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Time for a group photo

Åland’s Minister for Industry and Trade Fredrik Karlström together with the Nordic cooperation ministers and the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. In the second row from the left: Fredrik Karlström, Finnish Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen, Guy Ryder and Hadia Tajik, Norway’s Minister of Labour.

Dramatic drop in arrivals in 2020

 Travellers arrived

The number of arrivals to Åland fell by 67% in 2020 compared to 2019. That year more than 2,040,000 visited, while in 2020 less than 680,000 people did. The number of Swedes visiting fell the most, while there were major drops in visitors from Finland and elsewhere too, according to Statistics and Research Åland.

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