Finnmark Tourism Atlas by Bowen Cui

FINNMARK TOURISM ATLAS Northern Findings

URBAN, LIFE, CULTURE, ART

Accommodation/Service

( hotels, bars, restaurants, shops… ) INDUSTRY, INFRASTRUCTURE

Transportation/Infrastructure

SAMI, CULTURAL HERITAGE

( airports, roads, harbours… )

Cultural Attractions/Activities

GEOLOGY, BIOLOGY, ECOSYSTEM, CLIMATE

( sami culture experience, heritage… )

Nature Attractions/Activities ( northern light, fishing, skiing, birdwatching… )

Bowen Cui/ 04.11.2013

SUPPLY OF TOURISM

What to do

214 9907

FINNMARK

2.2%

(Number of activities)

214

Where to stay

61 3016

370 Troms 91

2.0%

(Number of accommodation) 481

Area

48,649 km² 385,199 km²

268

12.6% What to do

(Area) Population

73,787 5,019,000

593 252

1.5%

(Population)

Where to stay

645 209

1321 484

599 281

Troms

695

3416

210

790

655 193 918 267

Sight Seeing Safaris, Adventure, Cruise Sport Activities Culture & Heritage Tourism Food & Drink Shopping Recreation

Hotels Camping Cottages & Holiday houses Hostels & Guest houses Farm holidays Apartments Fishermen's cabin Lighthouse Guest marinas Motels

POTENTIALS?

DENSITY

FINNMARK

FINNMARK Area= 1000 km² Number of Activities= 4.40 Density= 4.40/1000 km²

Area= 1000 km² Number of Aaccomodation= 1.25 Density= 1.25/1000 km²

VS NORWAY (AVERAGE)

Area= 1000 km² Number of Activities= 25.72 Density= 25.72/1000 km²

Area= 1000 km² Number of Aaccomodation= 7.83 Density= 7.83/1000 km²

Compare the density of tourism resources in Finnmark and average Norway.

Show the potentail of Finnmark Tourism development.

TRANSPORTATION TOURISM RECOURCES DISTRIBUTION

Tromsø

What to do Sight Seeing Safaris, Adventure, Cruise Sport Activities Culture & Heritage Tourism Food & Drink Shopping Recreation

Tromsø

Alta

Hammerfest

Nordkap

Meham

Kirkenes

Karasjok

Karasjok Others

Others

Where to stay Hotels Camping Cottages & Holiday houses Hostels & Guest houses Farm holidays Apartments Fishermen's cabin Lighthouse Guest marinas Motels

Nordkapp

6 1 Hammerfest

16 3

Alta

31 4

1 2

2 1

27 2

Kirkenes

49 10

2 3

Karasjok

8 1

Vardø

18 2

1 1

7 3

6 3

233

8 4

7 2

15 7

Tromsø

Mehamn

30 11

POTENTIALS?

PATTERN

omsø Alta

erfest

NORDKAPP

dkap

eham

Vardø is a potential tourism destination：historical buildings before war；fantastic street art；great destination for birding；fishing adventure and king crab safari…

enes

CITY

asjok thers

CITY CITY CITY

Potential Activities Vardø

214

4 x

(25.72-4.4) 4.4

1037

Potential Accomodations 61 x

(7,83-1.25) 1.25

321

TRANSPORTATION/ Four Ways of Travel

Nordkapp

Honningsvåg

Mehamn

Berlevåg Hasvik

Båtsfjord

Hammerfest

Vardø

Vadsø

Tromsø

Alta

Lakselv

Sørkjosen

Kirkenes

Karasjok

Source: www.avinor.no www.hurtigruten.no

There are four ways of transportation in Finnmark: air travel, automobile travel, coastal cruise and DNT routes. The region is highly dependent on the airports and on the Hurtigruten, and that this makes the regional tourism industry fragile. Improving and developing the infrastructure in Northern Norway that make the region more accessible having a great impact on the tourism industry.

International Airport

Automobile Travel

National Airport

Coastal Cruise

Regional Airport

DNT Routes

Vadsø Lakselv

TRANSPORTATION/ Four Ways of Travel Kirkenes Automobile AutomobileTravel Travel

rport

t rport

Coastal Cruise Karasjok

Automobile DNT RoutesTravel Coastal Cruise

DNT Routes

port

Automobile Travel

Road to Nordkapp

Vardø Port

Coastal Cruise DNT Routes

International Air Travel Airport

Automobile Travel

National Airport

Coastal Cruise

Regional Airport

DNT Routes

Tromsø Airport

ACCESSIBILITY/ Air Travel

WAYS OF TRAVEL Longyearbyen

Nordkapp

Mehamn

Honningsvåg 9 destinations Berlevåg

1.5h Hasvik 7 destinations

Hammerfest

9 destinations

11 destinations

10 destinations

Båtsfjord

11 destinations

Vadsø 7 destinations

Lakselv

Tromsø

30 destinations

Sørkjosen 9 destinations

Alta 10 destinations

Vardø

11 destinations

Kirkenes

4 destinations

Murmansk

13 destinations

Arkhangelsk

2h 2h

Bodø Trondheim Bergen

3.5h 5h

Oslo Stockholm

London

Helsinki (begins 1 January 2014)

