average 17,074 rooms in 2015, i.e. 362 higher than in the previous year. Fresh capacity was added by Hotel Indigo Hel-sinki Boulevard and Hotel Lilla Roberts. The capital city region’s capacity was 23,603 beds and that of the entire province of Uusimaa was 29,450 beds.

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more than in 2014 and an all-time record. In-ternational traffic was up 2.9% and domestic traffic increased 3.4%.

Passenger volumes increased in every month of the year in the international traffic segment, with July the busiest and January-February the slowest periods of the year for inter-national traffic.

Passenger volumes in the domestic traffic segment reduced in January and March-April, but began to grow clearly towards the end of the year. The domestic traffic segment was

busiest in March and slowest in July.

Helsinki airport accounted for almost 82% of all passenger

traffic at Finnish airports.

ship traffic reaches new record

More than 12 million pas-sengers travelled through

Helsinki’s ports in 2015. This is 1.6% more than in the

previous year and an all-time record. The majority of growth

was recorded in the Estonian segment, which was up 1.8%. Traffic to and from Sweden and Germany were up almost one percent, while the Rus-sian segment was down almost five percent.

The volume of passengers in the Estonian segment was 8.39 million, or some 70% of all passenger traffic.

Helsinki’s 52 hotels had, on average, 8,676 rooms and 16,253 beds in 2015.

Helsinki’s share of nationwide registered ac-commodation capacity was 11.4%.

occupancY rate rising while aVerage price fallsThe annual room occupancy rate of Helsinki’s accommodation providers was 69.5%, or almost two percentage points higher than in 2014. The occupancy rate was at its highest, 84.2%, in August. Nationwide, the annual room occupancy rate was a substantially lower 48.3%. Helsinki’s room occupancy rate was 67.8% in both 2013 and 2014.

The average price of a bednight, €68.07, was more than two euro lower than in 2014. The average price in 2012 and 2013 was likewise higher than last year’s price. The average price was high-est in November: €81.38. The average price of a hotel room was €105.75 or just under a euro lower than in 2014. In 2014, the average price of a night in Helsinki was €70.21 with the average price of a hotel room being €106.59. Nationwide, the average price of a night was €51.10 and the average price of a hotel room was €92.06.

The value of accommodation sales in Helsinki was higher than ever before in 2015, coming to a total of €235.58m, which is almost four million euro more than one year earlier.

more than 16 million air traffic passengersSome 16.42 million passengers travelled through Helsinki airport in 2015. This is 3.0%

The Swedish segment recorded 2.38 million passengers, accounting for a 20% share. The number of passengers in the Russian segment was about 259,000 and the German segment recorded 133,100 passengers.

Helsinki’s ports accounted for just under 65% of overall in-

ternational passenger traffic at Finnish ports.

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passengers reaches record

leVelHelsinki’s ports hosted 254 interna-

tional cruise ship calls in the summer season. These vessels brought 437,000 day visitors to Helsinki. The number of ship visits reduced by 3% from the previous year, while the number of passengers was up 4%.

The largest numbers of cruise ship travellers visiting Helsinki came from Germany, USA and UK. There were some 117,000 German visitors, with this segment once again grow-ing 7% year-on-year. The number of cruise ship visitors from the USA was about 81,000

(-4%) and the UK around 45,000 (-15%). The next-largest groups came from

Spain, Canada, Italy, Australia, Mexico, France and Swit-

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number of international conferences falls from 2014

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ences in 2015 and 35,200 del-

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egates attended these events. The number of conferences was down 11% and the amount of delegates 13% from 2014. The number of conferences varies from year to year and no exceptionally large conference events happened to take place in 2015. The overall trend is growing, however.

A total of 682 international conferences were arranged nationwide, attracting 75,800 delegates. Helsinki’s share of all confer-ences was 40% and 46% of all conference participants.

tourist information experiences a busY YearThe Tourist Information service point on Pohjois-esplanadi in the centre of Helsinki was visited by about 243,000 custom-ers during the year, slightly more than in 2014 (+2%). E-mail and telephone advice was provided from the same location. The Central Railway Station information point managed to serve 2,600 customers before the outlet was closed at the end of February 2015. Helsinki Help information officers provided assistance at passenger ports, the city centre area and the Info Container service point, which was relocated to Keskuskatu, during the sum-

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mer season and once again reached a record number of customers, with a total of 166,000 (+3%) travellers served.

