Key figures for Helsinki tourism 2009

• 44% domestic
• 56% foreign
• 49% leisure, 46% business, 5% other
• Average stay: 1.75 nights (foreign visitors 2.05 nights, Finnish visitors 1.47 nights)
• Room occupancy rate: 62.4%
• 53 hotels, 8213 rooms, 15,425 beds
• All accommodation outlets: 16,031 beds

• 12.6 million airline passengers via Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport
• 9.0 million ferry passengers via the Port of Helsinki
• 360,000 international cruise ship visitors, 263 visits by cruise ships, approximately 100 euros spent by each cruise ship visitor during their visit
• 29,400 congress visitors, 122 international congresses, approximately 1600 euros spent by each congress visitor during their visit
• Approximately 15 million one-day domestic visits from outside Greater Helsinki

• Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, USA and Japan
• Followed by Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway

• 1.5 million foreign visitors (overnight and one-day stays)
• 6.5 million domestic one-day visitors
• 400,000 domestic overnight visitors

• In 2009 leisure visitors outnumbered other visitors (business and other) for the first time
• The number of domestic visitors to Helsinki has been climbing ever since summer 2007

• Linnanmäki: 1.26 million visitors
• Suomenlinna: 713,000 visitors
• Helsinki Zoo: 546,000 visitors
• Temppeliaukionkirkko church: 520,000 visitors
• Uspenski Cathedral: 418,000 visitors

• Approximately 30 full-time employees
• 36 summer employees including Helsinki Helpers

Further information

• Statistics Finland
• The Finnish Maritime Administration
• Finavia