Description
Description (EN): The archipelago in Finland and Stockholm consists of thousands of islands open for maritime tourists. But how do you get there and back if you don’t have a boat of your own? We have identified 14 travel hubs in the Stockholm and Finnish Archipelago. In this application we call these places "service points". The service points are all connected to public transport. In Arc Gate project we want to open the "gates" for maritime tourists who don’t have a boat or knowledge about the peculiar travel conditions that apply today. We want to increase the service at these "gates" and get the infrastructure in place so that you can find your destination without worrying how to get back. We want to simplify planning of your stay with digital maps and signs. We want to invest in resting areas and service port buildings that can provide toilets, shelter, charging of batteries and safe lockers. Our goal for the visitor at the service point is to provide an accessible infrastructure and creating a more integrated travel experience. Visitors arriving at the servicepoint by bus, bike or car should easily understand the timetables for departing boats and how to get back. We want to get the infrastructure in place so that you can literally and mentally reaload your batteries. The visitor arriving on e-bike have a need for rest, fill upp water, plan for the night and maybe a more spontanous island hopping. We think that the service points will provide a more integrated and detailed info about the archipelago exeperience. While waiting for the boat we want to make it easy to plan your islands time. When and where to eat, swim, treks, bike tours, camping, kajaking, toilets etc. Today the service points that we have identified excludes a lot of potential visitors coming with public transport like families, elderly people, disabled and non-native speaking, and so on. We want to give the novice maritime visitor a joyful start with accessible travel information.
Read more Achievements (EN): Innovative Service Points for Maritime Tourists were produced.
The main objective of the project was to increase the service level of small ports in Stockholm and Finnish Archipelagos. The aim was to start providing better travel information also for tourist who visit islands without their own vessel but using public transportation and/or bicycles. Project equipped 13 small ports with digital screens to display tourist/travel information and timetables for public transport.
They built/installed 7 service buildings (Flexible Service Modules, FSM) that could be used both as a weather protection but also to help tourists with charge lockers, bike-service equipment and bag-lockers. FSM units and piers in harbours were equipped with digital screens that show visitor information such as public transport departures and arrivals, tourist maps and weather reports.
Project investments will attract more maritime visitors in the region.
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Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/
Expected Results (EN): R3.2. Share of Central Baltic small ports with good services
Expected Outputs (EN): The main results at our 13 service points in the archipelago is better digital information about timetables and tourist information including maps. The project results contribute to a more local, "green" tourist economy. All small ports will have digital screens (Dalsbruk, Kasnäs, Nagu, Pärnäs, Heponiemi, Galtby, Baggö, Sommaröstrand, Ekenäs, Sollenkroka, Möja, Årsta Brygga, Utö.)
There will also be 8 Flexible modules installed in the vicinity of the service points to develop cycle tourism and give shelter for travellers. The modules are powered by solar energy and have solar panels located on the roof of the module. The users can charge their electronic appliances for free at these modules by locking them into lockers with USB ports and a lockable door. The flexible modules are planned as rest stops for locals and travellers alike.( Dalsbruk, Kasnäs, Nagu, Baggö, Sommaröstrand, Ekenäs, Utö, Årsta brygga.)
The joint work will result in project portfolios (Digital screens and Maps, Flexible module). Each portfolio will be available to stakeholders with blueprints, contracts, plans e t c to be replicated at similar service points in the Baltic sea.
The development of maps and content will be a prototype to create a common standard for traffic operator and tourist development organisations to show travel routes and tourist information in Baltic Sea archipelago. Our aim is to integrate our maps and timetables into current aps used by traffic operators SL, Waxholmsbolaget (Stockholm), and NMT (Finland).
The aim with our seminars, studyvisits and joint work will be to form a network of expertise and stakeholders to achieve better synchronisation concerning development of small port traffic nodes in the archipelago.
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Thematic information
Specific Objective:
Improved services of existing small ports to improve local and regional mobility and contribute to tourism development
Thematic Objective:
(07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:
Investment Priority:
(07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility
Partners (4)
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Pargas stad
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Name:
Pargas stad
Department:
Department of business adminstration
Address:
Strandvägen 28, 21600 Pargas, Finland
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.pargas.fi
Total budget:
EUR 191 327.15
ERDF budget:
EUR 143 495.36
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Raseborgs stad
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Name:
Raseborgs stad
Department:
Development department
Address:
Raseborgsvägen 37 Raseborgsvägen 37, 10650 Raseborg, Finland
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.raseborg.fi
Total budget:
EUR 199 000.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 149 250.00
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Kimitoöns kommun
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Name:
Kimitoöns kommun
Department:
Department of development
Address:
Vretavägen 19, 25700 Kimito, Finland
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.kimitoon.fi
Total budget:
EUR 190 299.15
ERDF budget:
EUR 142 724.36
