Tourism resort users’ participation in planning:testing the public participation geographic information system method in Levi, Finnish Lapland
Abstract It is a challenging task to get tourists involved in tourism planning. In addition, it is often believed that local authorities and tourism companies have an adequate understanding of what tourists prefer or need and how local people’s interests can be integrated in tourism planning. Regard...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe201902124614 2023-07-30T04:05:49+02:00 Tourism resort users’ participation in planning:testing the public participation geographic information system method in Levi, Finnish Lapland Kantola, S. (Sini) Uusitalo, M. (Marja) Nivala, V. (Vesa) Tuulentie, S. (Seija) 2018 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201902124614 eng eng Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Finland Hot spot Lapland Map enquiry PPGIS Tourism planning Tourism resort info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2018 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:59:59Z Abstract It is a challenging task to get tourists involved in tourism planning. In addition, it is often believed that local authorities and tourism companies have an adequate understanding of what tourists prefer or need and how local people’s interests can be integrated in tourism planning. Regardless, the tourism business is simply dependent on tourists — whether they want to come to a resort again or not. This article examines how the method of internet-based public participatory geographic information system (PPGIS) serves in gathering tourists’ and locals’ views about their favourite places at the Levi tourism resort in northern Finland. By using the PPGIS method it was not only possible to find clusters of favourite places, but also several single places of interest. The study revealed technical challenges in using PPGIS software. The quality and usability of the information and the method are discussed in relation to tourism planning. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Lapland Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Abstract It is a challenging task to get tourists involved in tourism planning. In addition, it is often believed that local authorities and tourism companies have an adequate understanding of what tourists prefer or need and how local people’s interests can be integrated in tourism planning. Regardless, the tourism business is simply dependent on tourists — whether they want to come to a resort again or not. This article examines how the method of internet-based public participatory geographic information system (PPGIS) serves in gathering tourists’ and locals’ views about their favourite places at the Levi tourism resort in northern Finland. By using the PPGIS method it was not only possible to find clusters of favourite places, but also several single places of interest. The study revealed technical challenges in using PPGIS software. The quality and usability of the information and the method are discussed in relation to tourism planning. |
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Kantola, S. (Sini) Uusitalo, M. (Marja) Nivala, V. (Vesa) Tuulentie, S. (Seija) |
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Kantola, S. (Sini) Uusitalo, M. (Marja) Nivala, V. (Vesa) Tuulentie, S. (Seija) |
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Kantola, S. (Sini) |
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Tourism resort users’ participation in planning:testing the public participation geographic information system method in Levi, Finnish Lapland |
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Tourism resort users’ participation in planning:testing the public participation geographic information system method in Levi, Finnish Lapland |
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Tourism resort users’ participation in planning:testing the public participation geographic information system method in Levi, Finnish Lapland |
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Tourism resort users’ participation in planning:testing the public participation geographic information system method in Levi, Finnish Lapland |
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Tourism resort users’ participation in planning:testing the public participation geographic information system method in Levi, Finnish Lapland |
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tourism resort users’ participation in planning:testing the public participation geographic information system method in levi, finnish lapland |
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Elsevier |
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2018 |
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Northern Finland Lapland |
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Northern Finland Lapland |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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