Our subject experts in activity tourism regularly collaborate with industry and other universities and educational institutions to deliver commercially relevant research and development projects. Our collaborative projects focus on meeting immediate objectives and future opportunities.
Our collaborative projects boast wide networks consisting of a variety of organizations from all over Finland and other countries including Holland, Scotland, Japan and Russia. Dynamic networks offer a fruitful platform for the further collaborative development of common issues and ideas. We share advice on collaborative research projects and funding of the themes (European regional funds, European Social Fund, the Karelia ENPI CBC Programme).
With over 20 experts we are helping companies of all sizes to keep pace with changing demands, and to develop competitive advantage. The activity tourism innovation and research team works with you, in line with your needs, to develop innovative research project ideas and to engage with university resources.
Järviluoma, Jari (2013). Russian Tourism in the Kainuu Region 2013 (in Finnish), Kajaani UAS Järviluoma, Jari (2014). Situation Analysis of Finnish Wildlife Tourism Operators (abstract in English), Kajaani UAS
We are actively seeking collaboration on international research and development projects in the field of tourism, sports and leisure.
Adventure Tourism in Vocational Education and Training (ADVENT) is a 3-year Erasmus+ project with partners from Iceland and Scotland. The main objective of the project is to develop new and innovative initiatives in adventure tourism education that target both of the key target groups: adult practitioners working in adventure tourism SMEs and young tourism students.
Development of Sustainable Tourism in the Rural Azerbaijan creates new, good-quality and accessible travel products corresponding to the needs of customers from Azerbaijan and abroad. The project also promotes economic development and supports women's role in rural tourism.
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The TTRAIN (Tourism Train the Trainers) is a 2-year Erasmus+ project that aims at developing a comprehensive learning model to improve training of employees in the tourism sector. The learning model takes into account the specific requirements and situations in each partner country – Austria, Finland, Iceland and Italy – and can be adopted in other European countries.