Creating the Core Story of Sodankylä Sky Phenomenon Tourism Tender

• Country: Finland
• Summary: Creating the Core Story of Sodankylä Sky Phenomenon Tourism
• FIT Ref No: 140515030
• Deadline: 19 May 2026
• Financier: Self Financed
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
• Document Ref. No.: 612255
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• Description:
• The municipality of Sodankylä has received a positive funding decision for the project LOISTAVA - Sky Phenomena as sustainable tourism products. The funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has been granted by the Federation of Lapland. The municipality of Sodankylä is responsible for the implementation of the project. The project the total cost estimate is €250,961, of which the municipality's financial share is 20%. The project's goal is to strengthen Sodankylä's position as a sustainable and year-round tourist destination by supporting and creating new business opportunities for tourism entrepreneurs in the area and for new operators. The dark sky of Sodankylä offers excellent opportunities for observing the sky, especially for travelers who normally cannot see the starry sky at home due to light pollution. One key development target is also nightless night productization as part of summer tourism, because the midnight sun offers the opportunity to productize tourism services that support the growth of year-round tourism and sustainable tourism in the Sodankylä area. There are three actual work packages in the project, of which the first is "tourism potential and productization of celestial phenomena". The aim of the work package is to find out the tourism potential and productization possibilities of celestial phenomena, to get to know the destinations where productization has been done successfully, and to strengthen the know-how of companies and those intending to become entrepreneurs in the productization of celestial phenomena, as well as developing the network-like operation of companies. According to the market research completed in the work package, the overall quality of the customer experience is important...
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