Tourists get to knock snow cakes to protect the moons in Rääkkylä

The University of Eastern Finland is involved in a research project to promote renewable tourism.

This winter, tourists will be able to help the Saimaa ringed seal by knocking over snow cakes to protect emerging cuckoos in Rääkkylä, North Karelia.

This is a pilot project, part of a research project to promote renewable tourism in the Nordic countries.

The University of Eastern Finland is involved in a project to develop tourism products that give tourists the opportunity to contribute to the conservation and promotion of biodiversity.

The research carried out at the Department of Business Sciences examines what elements of innovative tourism are in already existing tourism products.

This winter, a small family business located in Rääkkylä’s Oravisalo offers its guests the opportunity to help the Saimaa roe deer by piling up snowdrifts to protect the newly born cubs.