Interview with Liisa Kokkarinen, Project Manager for Sustainable Arctic Destination at Visit Finland
It is a great and wonderful goal to make tourism in Finland sustainable. Liisa Kokkarinen is deeply involved in this programme. She is part of a team that helped develop the concept of Sustainable Travel Finland. Liisa heads the ‘Sustainable Arctic Destination’ programme, whose aim is to convince tour operators, travel agents and other tourism […]
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How to use the 17 SDGs in tourism
The SDGs as a framework for destinations and tourism companies Do you want to make your company more sustainable and don’t know where to start and what to do? Why not use the 17 sustainability development goals (SDGs) as a guide and support? They are incredibly helpful and can be used free of charge. Read […]
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Top 10 sustainability tips for tour operators
How to make your tour operation business more sustainable What can and should tour operators do who want to work more sustainably? In these ten tips, you will find the ten best tips to start the transition. Tour operators who work, manage and plan sustainably have ideal conditions for a successful and […]
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Top 10 sustainability tips for destinations
How to make your destination sustainable No more excuses! Time to act is now! It’s high time to make your destination more sustainable and improve the satisfaction of visitors, stakeholders and residents. It will improve your reputation and counteract overtourism. You are a destination manager and sustainability has been on your todo-list […]
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The advantages of 3rd party certification
Why should a destination get certified? A tourist destination certified as sustainable increases its reputation, counteracts overtourism, attracts visitors with purchasing power and environmental awareness, has more satisfied stakeholders and saves money. Do you believe everything you read? Hopefully not, at least not without checking the facts and sources. In the age of […]
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Sustainability for events
Sustainability for events Events and tourism are closely linked. Many tourists visit an event during their holidays, while many others travel to an event and stay a few days longer to explore the destination. Still others plan their holidays so that they can attend an event. In addition, events are a good way […]
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Want to know how sustainable your event management is? Find out here!
Click here for our Free Event Sustainability Check. The 20 multiple-choice questions are inspired by the „UN Environment Sustainable Events Checklist“ and the Swedish certification system for sustainable meetings, conferences and events “Hållbart Evenemang“. We have concentrated on the most important areas of these criteria and developed the 20 test questions from them. Answer each […]
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European Capital of Smart Tourism
European Capital of Smart Tourism Northflash proud to be part of the expert panel Göteborg and Málaga are Europe’s smart tourism capitals for 2020, following Helsinki and Lyon, which carry this title for 2019. Northflash is proud to have been part of the panel of experts that helped the EU Commission’s jury choosing […]
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Want to know how sustainable your touristic business is? Find out here!
Click here for our Free Sustainability Check. The 20 multiple-choice questions are based on the criteria of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). We have concentrated on the most important areas of these criteria and developed the 20 test questions from them. Answer each of the questions with a simple mouse click. You are not […]
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How sustainable is your destination? Here is the answer!
Do you manage your destination already in a sustainable way? Find out here! Is your destination sustainable? Yes? No? You don’t know exactly? No problem! We tell you, here and now and completely free of charge! Answer 20 multiple choice questions in our Free Destination Sustainability Check and get the result immediately. […]
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