Soomaa national park in Estonia has been working with PAN Parks and other organizations in Norway and Iceland on sustainable tourism initiatives since 1993. The seminar discussed how Soomaa promotes locally managed and certified sustainable tourism as a tool for conservation, having received awards like the EDEN award and being recognized as a RAMSAR good practice in wetland tourism. Key actors in Soomaa's tourism include the national park, a tourism DMO, and a cooperation panel, who are working to implement a European indicator system for sustainably managing tourism by defining roles, choosing indicators, and making data-driven decisions.

1. Soomaa national park,
PAN Parks and tourism
Norway, Iceland, Estonia cooperation
seminar
15.03.2013 Pärnu
Aivar Ruukel

2. Soomaa national park 1993-2013

3. about me:
- local tourism business since 1995

5. PAN Parks - European Wilderness
foundation, network, movement...

8. Certified Local Businesses

9. Locally managed sustainable tourism
is the TOOL for conservation

10. EDEN award

11. RAMSAR good practice of
Wetland Tourism

12. Main Actors in Soomaa
SOOMAA
TOURISM
DMO
Soomaa
Cooperation
Panel

13. Implementing the
European tourism indicator system
for sustainable management
- defining the roles and responsibilities
- choosing relevant indicators
- agreeing on the data collection
and analysis routines
- decision making based on analysis of data

15. Thank you!
Questions please!