The hotel will bring 10 new year-round jobs to the village. A separate accommodation building will be built for the workers.
A new design hotel opens on Wednesday in Kilpisjärvi at the foot of Saanatunturi. The new Santa’s Hotel Rakka will have 42 hotel rooms and a landscape restaurant.
According to the chain, customers are expected especially from Europe and the Nordic countries. According to the Santa’s Hotels chain, demand for hotel accommodation has increased in Kilpisjärvi.
According to the chain, the construction of the new hotel has cost around €8 million.
Inspiration from the wilderness
The building’s design was inspired by the surrounding wilderness.
– When you look at the hotel from the direction of Lake Tsahkaljärvi, despite the fact that the hotel has two floors, it adapts well to the terrain, says
The new hotel will create around 10 year-round jobs.
In Lapland, many tourist locations have suffered from a housing shortage in recent years, which has made it difficult to recruit employees. In Kilpisjärvi, a separate accommodation building is under construction for the staff of Santa’s Hotels.
According to Hulbekkmo, employees have been hired for the hotel from Kilpisjärvi village and elsewhere in Finland.
Santa’s Hotel Rakka is part of the Lappish Santa’s Hotels hotel chain, which previously had 22 holiday apartments in Kilpisjärvi.