Helsinki airport’s region-al tourist information point served more than 281,000 customers (-7%). The reduction was due to

the service point’s relocation to a new spot in Terminal

2 and the introduction of a new kind of visitor counting

system. Helsinki Tourist Informa-tion’s total number of customer contacts was almost 725,000 in 2015.

Helsinki’s official travel information website Vis-

ithelsinki.fi reached some 2.4 million unique visitors, about

300,000 more than in 2014.

most popular attractionsThe most popular attractions were the expo and convention centre Messukeskus Helsinki and Linnanmäki Amusement Park, which re-corded at least one million visitors. The next most popular were Suomenlinna, Korkeasaari

Zoo, Helsinki Cathedral, Temppeliaukio Church and

Uspenski Cathedral. It is not possible to compile visitor number statistics at all attractions.

international comparison

Helsinki fared better than it did in 2014 in comparison to its

nearest Nordic competitor cities. The number of overnight stays increased

in all Nordic capitals, with Copenhagen recording 10%, Stockholm 9%, Oslo 6% and Helsinki 5% growth. In 2014, Helsinki only achieved one percent growth, while the other capital cities experienced signifi-cantly stronger development. Stockholm and Copenhagen again recorded the highest num-bers of overnight stays. Oslo hosted more than half a million more overnight stays than Helsinki.

On average, Europe’s travel destination cities recorded a little under 6% growth in over-night stays in 2015. The comparison covers 60 cities (www.tourmis.info).


Monthly bednights in helsinki in 2014–2015

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January 240 396 103 654 136 742 225 869 115 270 110 599 -6,0 % 11,2 % -19,1 %

February 200 052 111 447 88 605 208 437 113 342 95 095 4,2 % 1,7 % 7,3 %

March 227 928 116 103 111 825 230 765 116 754 114 011 1,2 % 0,6 % 2,0 %

April 217 229 104 545 112 684 216 196 105 985 110 211 -0,5 % 1,4 % -2,2 %

May 298 182 137 512 160 670 285 015 129 958 155 057 -4,4 % -5,5 % -3,5 %

June 327 128 135 807 191 321 335 513 142 947 192 566 2,6 % 5,3 % 0,7 %

July 370 718 172 894 197 824 437 157 191 297 245 860 17,9 % 10,6 % 24,3 %

August 382 575 158 434 224 141 407 770 163 284 244 486 6,6 % 3,1 % 9,1 %

September 270 695 115 532 155 163 292 418 120 059 172 359 8,0 % 3,9 % 11,1 %

October 282 642 153 035 129 607 302 379 159 548 142 831 7,0 % 4,3 % 10,2 %

November 267 405 144 296 123 109 259 906 140 049 119 857 -2,8 % -2,9 % -2,6 %

December 213 891 108 533 105 358 258 633 122 198 136 435 20,9 % 12,6 % 29,5 %

total 3 298 841 1 561 792 1 737 049 3 460 058 1 620 691 1 839 367 4,9 % 3,8 % 5,9 %

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bednights in helsinki 2004–2015

