Tourism

The winter park in Kemi opens on Monday and is free of charge for everyone. No covered snow castle will be built this year.

A winter park will be built next to the all-year-round Snow Castle in Kemi. A snow maze, a tuba hill and a curling track will be built in the Strawberry Cottage area for winter play. The park, which opens on Monday, is open to all.

In Kemi, there will be no covered snow castle this year, which has also been paid for by local people. Naturally, the winter park will also generate costs for the tourism company.

– It costs less money than a covered snow castle. Building a covered space is more difficult and more expensive. And snow sculptures require a team of workers to be brought in,” says Barria.

On the other hand, however, tourism hopes to also get income from the castle all year round.

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Kemi’s year-round snow castle will include a snow labyrinth, a bubble hill and a curling rink – the winter park is open to allRead More »

With increased passenger and cargo volumes, the company’s turnover grew by almost 80%.

Wasaline made a new record year last year. In 2022, almost 270 000 passengers travelled between Vaasa and Umeå, 149% more than the previous year. This is despite the fact that travel restrictions due to the pandemic were still in place until March.

The shipyard also broke maritime records. With increased passenger and cargo volumes, the company’s turnover grew by almost 80%.

The new Kvarken ferry Aurora Botnia was launched in 2021.

This is Soili Eskola, entrepreneur of Sokeri-Jussin Kievar. The other six buildings in Pikisaari will remain in their current use.

The former OSAO school building in the Pikisaari area will be demolished this year and a guesthouse-type hotel is planned for the area.

Built in the 1980s, the former OSAO school building was previously closed due to indoor air problems. A demolition permit has already been obtained and demolition work is planned for autumn 2023.

– The entrepreneur of Sokeri-Jussi will buy the building rights of the building to be demolished and build a hotel on the site, if the zoning change is approved, says Helander.

The plan change will be discussed in future meetings of the community board.

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Plans for a guesthouse-type hotel on the quayside to replace the demolished OSAO buildingRead More »

Tourism businesses in North Savo are being urged to get their websites up and running and provide information about their services in as many languages as possible.

Soon everyone is walking towards the dogs, who are already waiting impatiently. Ahead is an experience that foreign tourists come to Finland for: dog sledding.

Pursiainen is an exceptional tourism entrepreneur in North Savo. More than 90 percent of its customers come from outside Finland. On the day of the interview, a German couple should have been present, but they had to cancel due to illness. Later in the day, a group of 20 Germans were due to arrive.

– Customers find us through Google, partners or travel agencies,” says Pursiainen.

Sawo husky’s website provides information about services in Finnish as well as in English. The German version is almost ready. Apart from that, the information that comes up through the search engine is fine. This way even self-employed travelers can find the company easily.

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North Savo’s only husky safari company grabs Lapland’s “surplus” and thrives – Laura Pursiainen, 37, is an exceptional tourism entrepreneur in her regionRead More »

Hotel Kajanus became part of Finnish Peerâ Hotels at the turn of the year

Hotel Kajanus, which has been taken over by a new owner, opened its doors to guests and restaurant customers last week.

The hotel became part of the Finnish family business Peerâ Hotels

Leppänen says that there is already a steady flow of accommodation bookings.

– The weekend dog show was a trial for our group. We got to see how the restaurant, breakfast and all other systems work. This week it has been nice to see that business travel is starting to work and that travelers who have stayed in Kajaani before have found us.

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Sami Mattiniemi, the ski resort’s slope manager, hopes that people will find out about the slope conditions from the slope cameras and on the spot, rather than making hasty decisions based on weather forecasts alone.

Weather variations have been visible on the Messilä ski slopes in Hollola.

Mattiniemi hopes that people will trust slope information from the ground, and not be immediately alarmed by news in the tabloids about severe winter weather or frosts, for example.

– For example, on Tuesday last week, some articles called for a day off and staying at home. We had three millimetres of snow on the slopes, but the slope was empty,” says Mattiniemi.

According to Mattiniemi, the same phenomenon dropped, for example, the number of visitors at the Epiphany to a third of a normal day.

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Messila has been a little quieter since Christmas than last seasonRead More »

The three neighboring municipalities have a total of approximately 11,800 seasonal apartments, which is a quarter of the total in Pirkanmaa. However, we want to improve the level of service.

Kangasala, Kuhmoinen and Pälkäne have agreed on cooperation in the tourism industry.

In total, there are almost 12,000 seasonal apartments in the municipalities. The purpose is to further increase their use and ensure residents’ enjoyment.

For example, the improvement of remote work opportunities and digital services is planned, as is the marketing of the area to Tampere-Pirkkala air passengers.

The municipalities have reserved funding for the two-year project. It can still be extended for a third year.

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Kangasala, Kuhmoinen and Pälkäne invest together in the enjoyment of seasonal residentsRead More »

The Malva museum opened last spring. New exhibitions are coming from March.

The new visual arts museum Malva in Lahti last year attracted more than 75,000 visitors.

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Lapland is already a well-known luxury holiday destination in the world. Järvi-Suomi is also investing in luxury tourism destinations, but there are still difficulties in reaching foreign tourists.

Silence – that’s the first thing you notice. It’s nothing but the knocking of a woodpecker. One couple walks hand in hand along a forest path, otherwise no one is seen.

The hotel’s entrance, surrounded by natural stones, is dark and tunnel-like.

Kuru Resort was opened a year ago in Rantasalmi. In addition to the main building, the six million euro hotel includes 20 separate villas.

The goal in Rantasalmi is to increase foreign tourists. The daily price of wool has been reduced from the level of a year ago.

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A luxury traveler may consume tens of tons in a few days – Järvi-Suomi is seeking a slice of the rapidly growing industryRead More »

There are still very few Chinese travelers in Finland and there are no signs of a rush in the near future either.

The government’s corona ministerial working group decided at the end of the week that Finland is preparing to require air passengers arriving from China to have a negative corona test result that is no more than two days old. The date of entry into force of the requirement is still open.

The risk of a new disease wave will be lower this time. At least if you estimate the risk by the number of Chinese tourists.

It may be that there will be few Chinese groups in street photos in the future. According to the forecast, for example, the number of Chinese passengers this year will also be far below the level of the record year 2019.

– Of course, the direct flight and short flight time made Finland an attractive travel destination. So it remains to be seen how attractive Finland will be as a travel or exchange destination for the Chinese in the future, says Tallqvist.

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According to Finnair, there are few reservations on flights to China in the coming weeks – the chief medical officer considers the effect of the restrictions to be minorRead More »