The development of safety expertise
Innovation Projects – Safety in a Mining Environment
Regions and Towns
Lapland is a geographically extensive area that covers 21 municipalities. There are more than 300 vital, culturally rich villages in the area of these 21 municipalities.
NGOs
Regional tourism organisations: Tourism actors are often organised in their areas of tourism business in cooperation and marketing organisations in the form of either businesses or associations, such as Inari-Saariselkä Tourism Ltd Levi Tourist Office Ltd Matkalla Sallaan ry Meri-Lapin Matkailuyhdistys ry Rovaniemi Tourism and Marketing Ltd Pyhä-Luosto Resort Association Ylläksen Matkailuyhdistys ry. Finnish Red […]
Research and training organisations
Multidimensional Tourism Institute (MTI) Lapland University of Applied Sciences (Lapland UAS) University of Lapland Santasport Lapin Urheiluopisto Natural Resources Institute Finland Arctic Centre – University of Lapland Lappia Sámi Unit in the Social Affairs Learning Centre of Northern Finland (only in Finnish and in Sámi language) Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory Lapin ilmatieteellinen tutkimuskeskus The Finnish Meteorological […]
Safety through co-operation
Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Employment and the Economy Ministry for Foreign Affairs Regional Council of Lapland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Lapland (ELY Centre) The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) The Ministry of Transport and Communications The Ministry of the Environment The Ministry of Defence The Finnish Environment […]
Authorities
The Regional Rescue Services of Lapland The Lapland Police Department Lapland Border Guard Finnish Customs Lapland Hospital District Länsi-Pohja Hospital District The Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Employment and the Economy Ministry for Foreign Affairs Regional Council of Lapland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for […]
Companies
Tourism Safety The Lapland district is divided into 12 tourist regions. During 2009-2015 altogether 170 companies from these regions participated in the development of Tourism Safety Network. Tourist Regions in Lapland Civil Safety and Security Companies related to everyday safety
Themes
Contacts
Arctic Safety, Cluster Manager Lapland University of Applied Sciences Dr Pekka Iivari Cluster Manager, Principal Lecturer pekka.iivari(at)ulapland.fi Tel. +358 40 3591154 Tourism Safety and Security Lapland University of Applied Sciences, Multidimensional Tourism Institute – MTI Project Manager Eija Raasakka Email: eija.raasakka(at)lapinamk.fi Tel. +358 40 709 8160
Publications
Publications in English Hanni-Vaara, Päivi; Iivari, Pekka; Kaihua, Heidi; Koivumaa, Vesa; Latvala, Aleksi; Leinonen, Jaakko ; Raasakka, Eija; Tapaninen, Mirva; Tekoniemi-Selkälä, Teija (2015). www.tourismsafetytools.fi. Lapland University of Applied Sciences. ISSN 2343-0524. Iivari, Pekka (2015). Drama in the Snowfield: Audience Reaction to a Fatal Tourist Incident. In Tourism, Culture and Communication, Vol. 14, pp 199 – […]