European Commission : Soomaa Estonia

Soomaa National Park- Estonia's Wetland Wilderness

Aivar RuukelBrussels 22. Feb. 2013

Soomaa NP - Land of Peat Bogs

PAN Parks - European Wilderness

RAMSAR - World Wetlands

Fifth Season

14 case studies on tourism in wetlands

EDEN award winner

The benefits of the indicator System

- Today such holistic System is not in place

- Local business see it as a tool for better collaboration

- All stakeholders feel the need for this kind of System for making Soomaa better place to live and visit

The relevance of the System

- Flexibility of System ...- allows to add wilderness indicators- Focus on all different aspects of

sustainable tourism make the System useful

- No of arrivals is not interesting, the Net Profit is!

Challenges in implementing System

- Definition of roles and duties is unclear- Who should be the coordinating body?- How to motivate ALL stakeholders to

gather data and give input to the System

- As little as possible, as much as necessary

- As cheap System as possible : best use of ICT technology

- Future challenges in analysing data

Thank you!

Contacts:

twitter: @ruukel

aivar@soomaa.com

skype: aivarruukel