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Saavutettavuusseloste
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Welcome to the European Indigenous Tourism Conference EITC 2025!
InfoSymposiumRegistrationAccommodationProgrammeSpeaker introductionsCooperation partnersFunding European Indigenous Tourism Conference EITC 2025The European Indigenous Tourism Conference EITC 2025 was held in Inari 20-22 May 2025. From below,…
Holistic Sustainability
Illustartion: Sunna Kitti / Animation: MeKiwi Oy Holistic SustainabilityShare
Zooification
ZooificationZooification refers to a manner of representation in which indigenous communities and individuals are objectified and treated as tourist attractions in their own living cultural landscape. Within tourism industry in Finland, the idea of…
Xenophobia
XenophobiaInformation coming soon. See also tourizzi, unacceptable behaviour, children, domestic privacy, cultural safety, respect, consideration
Wilderness
WildernessThe Sámi have traditionally utilised nature without leaving material traces on the fragile environment of the North. In the three Sámi languages spoken in Finland, there is no word for wilderness. Instead, the term ‘wilderness’ has been…
When in Sámiland, Do as The Sámi Do
When in Sámiland, Do as The Sámi DoInformation coming soon. See also live like locals, living cultural landscape, hunting, hunting dogs, hunting traditions, obligation to keep dogs on leash, loose dogs, frightening of reindeer, legislation,…
Waste Has Its Place (and That Is Not in Nature)
Waste Has Its Place (and That Is Not in Nature)Information coming soon. See also leave no trace, trash the trash, living cultural landscape, consideration, future generations
Use of Nature by Sámi
Use of Nature by SámiInformation coming soon. See also traditional livelihoods, traditional knowledge, customary law
Untouched Wilderness
Untouched WildernessUntouched wilderness is often perceived as a void place without any human activity. A place that has not been touched by human hands or has not been seen by human eyes. In other words, there is nothing or no-one whose culture or…
Unleashed Dogs
Unleashed DogsInformation coming soon. See also obligation to keep dogs on leash, frightening of reindeer, grazing peace, living cultural landscape, consideration, when in Sámiland do as the Sámi do, hunting dogs, traditional livelihoods, reindeer…
Uninvited Visitors
Uninvited VisitorsInformation coming soon. See also domestic privacy, herd peace, river shore peace, living cultural landscape, cultural safety, wilderness, obligation to keep dogs on leash, unleashed dogs, frightening of reindeer, prop
Unacceptable Behaviour
Unacceptable BehaviourInformation coming soon. See also religion, domestic privacy, children, unleashed dogs, frightening of reindeer, photography, reindeer fences, stereotypes, primitivisation, exoticisation, invented traditions, borrowed…
Trinketisation
TrinketisationInformation coming soon. See also inauthentic, cultural appropriation, custodians of culture, authenticity, Sámi handicrafts, Sámi Duodji ry
Trash the Trash
Trash the TrashInformation coming soon. See also waste has its place, leave no trace, living cultural landscape, consideration, future generations
Traditional Sámi Architecture
Traditional Sámi ArchitectureInformation coming soon. See also lávvu, goahti, igloo
Traditional Livelihoods
Traditional LivelihoodsInformation coming soon. See also reindeer herding, fishing, handicrafts, hunting, gathering
Traditional Knowledge
Traditional KnowledgeInformation coming soon. See also Sámi language, Sámi culture, living cultural landscape, customary law, custodians of culture
Traditional Food
Traditional FoodInformation coming soon. See also locally sourced food, traditional livelihoods
Tourism in Sámi Homeland
Tourism in Sámi HomelandInformation coming soon. See also Sámi tourism, tourism based on Sámi culture, tourism exploiting Sámi culture, ethical guidelines, responsible Sámi tourism, Sámi Homeland, Sámiland, Lapland, ethical sustainability, future…
Tourism Exploiting Sámi Culture
Tourism Exploiting Sámi CultureWhen different tourism stakeholders come from outside the Sámi community and utilise or exploit elements connected or referential to Sámi culture in tourism services or products without actual connection to the Sámi…
Tourism Based on Sámi Culture
Tourism Based on Sámi CultureSámi tourism should always be tourism based on Sámi culture in which tourism service providers come from within the Sámi community. To ensure the vitality of Sámi culture and the authenticity of the tourism product, the…
Knowledge and Skills of Sámi Tourism – Responsible Tourism in Sámi Homeland
Sámi Homeland is Located in Northernmost Parts of County of Lapland in Finland.
