Tourism and business companies to be set up in Simo – to boost summer tourism

The companies allow the municipality to apply for various types of project funding. The first project should be underway within six months.

The municipality of Simo sets up new tourism and business companies. The companies are intended to support each other. The associations are being set up because the municipally-owned companies will enable them to apply for various types of project funding, even if they are directly owned by the municipality.

With its own tourism company, the municipality wants to promote tourism and attract tourists from all over the world. The plan is to develop summer tourism in particular. Simo wants to create and strengthen its own brand and bring economic benefits to the area, in cooperation with local businesses, cultural institutions and public authorities.

\- This will result in broader shoulders. The aim is to make the municipality look like a municipality.

Aiming for something permanent

The goal is to get involved in the financial searches that are now opening. It is hoped that projects could start within six months.

– It is hoped that something more permanent about the projects will be, something positive, Klaavuniemi says.

Unlike other municipalities in the sub-region, Simo has never had his own Visit company before.

The municipal decision proposal states that the Visit company can concentrate tourism resources and expertise in one place, allowing the tourist organization to operate efficiently and professional.

Simo also decided to set up a business company, as the establishment of a regional business company is not planned in the area, but the municipalities operate through their own business companies and the Meri-Lapland Development Center.

In Simo, the establishment of a own business company is seen as one of the new opportunities.