This presentation describes the PAN Parks tourism model as of June 2012. The presentation was made as part of the ECOLNET day during the Summer Euracademy in Tartu Estonia on 29 June.
14. The PAN Parks Concept
Sustainable Tourism Development
• stimulates local cooperation
• involves local stakeholders
• aims for synergy between conservation and tourism
• improves the quality of tourism products
• improves the visitors experience
• includes local standard for businesses
22. The PAN Parks Tourism Model
Benefits for Protected Areas
• helps to better control sustainable tourism
• better cooperation with local partners
• promotion of their areas
Benefits for Local Partners
• included in packages
• more clients through operators
• cooperation with other local partners
• incoming operators help to develop their products
23. The PAN Parks Tourism Model
Benefits for International Tour Operators
•they support a good case, by doing what they are best in
•pre-selected local suppliers and Incoming Partners
•educational trips, help in product development
•brand building and help in promotion
•networking and cooperating with similar companies
Benefits for Incoming Tour Operators
• link with International Operators
• better cooperation with protected areas
• associated with a wilderness brand
26. The PAN Parks Tourism Model
Lessons learned
•Use of social media is crucial
•Destination management in one hand
•These areas are non-traditional tourism destination so one shall not
expect huge number of tourists
•Managing the partnership is really time consuming
•PAN Parks might become a good brand to promote the whole network
of wilderness areas
•SMEs do not have a lot of funding and time to do marketing
•Funding is needed to guarantee networking
27. PA N Parks works to protect E urope’s
wildernes s , the continent’s mos t
undis turbed areas of nature
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Notes de l'éditeur
Exodus and PAN parks has been cooperating for 5 years. Since 2006 Exodus has contributed significantly to the protection of Europe’s wilderness. I am here to thank for Exodus for its financial contribution to the protection of Europe’s wilderness, and introduce our foundation and our cooperation in details. PAN Parks and Exodus has signed a new agreement this year, but remains a supporter, hopefully in long run.
There are many other organisations working on wilderness, but they are mainly concentrating to one single country.
I hope that after the film I don’t have to convince you that wilderness does exist in Europe
There are many other organisations working on wilderness, but they are mainly concentrating to one single country.
There are not too many areas, but we are going to get 2 more in this year (Kure Mountains and Dzukija) and there are more potential PAN Parks There are a few countries where having PAN Parks wilderness is not possible, but there is wilderness The Million Target
In order to mobilise or use sustainable tourism as a tool we need to work with large areas where tourism cannot cause damage
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Compared to other PAs
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Local tourism partners are not that much different in more and less developed countries. They struggle very similar problems and need very similar trainings.