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Presentation of Soomaa national park as Wilderness Wetland destination in Estonia. Launch of the EUROPEAN TOURISM INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF DESTINATIONS
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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