{"id":6203,"date":"2017-01-16T11:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T09:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsaimaa.fi\/?p=6203\/"},"modified":"2017-01-16T11:29:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T09:29:06","slug":"business-insider-finland-is-a-must-visit-destination-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsaimaa.fi\/en\/business-insider-finland-is-a-must-visit-destination-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Insider &#8211; Finland is a must-visit destination in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The world&#8217;s leading travel guides pin Finland as a must-visit destination in 2017 \u2014 Business Insider listed some of the country&#8217;s pearls.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a special year for Finland, as it celebrates its 100th year of independence.<\/p>\n<p>And the world wants to join in. Partly inspired by the festivities that will take place, Financial Times, Lonely Planet and Rough Guides are among the top global media outlets that have included Finland among their Top 10 countries to visit in 2017.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Saimaa Lake District &amp; Savonlinna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nordic.businessinsider.com\/global-media-pins-finland-as-a-must-visit-destination-in-2017---here-are-the-best-places-to-go-2017-1\" target=\"_blank\">Read the article!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saimaa Lake District &#038; Savonlinna nr. 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"relatedcontent":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-media-hits-gb","9":"priority-3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Business Insider - Finland is a must-visit destination in 2017 - Visit Saimaa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Saimaa Lake District &amp; 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