Impact Assessment of a Rural Tourism Mobility Service

Jenni Vestinen; Riina Isola; Minni Haanpää

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-85578-8_68

Impact Assessment of a Rural Tourism Mobility Service

Jenni Vestinen^*, Riina Isola, Minni Haanpää

^*Corresponding author for this work

BA4904 Transport systems and services

University of Lapland

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present an impact assessment of the new Apukka Shuttle Bus service in Finnish Lapland. The service was created to serve both overnight and activity customers at a remote tourist destination. Tourism mobility in rural areas is challenged e.g. by limited services and insufficient information. The new Apukka Shuttle Bus service was aimed to offer an easy and ecological access to a remote destination. The service was created in collaboration between the destination (Apukka Resort), a transport operator (Kutilan liikenne) and a Mobility as a Service operator (Matkahuolto). Based on the results the service has several benefits on user, organizational and societal levels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 10th TRA Conference, 2024, Dublin, Ireland
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	68
Pages	515-521
Number of pages	7
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85578-8_68
Publication status	Published - 7 Mar 2025
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	Transport Research Arena TRA2024: Transport Transitions: Advancing sustainable and inclusive mobility - https://traconference.eu/, Dublin, Ireland Duration: 15 Apr 2024 → 18 Apr 2024

Publication series

Series	Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility
ISSN	2196-5544

Conference

Conference	Transport Research Arena TRA2024
Abbreviated title	TRA
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	15/04/24 → 18/04/24

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge Business Finland for enabling and co-financing the FIT ME! (Foreign Individual Travelers’ hospitality and Mobility Ecosystem) project, as well as Apukka Resort, Matkahuolto and Kutilan liikenne for their contribution.

Keywords

accessible destination
individual traveller
mobility service

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Vestinen, J, Isola, R & Haanpää, M 2025, Impact Assessment of a Rural Tourism Mobility Service. in Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility: Proceedings of the 10th TRA Conference, 2024, Dublin, Ireland. vol. 2, Springer, Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility, pp. 515-521, Transport Research Arena TRA2024, Dublin, Ireland, 15/04/24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85578-8_68

Impact Assessment of a Rural Tourism Mobility Service. / Vestinen, Jenni; Isola, Riina; Haanpää, Minni.
Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility: Proceedings of the 10th TRA Conference, 2024, Dublin, Ireland. Vol. 2 Springer, 2025. p. 515-521 (Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility).

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