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Finland’s northernmost municipality Utsjoki makes big push for year-round tourism

By Hannah Thule, The Barents Observer June 14, 2024
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Finland’s only municipality with a majority of Sámi population, Utsjoki, is renowned for its salmon fishing tourism in the summer. However, due to the salmon fishing ban in place since 2021, imposed because of weak fish stocks, and the municipality’s weak long-term economic prognosis, a need to transform the regional economy has been recognised.

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