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Pledge formulated by Visit Finland (2)

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Pledge formulated by Visit Finland (2)

Publishing organisations:

Visit Finland

Relevant countries:

Finland

Organisation types:

Academic/Research and VET Institutions

Publishing org

Visit Finland

Topics
Geographical descriptors

Finland

Organisation Type

Academic/Research and VET Institutions

Company with 250 or more employees

Consumer / tourist organisation

Cultural and Heritage Organisations

Destination Management & Marketing Organisations

EU institutions

Financial Institutions and Investors

Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

International Organisations

Local authorities

Media/Travel Journalist Organisations

National authorities

Networks and Federations / Confederations

NGOs / Non-profits

Regional authorities

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

Trade Unions

  • Specific types of tourism

    • Adventure tourism

    • Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

    • Cultural tourism

    • Ecotourism

    • Education tourism

    • Festival tourism

    • Gastronomy tourism

    • Health and medical tourism

    • MICE tourism

    • Mountain tourism

    • Religious tourism

    • Rural tourism

    • Sports tourism

    • Urban/city tourism

    • Wellness tourism

  • Transition Pathway Strategic Areas

    • Green Transition of Tourism Companies and SMEs

  • Business activities

    • Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

    • Activities of associations and other organisations supporting tourism

    • Air passenger transport

    • Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks

    • Events catering and other food services

    • Festivals, cultural and entertainment activities

    • Gardens and nature reserves activities

    • Holiday Housing / Apartments and other short stay accommodation

    • Hotel and similar accommodation

    • Mobile beverage services

    • Mobile food services

    • Museums

    • Operation of historical sites

    • Other

    • Other accommodation

    • Other amusement and recreation activities

    • Other food and beverage services

    • Other holiday reservation services

    • Other tourism transportation activities

    • Rail Passenger transport

    • Recreational and sport activities

    • Restaurants, cafes and bars (Food and Beverage serving activities)

    • Road passenger transport

    • Tour operator activities

    • Travel agency activities

    • Water (sea, coastal and inland) passenger transport

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1. Finland has a national sustainable tourism development programme "Sustainable Travel Finland (STF)", which is designed for both destinations and tourism companies. It truly brings the entire tourism ecosystem together, and each stakeholder has a role to play in STF programme. 
- The STF programme has 7 educational steps to adapt sustainability. While each step is aligns with international standard, the programme is brought to Finnish context, and each step provides educational content to meet the criteria. Companies and destinations that undergo the entire programme, and meet the criteria, will be awarded with STF label. 
- One of the steps is obtaining a certificate, online audited by a third party. When the company or destinations submits the application for STF label, the applications are verified by 3rd party (online audit). 
- The program includes training and awareness raising for the companies to get certified, and finally promotional incentives for those companies and destinations awarded with STF label. STF labelled companies and destinations are prioritised in Visit Finland's promotion. 
2-3.
- By September 2023 367 companies and 5 destinations have received Sustainable Travel Finland label
- The goal of STF is to get all key players in the industry enrolled for STF programme and certified by the end of 2025.
- The results (of those enrolled and awarded with STF label) are available online:https://www.visitfinland.fi/suomen-matkailudata/sustainable-travel-finland-tilastot, however the reporting system does not yet include final goals. This is, because we do not know the number of businesses and destinations relevant to STF programme. The action we intend to take, includes defining the size of the entire tourism industry (our target market), as this will clarify the goal in numbers.

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