Funded Projects 2014-2020
Project INDITOUR
| Project Acronym | INDITOUR |
|---|---|
| Project Title | Learning through arctic indigenous tourism |
Summary
The project focuses on the current challenges in Sámi and indigenous communities, including the search for sustainable local livelihoods, diversification of local economies and stemming of out-migration. The objective is to support local tourism companies, municipalities and communities in developing sustainable, competitive and attractive Sámi and indigenous ecotourism, based on the local needs. Our project aims to empower local actors and to boost local economies in culturally, socially and environmentally responsible ways.
The main outputs include new knowledge of indigenous tourism as a vehicle to learn from indigenous cultures, tourism products based on this knowledge and clustering of tourism companies offering possibilities to learn from Sámi, indigenous and indigenous culture. The beneficiaries of the project are local tourism companies, municipalities and communities, non-local tourism companies operating in the area, and tourists visiting the area. The novelty of our project lays in approaching Sámi and indigenous tourism as community-based cultural ecotourism that promotes learning from Sámi and indigenous-culture.
Objectives
The objective of the preparatory project is to develop a high quality main project application.
Lead Partner
- University of Lapland
Finland
Monika Lüthje
phone +358 40 4844 198
e-mail: monika.luthje@ulapland.fi
Partners
- University of Umeå
Sweden
Project Info
| Theme Tourism, recreation, cultural heritage, languages |
| Priority 2 Entrepreneurship |
| Objective 2.2 Greater market reach |
| Project duration 04-06-16 to 29-11-16 |
| Total budget 45 000 EUR |
| NPA co-financing 29 250 EUR |
| Target groups enterprise, including SME local public authority General public higher education and research sectoral agency |
| Joint Secretariat Desk Officer Christopher Parker |