Projects

  • The Interpretation and Visitor Survey project 2021-2024

    The interpretation project 2021-2024 continued the interpretation work carried out by the association in 2020-2021 with the Viestit teräviksi ja maailmalle (Clear messages to the world) project. The project was funded by a discretionary subsidy from the Ministry of Education and Culture for the development of cultural tourism. The interpretation project, implemented in 2021-2024, was…

  • The World Heritage Education project 2020

    The Association of World Heritage Sites in Finland, together with the Association of Cultural Heritage in Finland, created the bilingual Learn about World Heritage! website in 2020. The site has material to support World Heritage education and primary education. It is intended as a material base for teachers and for getting acquainted with World Heritage,…

  • The Interpretation project 2020-2021

    In 2020-2021, the Association of World Heritage Sites in Finland developed the main and sub-themes for the presentation and communication of the sites in its Viestit teräviksi ja maailmalle (Clear messages to the world) project. The site presentation was standardised together with Leena Grönroos, Tourism management lecturer from the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. The…

  • The Indicators of Sustainable Tourism 2019

    The Association of World Heritage Sites in Finland worked on the indicators of sustainable tourism during the autumn of 2019. The project funding followed the discretionary subsidy issued by the Ministry of Education and Culture for the development of the Government’s Tourism 4.0 project. The indicators of sustainable tourism are based on the shared principles…

  • Cultural Tourism project 2018-2019

    In 2018, the Association of World Heritage Sites in Finland was provided financing through a discretionary subsidy issued by the Ministry of Education and Culture for the development of the Government’s Tourism 4.0 project.  Thanks to this funding, the association was able to create a joint website for all World Heritage Sites in Finland and…

  • Visitor Survey project 2017-2019

    The Association of World Heritage Sites in Finland has studied the typical tourist profile, customer satisfaction and impacts on regional economy of the seven World Heritage Sites in Finland between 2017 and 2019. The material was collected in the summers of 2017 and 2018, excluding the Fortress of Suomenlinna and Old Rauma, where the collection…