ROVANIEMI, Finland — Shuffling across icy ground on a cold December afternoon, lots of tourist groups poured into Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of the Arctic ...
Photo Credit: Kristiina Hietasaari (Senior Director, Visit Finland) and Alessandra Priante (President, ENIT – The Italian National Tourist Board) and join Skift's Sarah Kopit at Skift Transatlantic ...
What started as a shack for Eleanor Roosevelt is now a $153 million industry. With alarming rates of global warming, locals are complaining that Santa’s home, Rovaniemi, is under a tourist siege.
Five-star hotels in Helsinki and Champagne excursions in Lapland are just some of the indications that the country’s approach to tourism is changing. By Penelope Colston Reporting from Helsinki, ...
Taxes on everyday essentials in Finland are set to decline slightly as the value-added tax (VAT) applied to food, medicine, transport services and hotel accommodation is reduced from 14 percent to ...