Barbara Mayer PAN Parks Tourism Model2. Paanajärvi NP © Viktor Gritsuk PAN Parks Tourism Model as a tool to protect Europe’s Wildernes s Barbara Mayer, Tourism Development Officer PAN Parks Foundation 4. Paanajärvi NP © Viktor Gritsuk What is PAN Parks? PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness , the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature 5. What is PAN Parks? The only European-wide organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas Central Balkan NP ©CBNP Appenine Chamois © Bruno D’Amicis 6. What is PAN Parks? Applies a truly integrated approach to mobilise sustainable tourism development for strengthening wilderness conservation Borjomi-Kharagauli NP © Kote Gabrichidze 7. What is PAN Parks? Founded in 1999 by WWF and Molecaten, registered in Netherlands and having its premises in Hungary 8. PAN Parks develops a network through linking wilderness protected areas in Europe : best of Europe’s wilderness What is PAN Parks? 11. The PAN Parks Concept An area of at least 10,000 hectares of land or sea, with its native plant and animal communities and their associated ecosystems , in an essentially natural state Oulanka NP © Hannu Hautala 12. We h elp to increase the management effectiveness of the areas through third party audit based on Principles and Criteria Central Balkan © Nanko Minkov The PAN Parks Concept 15. The PAN Parks Concept V isitors have the opportunity to enjoy PAN Parks Wilderness! Paanajärvi NP © Minna Koramo 18. Retezat NP ©Falk Kienas The PAN Parks Tourism Model 21. PAN Parks Foundation The PAN Parks Tourism Model LBP LBP LBP Incoming Tour O perator Incoming Tour O perator International Tour O perator International Tour O perator International Tour O perator LBP LBP 23. Involved International Operators United Kingdom Exodus, Explore, Activities Abroad, Wildlife & Wilderness, Saddle Skedaddle, Wildlife Worldwide, InnTravel Netherlands SNP, Sawadee, Voigt Travel Germany Rucksack Reisen, Culterramar Retezat NP © Andreas Beckmann The PAN Parks Tourism Model 28. PAN Parks works to protect Europe ’ s wilderness, the continent ’ s most undisturbed areas of nature www.panparks.org Editor's Notes bla bla bla