The project VAE, 1st phase, is completed. 1.8.2015 – 31.3.2018. It has been a great journey. Together with the partners: Finnish Lapland Tourist Board, Northen Norway Tourist Board, Swedish Lapland Visitors Board and VAE companies, Touroperators, other stakeholders and financiers we have achieved great results. Below is a short video with VAE results in a nutshell. Visit Arctic Europe – Stronger together!
Under these links you’ll find all Final Outcomes and reports of VAE project from each project’s main headline
VAE I Accessibility Outcomes
Targets of the accessibility: Visit Arctic Europe area will be in future easily accessible. Internal accessibility is developed and travelling in the area is easy for travelers. Internal Accessibility The material produced in this project is gathered onto the...
VAE I R&D Outcomes
Visit Arctic Europe project aim was to develop tourism industry in the VAE area widely. In order to ensure that the project actions during the development and marketing activities are justified and effective from the perspective of the objectives set out, stakeholders...
VAE I Marketing
Project targets in Marketing were following: Area is internationally renowned high standard single, Visit Arctic Europe travel destination. Region's tourism volume will increase and profitability and turnover of SMEs will grow. International expertise will be further...
VAE I Functional Networking
Targets of functional networking were to strength crossborder cooperation between travel businesses in the VAE area. Region's tourism volume will increase, profitability and turnover of SMEs will grow. International expertise will be further strengthened. Aim was also...


“The project makes a special effort to involve people in the design of the solutions(s) and demonstrates excellence in promoting its’ results to the relevant target audiences. Visit Arctic Europe contributes in a clear way to the Arctic Award main criteria: innovation, impact and focus. The project involves SMEs and stakeholders from all three countries, and through the activities carried out, they have been able to combine the Arctic area’s strengths and resources to meet the increased competition within the tourism industry. The project has shown that better results can be achieved through cooperation and trust instead of competing against each other.”