Tourism

Jukka Himanen, the airport’s CEO, is still waiting for the Parliament’s decision on support for tourism. Half a million euros would allow a year’s continuation of flights between Lappeenranta and Bergamo.

As part of the city’s budget, the council decided that the city will support the airport with €1.3 million annually between 2023 and 2025.

According to Himanen, the subsidy will remain at the same level as in 2022 and will secure the basic operations of the airport, such as staff salaries, air traffic control services and maintenance.

– In practice, it ensures that we are a full-service field. We can accommodate taxi, charter and cargo flights, as well as Finnair training flights.

The airport still needs additional funding to add more flight routes.

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Almost two football fields long, the ship can carry 2 800 passengers. With a maximum speed of 27 knots, MyStar cost €247 million.

Less leather and rubber than in cars. More textiles, wood and plastics.

A new ship has been expected. MyStar, built by Rauma Marine Constructions, was originally due to be delivered to Tallink last Christmas. The vessel was scheduled to enter service at the beginning of this year.

The start of the MyStar service was delayed several times during the autumn, beyond the dates announced by the shipping company. Technical problems and adjustment needs, such as in the propulsion and steering system, were encountered during test runs of the vessel.

Driving slower saves fuel

– Now, however, we don’t want to look back, but forward, says Nõgene and promises more travel comfort and technical progress with MyStar.

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The grant will amount to a maximum of €105 000 to ensure the operation of the route until the end of March 2023.

The South Karelia Regional Government has awarded a grant for the operation of scheduled flights between Lappeenranta and Bergamo, Italy.

The grant comes from the South Karelia Development Fund. The maximum amount of the grant is 105 000 euros.

The purpose of the grant awarded to the Saimaa Airport Foundation is to ensure the continuation of the current scheduled flight until the end of March 2023.

Nearly €260 000 collected from municipalities

Almost 260,000 euros have been collected from municipalities for the development of tourism and accessibility in the province to the South Karelia development fund managed by the county association.

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The winter season started in October, earlier than ever. The pre-corona record for visitor numbers in 2019 looks set to be broken this winter.

– The season has started earlier than ever before. The Christmas holiday season has already started at the end of October. The year 2022 is about to catch up with 2019, which was the best year ever for tourism in Lapland,” says Sanna Kärkkäinen, CEO of Visit Rovaniemi.

Local tourism entrepreneurs have told Kärkkäinen that they “do Saturday every day”. So there have been busy, busy days all season long this season.

This is due to the fact that demand has stagnated since the korona period and that Lapland is the number one destination of choice for those who want to travel.

– We dream of Rovaniemi as a destination for winter and Christmas, Kärkkäinen reflects.

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Pajarinhov’s accommodation is open daily, but the restaurant and dance floor are only open on weekends.

The Pajarinhovi Spa in Kitee is closed during the winter season. The reason is to save energy.

The Tourist Information Centre will inform you separately when the spa opens.

Pajarinhov’s accommodation is open daily, but the restaurant and dance floor are only open on weekends. The animal park is also closed, but serves groups by appointment.

Matkailukeskus Pajarinhovi is a family business founded in Kiteen Puhos in 1981.

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The State will provide a total of €3.4 million for tourism projects in sparsely populated areas. Aid has been granted to 35 projects, 10 of which are located in Lapland.

The Regional Development Agency has awarded around €1 million in grants to tourism projects in sparsely populated areas in Lapland. Ten projects in Lapland have received support. There were around 30 applicants from Lapland.

A total of €3.4 million was awarded to 35 applications across the country.

In Lapland, grants have been awarded for nature and village tourism in Nies, reindeer and livestock farms, food tourism, fishing and hunting tourism, Sámi tourism businesses, digital services in north-west Lapland, tourism along the Väylänvarte, cycle routes, nature experiences in Ranua and nature tourism in the Upper Kemijoki River.

The grants are based on the decision of the parliamentary working group for sparsely populated areas. In all the projects that received aid, the focus is on companies, villages and communities located in sparsely populated areas.

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The Hirvensalo and Meri-Teijo ski resorts try to snow at night, but the frosts should also be used during the day. The aim is to have the slopes open before Christmas.

The ski resorts of Southwest Finland in Hirvensalo, Turku, and Meri-Teijo, Salo, are balancing on the electric curve when making cannon snow. Both companies use electricity from the stock exchange. Electricity is needed for both snow guns and water pumps.

In Salo, the snow began to fall on Thursday morning. At the Hirvensalo ski resort, the snow is still waiting to start. However, the guns are ready on the slopes.

Cannonballing is concentrated at night, but frosts must also be exploited during the day.

Freezing temperatures trigger snow cannons

According to Lehtinen, the ski centers have no options for the time of snowfall if they want to keep the slopes open.

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The magazine is distributed free of charge in hotels, shops, transport outlets and tourist information offices in Koli, Juua, Joensuu and the surrounding areas.

Vaarojen Sanomat starts publishing a tourism magazine for the Koli region. The first magazine will be published before Christmas.

The Juuka Society, which owns the local magazine, produces the magazine in cooperation with Koli Tourism Ltd.

The magazine is distributed free of charge in hotels, shops, transport outlets and tourist information offices in Koli, Juua, Joensuu and the surrounding areas.

In the new Lumoava Visitor Centre, you can learn about jewellery making, the history of the company and products from past decades.

Kuopio’s cultural life will have a new visitor destination when the world’s northernmost jewellery factory, Lumoava Finland Oy, opens its doors to visitors. The visitor centre is being opened to celebrate the company’s 80th anniversary.

The first open day is Saturday 10 December. In total, there will be four open days at the Visitors Centre in December.

At the new Lumoava Visitor Centre, you can take a tour of the factory and learn about jewellery manufacturing, the history of the company and products from past decades.

Located in Neulamäki, Kuopio, Lumoava Finland is known as the northernmost jewelry factory in the world and for its Lumoava jewelry brand. The company, founded in 1942, has also been strongly involved in creating Finnish jewelry culture.

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The snow-castle town of Kemi is looking for a new start in tourism after the koruna. Kemi will not build a large snow castle because of the high costs involved.

Kemi is known for its large snow castle and the tourist icebreaker Sampo. Kemi’s first snow castle was built for the winter of 1996 and more than twenty were built.

Now the construction of the snow castle has come to an end, at least for the time being.

– We are not going to compete to see who has the most expensive or biggest snow castle. Instead, our year-round snow castle is now in its first normal business season and we will see how it works,” says Löppönen.

The year-round snow castle is a cold space of around 400 square meters in size and nine meters high, with, among other things, sculptures made of ice. It is located in the approximately 3,500 square meter main building of the snow castle area.

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