Sámi Dresses in Sámi Homeland
Quiz for Responsible Tourists Visiting Sámi Homeland in Finland
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Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable TourismAccording to Finland’s tourism strategy 2019-2028, ‘sustainable tourism means tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of tourists,…
Stereotypes
StereotypesStereotypes are fixed, one-sided, generalised and simplified, often negative and exaggerated beliefs of the assumed qualities of a group of people or an individual as a representative of that group. In tourism exploiting Sámi culture, the…
Social Sustainability
Social SustainabilitySocial sustainability may be defined from the perspective of the local population and the visitor. For tourism to be socially sustainable from the perspective of the local Sámi population, the travel industry must take into…
Social Media
Social MediaInformation coming soon. See also community acceptance, living cultural landscape, photography, children, consideration, respect, frightening of reindeer, unleashed dogs, responsible Sámi tourism, stereotypes, primitivisation,…
Social Carrying Capacity
Social Carrying CapacityIn Sámi Homeland, social carrying capacity is evaluated from the perspective of the Sámi community and the preservation and development of Sámi culture. In assessing the tolerance levels of social carrying capacity, the…
Social Acceptance of Tourism
Social Acceptance of TourismInformation coming soon. See also local community, customary law, living cultural landscape, traditional livelihoods, domestic privacy, grazing peace, river shore peace, responsible Sámi tourism, tourism based on Sámi…
Skolt Sámi Siida Council
Skolt Sámi Siida CouncilInformation coming soon. See also Skolt Sámi Area, Skolt Sámi
Skolt Sámi Area in Finland
Skolt Sámi Area in FinlandInformation coming soon. See also Skolt Sámi Siida Council, Skolt Sámi
Skolt Sámi, Sääʹmǩiõll
Skolt Sámi, SääʹmǩiõllInformation coming soon. See also Sámi language, North Sámi, Inari Sámi
Sanctity of Home
Sanctity of HomePrivate properties, that is, houses and their surrounding yards are rarely fenced. Nonetheless, they are protected by the constitutional sanctity of the home. Fenced reindeer enclosures in yards and in the immediate vicinity of…
Sanctity of Herd
Sanctity of HerdGrazing peace includes herd peace, that is, sanctity of the herd. Herd peace means that a reindeer herd may never be disturbed or entered without the permission from the owner of the herd or the group of reindeer herders whose…
Sanctity of Grazing
Sanctity of GrazingIn reindeer herding, the sanctity of year-round grazing peace, that is, sanctity of grazing at all times, must be guaranteed. Grazing peace means that reindeer herders are allowed to practise their livelihood without significant…
Sámi Tourism
Sámi TourismSámi tourism is defined as tourism where the resources of Sámi culture are utilised to produce tourism services offered to the public on commercial basis. Sámi tourism should always be tourism based on Sámi culture in which tourism…
Sámi Parliament in Finland
Sámi Parliament in FinlandInformation coming soon. See also Sámi culture, Sámi language, traditional livelihoods, community acceptance
Sámi Language
Sámi LanguageInformation coming soon. See also North Sámi, Inari Sámi, Skolt Sámi
Sámi Homeland
Sámi HomelandSámi Homeland is situated in Northern parts of County of Lapland in Finland. It includes Municipalities of Enontekiö, Inari and Utsjoki and the northern part of the Municipality of Sodankylä, that is, the area around Vuotso village. In…
Sámi Handicrafts
Sámi HandicraftsOne of the traditional Sámi livelihoods is handicrafts. The word for Sámi handicraft in North Sámi is duodji, in Inari Sámi tyeji and Skolt Sámi tuejj. Traditionally, Sámi handicrafts have been made to meet the needs in everyday…
Sámi Duodji Ry
Sámi Duodji RyInformation coming soon. See also traditional livelihoods, Sámi handicrafts
Sámi Dress
Sámi DressSámi culture as a whole is rich and diverse. The Sámi dress has great significance in Sámi culture. The Sámi dress is one of the important manifestations of Sámi identity. The use of the Sámi dress is governed by unwritten norms which the…
Sámi Culture
Sámi CultureSámi culture includes, among others, the Sámi language, Sámi cultural heritage, cultural expressions, Sámi art, traditional knowledge of the Sámi, the relationship of the Sámi with nature, traditional Sámi livelihoods and the modern ways…
Sámi Cultural Environment
Sámi Cultural EnvironmentInformation coming soon. See also living cultural landscape, untouched wilderness, everyday environment
Sámi, also written as Sami, Saami
Sámi, also written as Sami, SaamiSámi are the only indigenous people within the area of European Union. Sámiland is the core region inhabited by the Sámi, extending across vast areas in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. In…
