ECOTOURISM - Sustainable Tourism?
Rural TourismVillage TourismNature TourismCultural Tourism
Local products, materials and labour
HOW?
The Finnish Educational System
University
Upper Secondary School
Comprehensive School
Polytechnic 4 years
Vocational School
3 – 4 years
Age 6/7 - 16
Ministry of Education
Finnish National Board of Education
Rovaniemi Municipal Federation of Education
Lapland Vocational College
Nature and Environment
Lapland Vocational College
Nature and Environment
www.lao.fi
Metsäruusuntie 18 96400 RovaniemiFinland
Education and EnvironmentVocational Qualifications in Finland
Basic Vocational Level (2 – 3 years)Study Programme in
* AgricultureRural Entrepreneur
* Landscape IndustriesGardener
* ForestryForest Machine Operator Forest Ecosystem Worker
Education and EnvironmentVocational Qualifications in Finland
Basic Vocational Level ( 2 – 3 years )Study Programme in
* Environmental Operative* Entrepreneur in Nature-
based Services* Reindeer Farming
Entrepreneur
Education and EnvironmentVocational Qualifications in Finland
Further Qualifications ( 1 year)in
* Nature-basedProduction
* Hiking and Nature Guide Services
* Rural Tourism
Education and EnvironmentVocational Qualifications in Finland
Specialist Qualifications (1 year)in
* Rural Development* Game Management
for * Nature Surveyors
in Nature-based Produktion!!
Study Programme in Entrepreneur in Nature-based Services
Nature Guiding and Tourism 20 study weeks
Guiding in foreign languageRecreation servicesCulture and local knowlegdeWilderness tours
Learning by doing 8 study weeks with enterpreneurs
Entrepreneur in Nature-based Services
Wilderness quiding 10 study weeks
Hiking in winterFishing in winter
CanoenClimping
OrienteeringGroup dynamics
Entrepreneur in Nature-based Services
Special skills in nature guiding 10 study weeks
nature trails, guiding for special groups (children, the disabled )
Entrepreneur in Nature-based Services
Taking care of cultural environments 10 study weeks
Environment programmesTraditional landscapes
Wilderness Guide ( 10 months )
Nature- and Wilderness Guide`s Professional Examination Wilderness skills, security, nature and
tourism, entrepreneurship, marketing skills, customer service, knowledge of culture and evironment, language studies, a special topic
Skill tests
Evaluation
Selfevaluation Enterpreneurs are evaluators Professional skills and how you
work = a new method to evaluate
National criterions and standards
And what else?
Snow mobile guide Mountain guide Experience guide Swamp guide Boat guide Extreme conditions Guiding with animals, horses, dogs,
birds…
Nature, Environment and Inhabitants
Sustainability of ecotourism from the environmental, economic and socio-cultural points of view
Empowerment of local communities and people in the ecotourism development process, in management and monitoring of ecotourism activities, and in the sharing of benefits resulting from it.
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