total domesticforeign

countries

2004 2 497 505 970 226 1 527 279

2005 2 555 470 1 016 413 1 539 057

2006 2 757 769 1 049 940 1 707 829

2007 2 984 115 1 185 351 1 798 764

2008 3 082 217 1 267 940 1 814 277

2009 2 908 441 1 286 892 1 621 549

2010 3 187 136 1 477 574 1 709 562

2011 3 363 971 1 542 952 1 821 019

2012 3 366 337 1 545 100 1 821 237

2013 3 263 690 1 522 160 1 741 530

2014 3 298 841 1 561 792 1 737 049

2015 3 460 058 1 620 691 1 839 367


AccoMModAtion cApAcity in helsinki

number of units number of rooms number of beds

hotels total hotels total hotels total

2004 44 55 6 838 7 139 13 172 13 976

2005 44 54 7 148 7 383 13 674 14 365

2006 45 56 7 425 7 647 13 951 14 642

2007 48 57 7 717 7 937 14 334 15 023

2008 52 60 8 085 8 251 15 065 15 640

2009 53 59 8 213 8 379 15 425 16 031

2010 53 59 8 251 8 418 15 557 16 174

2011 52 59 8 304 8 529 15 557 16 512

2012 53 59 8 419 8 541 15 805 16 537

2013 53 61 8 435 8 543 16 021 16 595

2014 52 59 8 475 8 607 16 087 16 712

2015 52 58 8 676 8 778 16 253 17 077

bednights by purpose of visit 2004-2015

leisure share % business share % other purpose share %

2004 1 117 410 44,7 % 1 322 293 52,9 % 57 802 2,3 %

2005 1 038 797 40,6 % 1 458 895 57,1 % 57 778 2,3 %

2006 1 069 948 38,8 % 1 525 392 55,3 % 162 429 5,9 %

2007 1 337 034 44,8 % 1 486 753 49,8 % 160 328 5,4 %

2008 1 388 690 45,1 % 1 561 400 50,7 % 132 127 4,3 %

2009 1 414 590 48,6 % 1 350 434 46,4 % 143 417 4,9 %

2010 1 622 145 50,9 % 1 455 610 45,7 % 109 381 3,4 %

2011 1 801 068 53,5 % 1 507 092 44,8 % 55 810 1,7 %

2012 1 782 618 53,0 % 1 512 448 44,9 % 71 271 2,1 %

2013 1 778 595 54,5 % 1 420 130 43,5 % 64 965 2,0 %

2014 1 637 350 49,6 % 1 580 400 47,9 % 81 091 2,5 %

2015 1 793 643 51,8 % 1 645 441 47,6 % 20 974 0,6 %

price per night, rooM occypAncy rAte And the vAlue of AccoMModAtion turnover

price per night / per person, €

price per hotel room, € room occupancy rate, %

accommodation turnover, €

2004 67,27 97,75 65,3 168 015 680

2005 73,54 102,82 66,7 187 922 152

2006 73,50 104,39 69,0 202 700 585

2007 72,21 107,01 70,4 215 474 237

2008 71,93 107,92 68,8 221 717 289

2009 64,55 99,18 62,4 187 750 388

2010 62,54 96,77 67,2 199 320 335

2011 64,30 98,94 69,5 216 302 434

2012 69,29 106,24 69,4 233 267 367

2013 69,20 105,66 67,8 225 849 528

2014 70,21 106,59 67,8 231 625 812

2015 68,07 105,75 69,5 235 575 464


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total 3 298 841 3 460 058 4,9 % 17,5 % 19 785 412 19 751 368 -0,2 %