Safeguarding
SafeguardingInformation coming soon. See also custodians of culture, Sámi culture, customary law, traditional livelihoods, Sámi language, reindeer herding, fishing, Sámi handicrafts, hunting, gathering, living cultural landscape, cultural safety,…
Sacred Places
Sacred PlacesInformation coming soon. See also consideration, respect, community acceptance
River Shore Peace
River Shore PeaceInformation coming soon. See also domestic privacy, living cultural landscape, everyday environment, traditional livelihoods
Responsible Sámi Tourism
Responsible Sámi TourismInformation coming soon. See also Sámi tourism, tourism based on Sámi culture, tourism exploiting Sámi culture, responsibility in tourism
Responsibility in Tourism
Responsibility in TourismInformation coming soon. See also responsible Sámi tourism, Sámi tourism
Relationship of Sámi with Nature
Relationship of Sámi with NatureInformation coming soon. See also Sámi culture, traditional livelihoods, customary law, holistic worldview
Reindeer Tourism in Finland
Reindeer Tourism in FinlandInformation coming soon. See also grazing peace, herd peace, reindeer herding, reindeer herder, chief of reindeer herding district, reindeer owner
Reindeer Round-Up
Reindeer Round-UpInformation coming soon. See also grazing peace, reindeer herding, chief of reindeer herding district, community acceptance, reindeer
Reindeer Owner
Reindeer OwnerEach reindeer has an owner. The ownership of the reindeer is marked at the reindeer’s ear with a reindeer mark, that is, an ear mark. In Finland, the right to own reindeer is determined in the Reindeer Husbandry Act in the following…
Reindeer Herding Unit
Reindeer Herding UnitInformation coming soon. See also herd peace, grazing peace, reindeer herding district, reindeer herding, reindeer herder
Reindeer Herding Co-Operative or Reindeer Herding District
Reindeer Herding Co-Operative or Reindeer Herding DistrictInformation coming soon. See also chief of reindeer herding district, reindeer herding, reindeer herder, traditional livelihoods
Reindeer Herding
Reindeer HerdingOf traditional livelihoods, reindeer herding remains one of the significant cornerstones of Sámi culture, as it offers crucial employment opportunities and, thereby, helps keeping the peripheral areas of the country inhabited while…
Reindeer Herder
Reindeer HerderEach reindeer has an owner. The ownership of the reindeer is marked at the reindeer’s ear with a reindeer mark, that is, an ear mark. In Finland, the right to own reindeer belongs not only to Sámi but to the citizens of the countries…
Questionable Practices
Questionable PracticesInformation coming soon. See also religion, domestic privacy, children, unleashed dogs, frightening of reindeer, photography, reindeer fences, stereotypes, primitivisation, exoticisation, invented traditions, borrowed…
Primitivisation
PrimitivisationIn tourism, primitivisation emphasises and, thereby, reinforces the image of an indigenous people following lifestyle bound to the past. In other words, primitivisation supports a museumified, unchanging image of the Sámi community as…
Population Density
Population DensityInformation coming soon. See also safety, local community, Arctic environment
Photography
PhotographyIt is good manners not to treat any local people as tourist attractions, props or objects. Special care must be taken in photography and other documentation when involving a private person outside the travel industry. A person wearing a…
Obligation to Keep Dogs on Leash
Obligation to Keep Dogs on LeashInformation coming soon. See also unleashed dogs, herd peace, grazing peace, frightening of reindeer, living cultural landscape, legislation
Objectification
ObjectificationIn indigenous tourism destinations, indigenous communities and individuals are often objectified and treated as tourist attractions as if they were one of the tourist sights in nature. In such cases, visitors forget that it is the…
North Sámi, Davvisámegiella
North Sámi, DavvisámegiellaInformation coming soon. See also Sámi language, Inari Sámi, Skolt Sámi
Noble Savage
Noble SavageInformation coming soon. See also objectification, commodification, prop, zooification, exhibit
Magical, Mystical and Mythical
Magical, Mystical and MythicalThe touristic image of the Sámi created by outsiders is based on the otherness, that is, the exotic difference of the Sámi, complete with their remote habitats and colourful outfits. This is further emphasised and…
Loose Dogs
Loose DogsInformation coming soon. See also obligation to keep dogs on leash, frightening of reindeer, grazing peace, living cultural landscape, consideration, when in Sámiland do as the Sámi do, hunting dogs, traditional livelihoods, reindeer…