Finland

Although nature-based tourism is increasingly recognized, economic incentives for private landowners supporting the production of amenity values are largely lacking. This study focused on possibilities to enhance the scenic and recreational values of private forests for nature-based tourism in Finland.

Open access link: Private landowners' preferences for trading forest landscape and recreational values: A choice experiment application in Kuusamo, Finland

To promote the growth of nature based tourism in privately owned forest areas, new policy instruments, e.g. Payments for Ecosystem Services, are needed. They could engage private forest owners and nature-based tourism companies to cooperate and support the growth of the sector.

Open access link: Importance of forest landscape quality for companies operating in nature tourism areas