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Our mission
Laketourism.org is an international channel of information for all the actors working in the field of lake tourism.
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Laketourism.org is an international networked community which focuses on the lake resources in the tourism field. Who hosts and who manages the contents?The website is hosted by University of Joensuu, Finland and it is managed by the Savonlinna Institute for Regional Development and Research. Savonlinna is located in the heart of Lake Saimaa district in Finland. The institute provides education in lake tourism, recreation and leisure, and heritage, cultural and natural interpretation. Who could take part to the website?Everybody who registers (free of charge) and wants to become a contributor to this resource.
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Our vision
The goal of this website is to be an online resource for the international lake tourism development community.
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Water is an essential aesthetic and recreational element that attracts millions of people worldwide especially during their leisure time. Coastal and marine tourism play an important role in the global tourism business but there are also a number of well-known lake tourism destinations. Interestingly, however, compared with coastal or mountain tourism, for example, lakes are still a relatively unknown entity as far as academic tourism research is concerned. 
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