Alicante Gran Canaria

Source: www.avinor.no

There are 12 airports in Finnmark. Only 3 of them goes directly to oslo, and the rest only serves the Finnmark county, which means it is not easy to access Finnmark by air, especialy for foreign tourists. The Tromsø airport also has a limited number of internatinal flights.

International Airport

International Airline Route

National Airport

National Airline Route

Regional Airport

Regional Airline Route

ACCESSIBILITY/ Air Travel Longyearbyen Longyearbyen

Tromsø

Murmansk

Tromsø

RovaniemiMurmansk

Arkhangelsk Rovaniemi

Arkhangelsk

Oslo

Edinburgh Belfast Dublin Cork

Stockholm

Edinburgh

Helsinki

Stockholm

Helsinki

Belfast Leeds

Berlin Leeds Amsterdam Manchester Amsterdam

Manchester Dublin Cork London

London

Paris

Milan

Madrid

Warsaw

Berlin

Warsaw Kiev DüsseldorfKatowice Praha Katowice Praha Frankfurt Paris Frankfurt Budapest Budapest

Düsseldorf

Milan

Kiev

Bucharest Bucharest

Barcelona Barcelona Madrid

Alicante

Rovaniemi: Official home town of Santa Claus

Athens Athens

Ben Gurion Airport

Ben Gurion Airport (ISRAEL) (ISRAEL)

Gran Canaria

Source: www.avinor.no Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovaniemi_Airport

www.avinor.no wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovaniemi_Airport

Compare the flights of Tromsø airport and Rovaniemi Airport. Rovaniemi is the official home town of Santa Claus, which attracts large numbers of tourists during Christmas season. There are charter flights goes directly to 21 european main cities to fetch in foreign tourists.

Tromsø Airport

Rovaniemi Airport

Tromsø Airport

Rovaniemi Airport

Scheduled CharterRoute Route

Scheduled Route Charter Route

Charter Route

Scheduled Route

ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES TOURISM ACTIVITIES

20% Adventure & Cruise

Sport Activities

Nordkapp Mehamn

40% 12%

9 12

Culture & Heritage

Hammerfest

28%

5 5

Sight Seeing

Alta

TromsĂ¸

5 44 77

38 25

11 7

Kirkenes

11 30 21

9 Karasjok

5 12

Source: www.visitnorway.no

The tourism attractions and activities goes into four categouries: SIGHT SEEING, ADVENTURE & CRUISE, SPORT ACTIVITIES, CUITURE & HERITAGE. Adventure & cruise is the main tourism product in Finnmark, which account for 40% of the tourism activities.

SIGHT SEEING

SPORT ACTIVITIES

Landmarks & Natural Wonders

Skiing Hiking Cycling Canoeing & Kayaking Snowscooter

ADVENTURE, CRUISE Northern Lights Hunting Fjord & Coastal Cruise Snowmoblie Safari Dog Sledding Fishing King Crab Safari Birds watching Hunting Glacier Walking

CULTURE & HERITAGE Sami Culture Museum Buildings & Monuments Cultural Heritage

Mehamn

jok

onders

RUISE

onders

RUISE

7 Karasjok

Nordkapp

11 30 21

5 ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES 12 Mehamn

SIGHT SEEING

SPORT ACTIVITIES

Landmarks & Natural Wonders

Skiing Hiking Cycling Canoeing & Kayaking Snowscooter

ADVENTURE, CRUISE Northern Lights Hunting Fjord & Coastal Cruise Snowmoblie Safari Dog Sledding Fishing King Crab Safari Birds watching Hunting SIGHT SEEING Glacier Walking

Kirkenes

11 30 21

Landmarks & Natural Wonders

ADVENTURE, CRUISE Northern Lights Hunting Fjord & Coastal Cruise Snowmoblie Safari Dog Sledding Fishing King Crab Safari Birds watching Tromsø Hunting Glacier Walking

Kirkenes

11 30 21

Alta

…

CULTURE & HERITAGE Sami Culture Museum Buildings & Monuments Cultural Heritage SPORT ACTIVITIES Skiing Hiking Cycling Nordkapp Canoeing & Kayaking Snowscooter

Nordkapp

Midnight Sun

Finnkirka Fjord & Coastal Cruise Dog Sledding Fishing Birds watching Hunting Glacier Walking …