foreign count-ries 1 737 049 1 839 367 5,9 % 33,4 % 5 710 340 5 506 560 -3,6 %

finland 1 561 792 1 620 691 3,8 % 11,4 % 14 075 072 14 244 808 1,2 %

Germany 149 486 166 706 11,5 % 30,7 % 500 057 543 321 8,7 %

Russia 244 739 151 206 -38,2 % 19,3 % 1 339 526 782 882 -41,6 %

Great Britain 130 451 141 228 8,3 % 29,9 % 446 792 471 728 5,6 %

Sweden 123 702 137 172 10,9 % 24,9 % 534 358 549 826 2,9 %

Japan 108 043 126 353 16,9 % 62,1 % 192 007 203 384 5,9 %

USA 121 509 122 507 0,8 % 60,5 % 204 036 202 515 -0,7 %

China 58 481 84 291 44,1 % 40,0 % 150 271 210 530 40,1 %

Switzerland 40 040 57 519 43,7 % 36,2 % 131 076 158 841 21,2 %

France 49 506 51 907 4,8 % 22,7 % 215 393 228 460 6,1 %

Norway 51 159 51 881 1,4 % 27,9 % 178 956 185 929 3,9 %

Italy 47 256 49 842 5,5 % 39,1 % 123 145 127 574 3,6 %

Netherlands 44 512 44 716 0,5 % 28,0 % 158 801 159 556 0,5 %

Spain 41 523 44 285 6,7 % 41,6 % 104 451 106 475 1,9 %

Denmark 38 641 38 591 -0,1 % 39,4 % 92 197 97 960 6,3 %

Estonia 37 713 35 951 -4,7 % 19,0 % 196 277 189 071 -3,7 %

Australia 32 754 31 265 -4,5 % 54,2 % 56 529 57 640 2,0 %

Canada 19 106 29 335 53,5 % 63,7 % 35 873 46 031 28,3 %

India 20 272 23 334 15,1 % 42,7 % 52 383 54 601 4,2 %

South Korea 17 894 23 330 30,4 % 66,6 % 29 223 35 044 19,9 %

Belgium 19 483 20 682 6,2 % 37,4 % 52 600 55 230 5,0 %

Poland 18 575 20 326 9,4 % 20,3 % 79 078 100 304 26,8 %

Austria 17 777 19 972 12,3 % 32,9 % 53 174 60 653 14,1 %

Turkey 10 982 11 387 3,7 % 46,3 % 21 176 24 568 16,0 %

Czech 10 046 10 941 8,9 % 31,5 % 33 810 34 751 2,8 %

Israel 7 179 10 567 47,2 % 26,3 % 30 560 40 149 31,4 %

Irland 7 067 9 192 30,1 % 40,7 % 18 099 22 588 24,8 %

Portugal 8 183 9 134 11,6 % 49,4 % 14 659 18 477 26,0 %

Taiwan 6 598 8 806 33,5 % 41,5 % 15 962 21 196 32,8 %

latvia 10 501 8 311 -20,9 % 19,3 % 47 223 43 128 -8,7 %

lithuania 7 808 7 867 0,8 % 27,1 % 29 038 28 998 -0,1 %

Hungary 6 377 7 624 19,6 % 40,5 % 17 973 18 829 4,8 %

Island 4 670 7 446 59,4 % 67,8 % 8 307 10 979 32,2 %

Greek 7 983 7 381 -7,5 % 56,2 % 14 235 13 122 -7,8 %

Ukraine 4 102 4 693 14,4 % 17,5 % 28 361 26 826 -5,4 %

New Zeeland 2 717 2 657 -2,2 % 57,7 % 4 711 4 601 -2,3 %

Other countries 210 214 260 962 24,1 % 45,7 % 500 023 570 793 14,2 %

bednights by country of residence 2014–2015


pAssenger trAffic At the ports of helsinki According to country of origin or destinAtion

sweden estonia russia germany total

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015

January 146 345 158 736 455 726 443 901 4 958 10 841 6 557 6 822 616 744 620 300

February 166 004 184 375 529 040 526 428 0 8 934 6 265 6 379 701 309 726 116

March 184 976 180 388 592 416 573 832 9 702 16 399 7 806 6 976 794 900 777 595

April 189 853 174 128 625 771 632 062 24 913 26 196 9 390 9 080 850 126 841 466

May 193 708 199 298 726 465 748 356 33 305 29 152 13 009 11 209 1 093 361 1 107 700

June 253 141 247 494 844 838 844 831 33 441 30 865 17 870 17 545 1 332 393 1 342 761

July 283 252 289 970 1 044 274 1 112 344 33 780 28 144 20 386 20 588 1 598 559 1 690 666

August 240 542 240 408 869 472 907 282 32 449 29 437 18 762 18 088 1 375 486 1 408 670

September 150 194 169 242 601 040 610 997 28 643 26 445 10 455 11 601 863 343 898 367

October 178 211 213 369 673 807 706 023 29 989 19 186 9 199 9 455 901 550 960 833

November 188 844 137 544 649 350 606 356 25 399 18 569 6 549 6 960 882 358 769 429

December 180 181 181 239 636 386 686 093 15 565 14 763 5 619 8 387 838 935 890 482

i-xii 2 355 251 2 376 191 8 248 585 8 398 505 272 144 258 931 131 867 133 090 11 849 064 12 034 385

