According to councillor Saana Veltheim (Greens), the council’s decision not to use the Pride ticket has already hampered tourism.
On 15 December, the Kittilä Municipal Council decided that the municipality of Kittilä will draw up an equality plan and implement a Pride flag during 2023.
The decision was taken by a vote of 18-7, with two abstentions.
The municipal council had decided on 7 December that the municipality would not introduce a rainbow flag during Pride week.
– Someone in the tourism sector had announced that it would not bring tourists to Levi, he says.
The Pride movement defends the rights of sexual and gender minorities.
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