Mission 2020

The goal of the institute is to be a leading international unit engaging in high-level, nation-wide, and regionally renowned tourism research and offering both education and development services. The Lapland Institute for Tourism Research and Education is a leading national and an internationally recognized community of expertise and know-how in the areas of tourism research, education, and development. 


VISION 2012

The Lapland Institute for Tourism Research and Education is a creative community of expertise cooperating closely with the business life, national and international science communities, and the public sector. It adds significant value to basic functions (education and research), to other actors within tourism, and to the entire industry.

TASKS

The Lapland Institute for Tourism Research and Education is a creative community of research, learning, and expertise that is based on cooperation and interaction between the university, the university of applied sciences, and the vocational college.


According to its founding agreement, the tasks of the Lapland Institute for Tourism Research and Education are as follows:
(1) to conduct research on tourism
(2) to deveolop the tourism industry
(3) to provide research-based, university-level education on tourism
(4) based on research and the requirements of the working life and its development, to provide UAS-level education on tourism

(5) to provide working life-based, vocational education on tourism, catering, and economy and to develop the working life in general


The Lapland Institute for Tourism Research and Education provides a business park environment for actors operating in the tourism and experience industry.