Presentation of Soomaa national park as Wilderness Wetland destination in Estonia. Launch of the EUROPEAN TOURISM INDICATOR SYSTEM
FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF DESTINATIONS
8. The benefits of the indicator System
- Today such holistic System is
not in place
- Local business see it as a tool for
better collaboration
- All stakeholders feel the need for
this kind of System for making
Soomaa better place to live and
visit
9. The relevance of the System
- Flexibility of System ...
- allows to add wilderness indicators
- Focus on all different aspects of
sustainable tourism make the
System useful
- No of arrivals is not interesting, the
Net Profit is!
10. Challenges in implementing System
- Definition of roles and duties is unclear
- Who should be the coordinating body?
- How to motivate ALL stakeholders to
gather data and give input to the
System
- As little as possible, as much as
necessary
- As cheap System as possible : best use
of ICT technology
- Future challenges in analysing data