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Barents 2010 Final Conference 21 February, 2006 Tourism sector programme. Heleena Luusua NordicMarketing GmbH Germany. NordicMarketing GmbH. Cooperation partner for tourism businesses in the European market. Marketing & sales Tour operators Training/Product Development E-marketing
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Barents 2010 Final Conference 21 February, 2006 Tourism sector programme Heleena Luusua NordicMarketing GmbH Germany
NordicMarketing GmbH • Cooperation partner for tourism businesses in the European market • Marketing & sales • Tour operators • Training/Product Development • E-marketing • Cross-marketing Frankfurt
Tourism Sector Programme • For Lapin Liitto/Barents 2010 • Time for planning 4 months • Deadline 15.3.2006 We have collected opinions of: • Tour operators in Germany, Benelux, GB • Companies and marketing organisations in Barents region
European markets Germany, Switzerland, France, Benelux, Great-Britain • 240 million inhabitants • 150 million trips to abroad, longer than 5 days Alone in Germany: • 2 500 tour operators • 25 000 travel agencies • Less than 0,5 % come to Finland • 2 % to Scandinavia • To Murmansk area?
Growing interest towards north and arctic • When everything else has been seen... • Trend: • Snow, ice, cold • Extreme elements, arctic nature • Nature safaris • TV-programmes about arctic
ARCTIC EUROPE • Tour operators look for new destinations and themes
Arctic Europe – image TOUR OPERATORS: • Attractive, exciting • Interesting, positive • Even luxury But: • Unfamiliar • Lack of information • Difficult to reach. Flights. Price. We have to do something!
Tomorrow Arctic Trail Northernmost Europe Nordic Walking Lapland Sea Cruising Solovetsk? Submarine? King crab? Karelian villages? Arctic highlights Today • North Cape • Arctic Ocean /Hurtigruten • Lapland • Ice Hotel • Ice Iglu • Ice Breaker • Nature safaris, huskies, snowmobiles, reindeer
ARCTIC EUROPE • Common Highlights over the Arctic Circle • Four counties – one theme • One Destination from the market view • we have to do something!
Collaboration challenges Collision of interests: • State borders • Transport companies’ territories • National tourist boards • Unnecessary competition between companies
ARCTIC EUROPE –target groups? • Pioneers that have seen everything but still have hunger for new experiences • Person that travels a lot, is wealthy, active, has a taste for adventure, likes nature • Germany, France, Benelux, GB
What is needed? • Common will ! • 600 000 € /year • -> 60 % EU /40% privat • -> 240 000€/regions • 60 000 € Norway • 60 000 € Sweden • 60 000 € Finland • 60 000 € Russian
Arctic Europe Marketing 8. Press Information e-marketing 2. Arctic Europe product manual
Public sector ARCTIC EUROPE Private sector
Other actions to be needed Training : • International marketing • cultures, services • sales channels, sales • Product development • Intern marketing
Other actions to be needed Inrastructure: • Flights • East-west connections • Activity routes
Schedule 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2005 Phase 1: 2006-2007 Phase 2: 2008-2013 Market research, example products Meetings Workshops ITB Berlin Financing Organisation Launching products and concept, first marketing and sales Aims: stabilize the Arctic Europe products in the markets and a great increase in the sales
ARCTIC EUROPE plan today There is a big interest: • Companies and organisations in Finish and Swedish Lapland wait for exact offer • Norwegian counties want to be partners • Tour Operators wait for practical operations
Collaboration risks • Everyone want everything do we have enough courage to focus on business? • Timetable for decision making -> annual business rotation • Organisation/ administration • Professional key operator for practice • Flights
Next steps • Seminar in Murmansk 28.2. • Meeting Norwegian Partners • ITB Berlin 8.-10.3.meeting tour operators • 15.3. the report is ready • April: Decision making • April- Sept: Organisation/Financing • 2006-07 Arctic Europe in action: products, sales calls, fam trips...
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