Matkailua
Matkailua is the Finnish term for the activity of travelling and for the broader field of tourism. It denotes both personal travel and the services that support it, such as transportation, accommodation, guides, attractions, and other travel-related industries. In Finnish, matkailua is the partitive form used when referring to travel as a concept or quantity.
Linguistic note: the word matkailua comes from matkailu, meaning travel or tourism, with the noun-forming suffix
Scope and characteristics: matkailua covers planning and undertaking trips, including leisure, business, and study travel, as
Historical and contemporary context: travel and tourism in Finland have deep cultural roots and expanded with
Examples of focus areas: popular destinations include Lapland, the Finnish Lakeland, the archipelago, and major cities