Before the trip
Options
Public transport and camping in Norway
Road-trip in Northern Finland
Motorcycling and staying in hotels/rental cabins
Our choices
A road trip to Northern Finland
By our own bus and motorcycles
Staying mostly off-grid
Choosing the next destinations on the way
Responsibility & sustainability
-Poor research before the trip
-No interest in sustainability & responsibility
-No interest in local culture or well-being
-No interest in environmetal impact
+Many travelling goals were brought together of well-being
+The planning quite early started to focus on domestic travel
Activities
Options
Independent travel
Sightseeing
Attractions
Towns in Norway and the coast
Guided activities
Museums
Nature centres
Our choices
Independent travel to attractions
On foot
Tour of Levi
Wilderness church
The peak of fell Salla and Kiilopää
Sightseeing
Daytrip to Norway
On motorcycles
Eating out
Crosswords etc.
Swimming in many lakes and rivers
Responsibility & sustainability
-No use of local services
Very little income for the local businesses
-Very little interaction with the locals
No interest in the local customs
Belittling the benefits of interaction
-Little familiarization to the attractions and their history
Too little time to carefully explore the attarctions
Cursory comprehension of the destinations
+Swimming in natural waters instead of spas
+Eco-friendly attractions
No waste
No emissions
Use of the marked and permitted trails
Travelling & accommodation
Options
Public transport
Our own bus
Motorcycles
Private car
Flying to Norway
Our choices
Our own bus
Car-transport space in the rear
Beds for 4 people and fully equipped kitchen
Needs power grid for electric devices
Also our motorcycles
Daytrip to Norway
Staying mostly off-grid "in the bushes"
Responsibility & sustainability
-Large carbon emissions on transport
Only half of the bus's capacity was used
Extra distance was travelled to avoid using the same roads twice
Lots of stuff were packed and not needed
-Took quite a big space on local parking lots when we stopped by, locals might have been annoyed
-Did not benefit the local businesses in transport or accommodation sector
+No need for external sources of energy
+Low emissions on accommodation
Sleeping bags instead of heating
No extra waste
But poor recycling
Low use of water
+No overcrowding
Off-season
Not the most popular destinations
Eating
Options
Eat-in restaurants
Take-away
Cooking by ourselves
Prepared food from the markets
Our choices
Cooking by ourselves
Car-transport space in the rear
Beds for 4 people and fully equipped kitchen
Needs power grid for electric devices
Eat-in restaurant
Cod and potatoes
In Norway
Breakfast buffet
All sorts and more
Responsibility & sustainability
-Cooking by ouselves did not benefit the local economy
-Grocery shopping in supermarkets and not especially selecting the local and season's products
-The buffet was a possible source of waste as they usually are
+The only restaurant meal was local dish in a restaurant of a small village
After the trip
Responsibility & sustainability
-We did not think about the trip for a long time
And when we did, we didn't think about the locals or our impact on local economies
I was not especially interested to follow news that related to the places where we travelled
Memorising focused on our experiences and what we gained
-We did not reflect our choices to our knowledge of sustainability and responsibility
The first course on tourism business made me think about my trips and my choices
Most of the trips have been as cheap as possible, since spending money has been associated with wasting and unsustainability in my mind
It is possible for tourists to make a change with small effort
+Some weeks after coming home I decided to visit the same places again with more time
+This course offers a chance to go through earlier trips and how our behaviour could be more sustainable (also in everyday life)