SHAPE

Sustainable Heritage Areas: Partnerships for Ecotourism (SHAPE): Shaping Ecotourism in Protected Areas

[SHAPE @SHAPE_Project]

Spread the voice! 📣 Registration is now open for our final Conference #ShapingEcotourism in partnership: practical perspectives which will be in Joensuu, North Karelia Biosphere Reserve (Finland) on 4-5 February 2020. Programme, registration and more at https://t.co/bvydnVPZGn

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Our partners in @WesterRossBios have worked intensively during the last couple of years in exploring how sustainable tourism might like in Wester Ross and developing a DMP. Don't miss a tweet of the Tourism Conference that they are holding today! 😉 #ShapingEcotourism

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Not to be missed!

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It's time now for experiencing some #ShapingEcotourism in practice the visiting Parppeinvaara bardic village and the kantele tradition museum in North Karelia.
https://t.co/BbWxwZr3rj

[Laura Ferguson @LauraFer338]

Great governance workshop at #SHAPEConference covering many issues including challenges of shifting priorities/policies & decreasing core funding as well as need for better metrics for monitoring & more investment in pre-intervention measurements. Really enjoyed the discussions!

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Many thanks to all the delegates and many thanks to our hosts from North Karelia Biosphere Reserve and the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for organising this fantastic #ShapingEcotourism Conference

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Final remarks by Martin Price from @CMS_UHI who brings the legacy of the project and the conference #ShapingEcotourism: resources that will be available in the e-service, new ideas, new connections and useful networking.

[Digi2Market Suomi @Digi2MarketFI]

Digi2MarketFI participated this workshop in the morning and noticed a lot of similarities how to companies can do effectivite aspects for customers using new tehnologies on marketing. #shape #SHAPEConference @SHAPE_Project #cooperation #npa #projects

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Steve Taylor from @crtrUHI brings now some of the key points about engaging and inspiring with the visitors. An important idea is do your homework and get the visitors to do some of the marketing work for you 😉.
#ShapingEcotourism

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This is the resource that has just been mentioned at the plenary from the @NPA2014_2020 project ARCTISEN and the Sámi Parliament of Finland on how to promote Arctic Tourism. https://t.co/3dkt1wltEZ

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Final plenary session with key ideas from each workshop. For improve the work with visitors and tour operators for #ShapingEcotourism: communicate and engage, choose your stakeholders, encourage and reward sustainability, do things differently (be unique!), and show, not tell.

[Rosalind Bryce @RosBryce]

Day 2 of #ShapingEcotourism conference. Steve Taylor @crtrUHI leading discussions on inspiring and engaging ecotourism consumers

[Kathi Kamleitner ✌️🌿 @watchmesee]

Back in November, I worked with @ScotBiosphere to promote nature-based tourism in the south-west of Scotland. Today, she presented some of her experiences at the #ShapingEcotourism conference in Finland. So exciting to have been a part of this! ♥️

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The content of the discussion has been collected and will feed in the governance decision-making tool that @SHAPE_Project is developing and that will be available in the e-service!

[Laura Ferguson @LauraFer338]

Great governance workshop at #SHAPEConference covering many issues including challenges of shifting priorities/policies & decreasing core funding as well as need for better metrics for monitoring & more investment in pre-intervention measurements. Really enjoyed the discussions!

[UHI NWH Centre for Recreation and Tourism Research @crtrUHI]

Entertaining presentation from Craig Lawless from @VisitScotland on the use of social media to inspire and engage ecotourism consumers #ShapingEcotourism, @SHAPE_Project

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The workshop on governance kicks off this morning with a presentation by Ed Forrest from @ScotBiosphere about the background on the governance of the SHAs developed in SHAPE

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Everything is ready for continuing our discussions on #ShapingEcotourism at our final conference. Please note that workshop 6 this morning is in Room Pressi. Thanks!

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📣Please note that the room for workshop 6 'Identifying and engaging with your consumer: effective use of digital tourism' (tomorrow 9-11h) has changed. It will be in room 'Pressi', located in the first floor. Thanks!

[SHAPE @SHAPE_Project]

📣Please note that the room for workshop 6 'Identifying and engaging with your consumer: effective use of digital tourism' (tomorrow 9-11h) has changed. It will be in room 'Pressi', located in the first floor. Thanks!

[SHAPE @SHAPE_Project]

Many thanks @liisa_timonen for your warm welcome to the SHAPE partners and conference delegates that are discussing #ShapingEcotourism in North Karelia this week! ☺️

[Helena P-T @hpuhakkatarv]

Opening words for @SHAPE_Project final conference networking dinner by @liisa_timonen @Karelia_amk.

[Helena P-T @hpuhakkatarv]

Opening words for @SHAPE_Project final conference networking dinner by @liisa_timonen @Karelia_amk.

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Great selfie of our workshop in digital approaches for ecotourism!