It is reported by Yle.
“About 500 border crossings were recorded in Imatra, about 1,800 in Nuijamaa, and about 3,000 in Vaalimaa,” said Kimmo Gromoff, head of the Southeast Finnish Border Guard.
According to him, about 60% of tourists today went from Russia to Finland.
Earlier it became known that the first buses with tourists after the removal of COVID restrictions drove from Russia to Finland.
The press service of the bus carrier Ecolines informed Interfax about the free passage of buses across the border from the Russian side.