Potential Trade-Offs Between Nature-Based Tourism and Forestry, a Case Study in Northern Finland

Forestry, as a large industry, has significant impacts on the quality of nature-based tourism landscapes in boreal forests. In Finland, the rapid growth of nature-based tourism has expanded outdoor recreation activities from protected areas into timber production forests; this is particularly so in...

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Published in:Forests
Main Authors: Hannu Salminen, Liisa Tyrväinen, Vesa Nivala, Eero Vatanen, Ville Hallikainen, Anssi Ahtikoski, Seija Tuulentie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011
Subjects:
nature-based tourism
input-output analysis
MOTTI stand simulator
value added
employment
Plant ecology
QK900-989
Northern Finland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/f2040894
https://doaj.org/article/6f3d5852d8974c92a50e3fd8f756370a
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Summary:Forestry, as a large industry, has significant impacts on the quality of nature-based tourism landscapes in boreal forests. In Finland, the rapid growth of nature-based tourism has expanded outdoor recreation activities from protected areas into timber production forests; this is particularly so in northern Finland. This paper focuses on assessing balanced local net impacts of three alternative land-use scenarios, in which the level of integration between nature-based tourism (NBT) and traditional forestry is varied. The study is located in northern Finland in the area between two top-rated tourist resorts, Ylläs and Levi. The results of the case study support the idea of an eligible integration between NBT and forestry, which takes into account scenic qualities of forested landscapes by restricting traditional management practices. In our case, the increased number of tourists (due to a more attractive forest environment) offset the losses accrued in forestry (due to restricted forest management).

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