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Despite COVID, tourists are returning to Northern Finland seeking Santa Claus

After a season of almost no visitors in 2020, Northern Finland is again seeing a big return in Christmas tourism.

By Essi Lehto, Reuters, Attila Cser, Reuters December 15, 2021
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HELSINKI — Santa Claus and heavy snowfalls are attracting British tourists back to Finnish Lapland, bolstering Finland’s tourism industry that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

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