Citizen science as a tool in regenerative tourism

Sara Kåll-Fröjdö
Maria Hofman-Bergholm
Lena Enlund

A hand with a mobile phone. There's an application open at the mobile phone, showing a map and a recording button.

We live in a rapidly changing world. Monitoring and inventorying the changes and implications of it tends to be quite resource intensive for research institutions.  A tool that is more frequently used for this kind of monitoring is citizen science, meaning community members contribute by gathering information through different kinds of activities. Citizen science is also often mentioned in the relatively new concept of regenerative tourism. So, what does citizen science mean and what could the potential use within the tourism sector be? In this article we explain the term briefly and explore several examples of citizen science online services and applications in Finland.

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Drones and digitalisation in Nordic tourism

Heidi Kaartinen
Ossi Saukko
Marjut Koskela
Åsa Ericson
Johan Wenngren
Johan Lugnet

Map visualisation of a hiking trail.

The Arctic Airborne 3D project, AA3D, is funded by Interreg Nord, Lapin Liitto and Region Norrbotten. It was launched at the beginning of 2019 and ends in July 2022. AA3D develops and uses drone technologies, visualisation, sensor and positioning technologies to demonstrate innovative practical applications. Jatka lukemista ”Drones and digitalisation in Nordic tourism”