A luxury resort is planned on the outskirts of a more than 100-year-old Lappish village

The snowy road follows the wooded slope and lands by the lake.

The area is located near the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park.

There are already Harriniva -owned cottages near the village near the beach, but with the plans of the company, the tourist area can expand significantly.

The company plans a loosely built luxury vacation village, which would include cottages and a hotel on the Vaara slope. According to Harriniva’s calculations, the formula would allow 300 beds at one time.

– In the first phase, it is thought that we will start with such a number of 120-150 beds, says Talvensaari.

Torassieppi is one of the many sites in Muonio where tourist buildings are to be built.

Construction is planned, for example, in Äijäniemi, Jerisjärvi and the Kropiovaara of Särkijärvi and Kukaslompolovaara near Kolari border.

Those who have started this winter season include Nivukski Village, built on the shore of Lake Nivunkijärvi.

Unlike the neighboring Kittilä, Muonio, with 2,300 inhabitants, has no large tourist destination. Cottage villages are rising across the municipality, especially on the shores of the lakes.

You will notice the focus on rich international tourists. In the speeches of tourism leaders, the words \”exclusive, international and high -quality\”.

A winter landscape with a traditional red and white Finnish wooden house surrounded by snow. — This protected building belongs to Harriniva. The tourism company says it intends to renovate the old buildings.

Ancient monuments require special care

The flames of World War II did not reach the remote torsa, and there are a few houses and barns over a hundred years old along the small river.

The village is defined as a nationally significant built cultural environment.

The Tornio Valley Museum was intervened in the Harriniva formula, which originally made it possible to construction in an area where there may be ancient memories.

According to the CEO of Harriniva, the formula was marked with protection sites and antiquities, but the studies still need refinements.

Winter landscape in the northern Finland, which shows snow -covered forests and log buildings. There are some clouds in the sky and the sun shines brightly. — The reindeer farm in the foreground is already used for tourism in Harriniva. Construction would be concentrated in the wooded area visible behind the farm.

Due to statements related to the cultural landscape and archaeological discoveries, Harriniva has omitted parts of the plan area until it has studied the areas further.

Otherwise, the project is progressing. On Monday, the Muonio Municipal Government unanimously decided to propose the approval of the formula. Next, the council will be decided by the council next Monday.

Zoning got wipes

On February, the iconic fells of Pallas glow as white molluscs on the sky.

Torassieppi is part of the landscape area, which is defined as a nationally valuable nationwide valuable in Ounas-Pallasunturi.

Due to the special nature of the area, the Lapland ELY Center has criticized the planning format.

Harriniva has designed the Torassiepi plan change as a beach plan because the municipality of Muonio wanted so.

With the help of the arrangement, the municipality saves money. The beach plan does not oblige the municipality to build infrastructure in the area. In addition, the company of the beach plan can make it itself and the municipality does not have to do so.

Winter country landscape surrounded by snowy fields and forests. Small red -painted farm buildings stand out against the white snow cover on a bright winter day. — In the Lapland War, the Muonio building stock was largely destroyed. Far from other settlements, the village of Torassiepi was spared by the destruction of the war.

– This area requires particularly precise planning and the town plan for this purpose is for detailed planning, says Rönkä.

– In our view, it is a suitable formula because it is a formula for the project (company), says Tammilehto.

Tourism is a lifeline, but projects are also criticized

Tourism is a lifeline for Muonio because it brings jobs and tax revenue to the municipality.

Tourism is even so important that the municipality does not want the mine. The draft of the municipal land policy program states that coordination of tourism, reindeer herding and natural products with mining is challenging, above all, in land use.

Indeed, the draft states that the municipality’s position on the location of the mining and mining industry in the municipality is, in principle, negative.

Despite the importance of tourism, there is a critic for construction projects.

The Äijäniemi tourist plan for Jerisjärvi has been appealed to the Administrative Court. The complaint has been made by both the reindeer herding and the local village association Jerisjärvi Muija, who is particularly concerned about the environmental impact of the project construction phase.

Äijäniemi is planned, like Torassiep, by a beach plan. Otherwise, the areas differ, for example, in land ownership. The Torsiepi formula area is owned by the company, but Äijäniemi is owned by the state.

*See below how Kirsti Vesikukka, a member of Lake Jerisjärvi Muiji, commented on the Äijäniemi project.*

– Most of the construction comes up on a dry land where it is good to build, says Palkinen.