Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy Naturvårdsenheten
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Rapport 2011:10 Sustainable tourism development strategy Naturvårdsenheten Cover picture: Njupeskär waterfall. Photo: Leif Östergren. Print: Länsstyrelsen Dalarna press, november 2011. ISSN: 1654-7691. The report can be ordered from Länsstyrelsen Dalarna (Dalarna County Administrative Board) E-mail: [email protected] The report can also be downloaded from the website of Länsstyrelsen Dalarna: www.lansstyrelsen.se/dalarna The report is included in the series of reports: “Rapporter från Länsstyrelsen i Dalarnas län” (Reports from Dalarna County Administrative Board) Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy Fulufjället National Park The Tourism Strategy is formulated by Fulufjället local PAN Parks group. The group consists of representatives from the management of the National Park (Dalarna County Administrative Board), Municipalities of Älvdalen and Malung- Sälen, World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF Sweden) and local PAN Parks partners. 1 2 ABBREVIATIONS DCAB Dalarna County Administrative Board EPA Environmental Protection Agency FNP Fulufjället National Park LBP Local Business Partner LPPG Local PAN Parks Group PPF PAN Parks Foundation P&C Principles and Criteria STDS Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy WWF World Wide Fund for Nature ÄT Älvdalen Turism 3 CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 3 CONTENTS.......................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................ 5 STDS PRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................. 5 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FULUFJÄLLET NATIONAL PARK.................................................................... 7 ESTABLISHING FULUFJÄLLET NATIONAL PARK ................................................................................................... 7 PROJECT”FULUFJÄLLETS OMLAND” .................................................................................................................... 8 FULUFJÄLLET ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION.............................................................................................................. 9 FULUFJELLET IN NORWAY................................................................................................................................... 9 3. FULUFJÄLLET NATIONAL PARK AS A TOURIST DESTINATION.................................................. 11 4. FULIFJÄLLET REGION AS A TOURIST DESTINATION .................................................................... 14 FROM FORESTRY TO ADVENTURE TOURISM IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF FULUFJÄLLET ....................................... 14 THE SURROUNDINGS OF FULUFJÄLLET-AREA INFORMATION............................................................................. 15 COMMUNICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................................................................... 16 TOURISM IN THE NORTH OF DALARNA AND ADJACENT AREAS IN NORWAY....................................................... 17 MAIN TOURIST STAKEHOLDERS IN WIDER REGION ............................................................................................ 20 FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF FULUFJÄLLET ................................................... 21 CO-OPERATION-THE ROAD TO SUCCESS ............................................................................................................ 23 CLIMATE CHANGE ............................................................................................................................................. 23 THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC ACCESS ........................................................................................................................... 24 INTERPRETATION.............................................................................................................................................. 25 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION .............................................................................................................. 25 VISITOR SURVEYS .............................................................................................................................................. 27 5. FULUFJÄLLET NATIONAL PARK AS A PAN PARK.............................................................................. 32 PAN PARKS FOUNDATION................................................................................................................................32 FULUFJÄLLET LOCAL PAN PARKS GROUP - LPPG ............................................................................................ 32 ROLE OF LPPG ................................................................................................................................................. 33 REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL PAN PARKS PARTNERS OF THE FULUFJÄLLET REGION ......................................... 33 ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION .................................................................................................................... 34 6. VISIONS – OBJECTIVES-ACTION ............................................................................................................ 37 OBJECTIVES....................................................................................................................................................... 37 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT............................................................................................................................ 38 ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL WORK IN THE SWEDISH MOUNTAIN AREA ............................................................ 40 DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL/MEASURES ............................................................................................................ 42 ACTION PLAN .................................................................................................................................................... 44 7. ASSESSMENT/MONITORING .................................................................................................................. 46 8. APPENDICES................................................................................................................................................. 48 9. REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................... 48 10. LINKS............................................................................................................................................................. 48 4 1. INTRODUCTION The strategy has been prepared by the Fulufjället’s PAN Park Group in co-operation with Älvdalen and Malung-Sälen municipalities and the Fulufjällsringen Economic Association. This tourism strategy should be regarded as a tool for achieving visions, aims and goals in the long and short term that are included in the PP certification. Hopefully the STDS will be a document that strengthens the Fulufjället region’s development towards environmental sustainability via the principles and criteria held by PPF. In the Fulufjället National Park region this process has been supported by the PAN Parks organisation and its Principles and Criteria (P&C). According to the Guidelines for verification of P&C 4-5 “the protected area authority and its relevant partners in the PAN Parks region aim at achieving a synergy between nature conservation of natural areas and sustainable tourism by developing and jointly implementing a Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy, STDS” This tourism strategy is a guiding document which should be followed up and revised when needed, according to changing internal and external conditions. It is appropriate to revise the strategy when the large scale land use plans of the municipalities are revised, in order to adjust the strategy thereafter. The STDS for Fulufjället region is not isolated from other planning instruments. The strategy is a complement to the management plan of the national park and to the large scale land use plans of Älvdalen and Malung-Sälen municipalities. The aim of this strategy is sustainable development and to avoid or minimise any negative effects that increased tourism might have on wildlife and the region’s ecological, socioeconomic and cultural resources. Tourism is one of the most important industries in the region, and should be developed in co-operation with the region’s participants: the Dalarna County Administrative Board, which manages Fulufjället National Park, the municipalities of Älvdalen and Malung-Sälen, local inhabitants, local businesses, external businesses and visitors. Fulufjället National Parks lies on the Swedish side of the border in the municipalities of Älvdalen and Malung-Sälen in Dalarna County. More than half of the tourism turnover in Dalarna County comes from these two municipalities. Dalarna County Administrative board manages national parks according to the National Park Ordinance with guidance from SEPA. Activity and interest in the Fulufjället region within the Älvdalen and Malung-Sälen municipalities is regulated by municipal land-use plans. The local population is represented in the municipal boards as well as local village councils and village development