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Chinese tourists in FinlandArto Asikainen / Арто Асикайнен
Area Manager / Региональный директор
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Finnair connects China and Finland
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• Amount tripled in the 2000’s
• Main season summer, which also generates most growth
• Structure of travel different in the winter: less leisure, more business
travellers
• Most Chinese are first time visitors and almost always visit another country
along with Finland
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Chinese overnights in Finland
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Share of Chinese overnights risen from 1,6 % to 2,2 % since 2008.Number of overnights inreased from 87 000 to 128 000 during the same period.
China is..
…the fastest growing travel market in the world.
…world’s number one tourism spender.
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The number of Chinese overnights is rising…
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Share of Chinese overnigts by season
Total summer season (May-Oct) 69 %
Total winter season (Nov-Apr) 31 %
Chinese travel to Finland year round – 30 % during the off-season
We can offer this new market something other than the conventional – fresh stories and products – to even out seasonal fluctuations
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Annual average growth
Summer Winter +24% +8%
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Both seasons show steady growth in the long run
Summer 2014: 88 600 overnights
Winter 2013-2014: 39 00 overnights
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Lapland clearly the fastest growing area in 2014
Change, abs. Change, % Yearly share 2013 2014 2013/2014 2013/2014 2014
Helsinki Metropolitan Area 94 258 95 248 990 1,1 % 74,4 %Coast and Archipelago (excl. Helsinki Metropolitan Area) 13 190 11 857 -1 333 -10,1 % 9,3 %Lakeland 9 681 9 088 -593 -6,1 % 7,1 %Lapland 9 366 11 790 2 424 25,9 % 9,2 %
Total 126 495 127 983 1 488 1,2 % 100,0 %
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Two thirds of Chinese overnights in Helsinki region
95 000 overnights
12 000 overnights
9 000 overnights 12 000 overnights
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56 % of Chinese overnights in Finland are registered
in the metropolitan area in the summer