TRAVEL CORRIDOR TOUR PACKAGES 6.5.2021 Suvi Laine

Funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of . TRAVEL

• Family run business since 1996, owner & CEO Kirsti Laine • 5-25 employees • Tour operator, DMC located in • Specialized in tours to Russia and the Lake Saimaa region in Finland • Visa-free cruises from Lappeenranta to through the Saimaa canal in May-September • St. Petersburg visa-free • Groups and FIT’s

CRUISES LAPPEENRANTA- VYBORG

• Visa-free to Russia - all nationalities, border crossing by ship • From Russia Saimaa Canal one-way cruises • May-September (from 2022) • Vyborg 1-3 days, St. Petersburg 3 days • The Saimaa Canal Lappeenranta-Vyborg 5,5 hours • Saimaa Canal connects Lake Saimaa to the • Lake Saimaa is located 76 m above the Gulf of Finland • 8 locks, 5,5 m - 12,4 m high

TOUR PACKAGES

• 1-3 packages from each 3 tour operators • tour operators can make their own choices what is included in the packages • Voigt Travel, founded in 1950, is an independent tour operator specialized in package tours and customized holidays to the outskirts of Europe, both in summer and in winter for the Dutch tourists. • Fintouring, founded in 1973, is a well-known tour operator focusing on Finland as a tourism destination for Germans. • Both tour operators have a strong knowledge of Finland and the Lake Saimaa region, and they have also sold Finland & Russia combination tours to their clients. • www.voigt-travel.nl • www.fintouring.de TOUR PACKAGES LAKE SAIMAA – ST. PETERSBURG

• Three Saimaa Travel tour packages minimum 2 nights in Lake Saimaa region, minimum 2 nights in Russia • For European market • Holiday seasons determine travelling, summer is the high season • In Finland high season is about 6 weeks – from Midsummer to the beginning of schools in mid-August • St. Petersburg highest season in May –June • Making wintertime more interesting with pricing • One aim of the project is to prolong the tourism season TOUR PACKAGES LAKE SAIMAA – ST. PETERSBURG

• In Finland Savonlinna, Mikkeli, Imatra and Lappeenranta region • St. Petersburg is the most interesting to European tourists • is the corridor to St. Petersburg • A new visa-free product to the Leningrad region? • Winter packages • The tour packages for 2022 will be ready and on sale in September THANK YOU & SAIMAA TRAVEL CONTACTS

• Suvi Laine • Service Manager of Saimaa Travel • Master of Hospitality Management

• Saimaa Travel office Lappeenranta at the railway station • [email protected] • +358 5 5410 100

• FIN, ENG • Ulla Kinnunen (RUS) [email protected]