Recent terrorist attacks are impacting the tourist industry. Finnish travel agencies say that vacationers are more wary about urban holidays. Demand is down for trips to Paris and Istanbul, for instance.
The Brussels and Paris attacks have scared travellers like Anita and Erkki Huuskonen.
"Yes, the attacks have affected our plans in that we don't go on long flights anymore," says Anita. She says the couple has instead been going to destinations such as Sweden, which seem safer.
Avoiding Istanbul and Paris
"At the moment there is no interested in going to Istanbul, for instance," says Jessica Virtanen of the Tjäreborg travel agency. "The Paris attacks also had some impact on travel there Finns are still interested in city breaks."
Julia Melnik, communications director at another large agency, Finnmatkat, says that sales to Turkish beach resorts and Greek islands have remained steady though, but that there have been more questions for customer service representatives.
"For instance, if tourists are heading to some Greek island that has been in the news regarding refugees, they may ask for advice on how they can help. They've asked whether they can leave clothing there or whether we know about some organisation there where they could leave clothes," says Melnik.
Frequent flyers unfazed
Meanwhile business travellers who fly frequently don't seem fazed. Take for example Jukka Hautamäki, an executive with the forest products company Stora Enso, who flies somewhere in Europe at least once every couple of weeks.
"I'd fly to Brussels tomorrow if need be," Hautamäki told Yle - before city officials announced that Zaventem airport will remain closed until at least Thursday night.
"Terrorism is a scary thought but honestly I'm not scared," he says. "Luckily, the risk of it is so small. It's more likely that I'd fall while walking on ice, crash into an elk or that some crazy drunk would run me over" here in Finland.
