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Tourism in Finland.(Tourism)
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Earth Focus Une Planete/ Une Communaute
- Article date:
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June 22, 2007
- Author:
- Rasijeff, Eerika
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Tourism has become an important part of the economy for some countries. In my home country, Finland, tourism is popular, but not too popular, to make it an over crowded-place. Many people from Asian countries tour Finland. as it is quite different from their home countries.
The Finnish climate is mostly snowy. This allows people to ski, have snowball fights, go sleighing and enjoy winter landscapes. It can be wet, but the wetness seems to give a fresh scent to the air. In Finland there are many historical things to see. Most of these are part of our Scandinavian history. For example Finland was first occupied by Sweden for 900 years, then for 100 years by Russia and ...