Muutos 2014-2015 0,9 % 1,8 % -4,9 % 0,9 % 1,6 %

Share % 19,9 % 19,7 % 69,6 % 69,8 % 2,3 % 2,2 % 1,1 % 1,1 % 100,0 % 100,0 %

internAtionAl cruise trAffic

Year ships change passengers change

2004 208 9 % 195 000 22 %

2005 247 19 % 240 000 23 %

2006 259 5 % 270 000 12 %

2007 238 -8 % 260 000 -4 %

2008 270 13 % 360 000 38 %

2009 263 -3 % 360 000 0 %

2010 247 -6 % 344 000 -4 %

2011 258 4 % 385 000 12 %

2012 265 3 % 368 000 -4 %

2013 283 7 % 420 000 14 %

2014 261 -8 % 420 000 0 %

2015 254 -3 % 437 000 4 %

congresses congress guests

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countryshare of helsinki

helsinkiwhole

country share of helsinki

2005 68 265 26 % 16 600 40 930 41 %

2006 78 376 21 % 25 060 63 050 40 %

2007 125 438 29 % 24 620 60 790 41 %

2008 163 486 34 % 26 590 60 710 44 %

2009 53 269 20 % 25 000 55 220 45 %

2010 111 416 27 % 30 409 61 371 50 %

2011 111 417 27 % 24 170 59 390 41 %

2012 254 635 40 % 40 478 77 222 52 %

2013 288 662 44 % 31 437 71 697 44 %

2014 310 708 44 % 40 642 78 834 52 %

2015 275 682 40 % 35 235 75 846 46 %

internAtionAl congresses 2005–2015

pAssenger Air trAffic At helsinki Airport

international domestic total

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015

January 942 216 955 997 209 719 199 507 1 151 935 1 155 504

February 911 137 931 570 231 340 233 229 1 142 477 1 164 799

March 1 053 708 1 077 783 282 863 276 887 1 336 571 1 354 670

April 1 088 944 1 103 732 219 435 218 476 1 308 379 1 322 208

May 1 154 236 1 178 298 201 087 205 329 1 355 323 1 383 627

June 1 317 202 1 326 529 191 328 197 587 1 508 530 1 524 116

July 1 369 557 1 404 610 130 362 147 413 1 499 919 1 552 023

August 1 279 043 1 328 030 177 228 187 048 1 456 271 1 515 078

September 1 177 365 1 224 907 212 240 218 017 1 389 605 1 442 924

October 1 204 362 1 262 059 211 735 223 978 1 416 097 1 486 037

November 970 020 1 020 443 220 276 239 684 1 190 296 1 260 127

December 973 777 1 016 584 219 580 244 569 1 193 357 1 261 153

i-Xii 13 441 567 13 830 542 2 507 193 2 591 724 15 948 760 16 422 266

Change 2014-2015 2,9 % 3,4 % 3,0 %

Share % 2014 84,3 % 15,7 % 100,0 %

Share % 2015 84,2 % 15,8 % 100,0 %

attractions Visitors in 2015

Visitors in 2014

Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre 1 251 279 1 146 090

linnanmäki Amusement Park 1 000 000 1 000 000

Suomenlinna Sea Fortress 931 000 858 000

Korkeasaari Zoo 523 602 485 400

Helsinki Cathedral 500 000 500 000

Temppeliaukio Church 500 000 500 000

Uspenski Cathedral 500 000 500 000

Virka Gallery in Helsinki City Hall 408 049 346 214

Grand Casino Helsinki 295 000 283 000

Ateneum Art Museum 262 959 410 173

Sea life Helsinki 250 000 250 000

Kamppi Chapel 236 460 203 790

Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma 235 085 147 768

Finnish Museum on Natural History 167 395 156 397

The National Museum of Finland 121 703 115 617

Helsinki City Winter Garden 100 000 100 000

Helsinki Art Museum HAM 93 136 91 459

Design Museum 80 197 73 092

Helsinki City Museum 54 729 55 108

Stadium Tower Renovation 50 761

Amos Anderson Art Museum 46 786 42 515

Didrichsen Art Museum 46 563 48 710

Submarine Vesikko / War Museum 42 596 35 319

Seurasaari Open-Air Museum (open 15.5.-15.9.) 41 031 37 226

Kunsthalle Helsinki 36 800 61 500

Hankasalmi Villa / Helsinki City Museum 36 678 87 845

Gardenia Helsinki 34 620 43 050

Sinebrychoff Art Museum 34 013 28 066

Tram Museum / Helsinki City Museum 32 701 29 922

Museum of Technology 31 264 34 041

Finnish Museum of Photography 27 064 20 817

Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden 26 413 45 000

Sederholm House / Helsinki City Museum Renovation 23 920

Urho Kekkonen Museum Tamminiemi 23 587 14 374

Suomenlinna Toy Museum 23 428 21 788

Military Museum's Manage 23 416 17 033

Theatre Museum 22 230 17 628

Museum of Finnish Architecture 21 267 21 668

Sports Museum of Finland 21 108 20 965

Design Museum Arabia 15 120 ..

Bank of Finland Museum 13 941 10 998

Military Museum 12 429 14 078

Kumpula Botanic Garden 12 300 11 200

Hotel and Restaurant Museum 10 216 8 505

Mannerheim Museum .. 8 804

Worker Housing Museum / Helsinki City Museum 6 756 5 780

Customs Museum 4 350 3 488

The Cygnaeus Gallery Renovation Renovation

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