CULTURE & HERITAGE Sami Culture Museum Buildings & Monuments Cultural Heritage

Kirkenes

Northern Light Hunting

King Crab Safari

Snowmoblie Safari

SPORT ACTIVITIES Skiing Hiking Cycling Canoeing & Kayaking Snowscooter

Hiking Canoeing Snowscooter …

Tromsø Lyngen

SPORT ACTIVITIES CULTURE & HERITAGE Skiing Sami Culture Hiking Museum Cycling Buildings && Monuments Canoeing Kayaking Cultural Heritage Snowscooter

Skiing

Kayaking

Cycling

CULTURE & HERITAGE

Museums …

Sami Culture Museum Buildings & Monuments Cultural Heritage

Sami Culture

World Heritage

Church

FISHING ADVENTURE Bugøynes

ICEFISHING

Tromsø Polmak

Porsanger

Vardø Sørøya

Honningsvåg

Kirkenes

50KM

Mehamn

Gjesvær

125KM

12 12

11 11

iver

R Tana

Polmak

1 2

10 10

TIME 9

8 7

Snowmobile

DEEP SEA FISHING KING CRAB FISHING ICEFISHING FRESHWATER FISHING

Drill a circular hole in the ice (20cm)

Tana River

The most productive wild atlantic salmon river of Europe.

Fishing is one of the most popular tourist activities in Finnmark which includes deep sea fishing, king crab fishing, freshwater fishing, and ice fishing. Finnmark in April : a real Eldorado for icefishing. The mountains of Ifjord, Laksefjorden and the upper Tana valley is the best places for icefishing.

FISHING ADVENTURE DEEP SEA FISHING

Mehamn deep sea fishing

KING CRAB FISHING

Mehamn king crab fishing

FRESHWATER FISHING

Porsanger freshwater fishing Fishing is one of the most popular tourist activities in Finnmark which includes deep sea fishing, king crab fishing, freshwater fishing, and ice fishing. Finnmark in April : a real Eldorado for icefishing. The mountains of Ifjord, Laksefjorden and the upper Tana valley is the best places for icefishing.

BIRD WATCHING Pasvic

ARCTIC COAST

Berlevåg

Vardø

Varanger

Båtsfjord Hamningberg

Varanger Peninsula

TUNDRA Nesseby

Vadsø

Vardø

Nordkapp

Hornøya Bird Cliff

Ekkerøy Bird Cliff

Bird Habitat Bird Watching Destination

WINTER(Febbruary & March): Habour Birding

Steller's Eider

Telescope/Camera Floating Photo Hide

TAIGA Pasvic

Gulls

Arctic Seaduck

HABOUR

Berlevåg

Source: www.biotope.no

Varanger has for a long time been a well known birding destination, which has a rich varied birdlife, some of them quite rare. Each year, large numbers of birds nest along the coast and in the spring and summer the sound of birds in the sky can be heard all over Varanger. The distance between various different biotopes in the area makes Varanger a particularly interesting region for birdwatchers. Birds of all types, from mountainbirds to seabirds can be seen within the same area.

BIRD WATCHING SPRING(April & May): Bird Cliff

White-tailed Eagle

Puffin

Guillemot

VardĂ¸

Wind Shelter

HornĂ¸ya Bird Cliff SUMMER(June, July & August): Tundra Birding

High Tundra

Skua

Willow Grouse

Snow Owl

Source: www.biotope.no

A birder or a nature enthusiast visit Varanger because of the rich and varied habitats that are found. From forest, high tundra, valleys, marshlands, tidal lanscapes and shallow seas - the nature is the attraction and not even bordes like the national park border is really important. And in different season you will find different species.

FINNMARK TOURISM MAP

International Airport

Main Road

National Park

Fishing

National Airport

Secondary Road

Landscape Areas (Landskapsvernområder)

Bird Watching

Regional Airport

Cruise Routes

National Tourist Route

Skiing

Port

DNT Routes

National Tourist Route Destination

Museum

Nordkapp

Honningsvåg

Mehamn Gamvik Museum

Berlevåg Harbour Museum Selvika

Hammerfest

Hasvik

Nordkappmuseet

Berlevåg Båtsfjord

Lillefjord Gjenreisnings museet

Vardø

Seiland Varangerhalvøya Nordkvaløya - Rebbenesøya

Vadsø Alta

Tromsø

Sørkjosen

Lakselv

Gornitak

Nesseby

Stabbursdalen

Tirpitz Museum Alta Museum

Kirkenes

Lyngsalpan

Kvænangsbotn Navitdalen

Karasjok Reisa

Øvre Pasvik

Øvre Dividal

Øvre Anarjohka

Source: www.visitnorway.no www.environment.no turistforeningen.no

Vardø