European Ecotourism Conference 2010, Pärnu Estonia. http://www.european-ecotourism.com/ PAN Parks Tourism Model as a tool to protect Europe’s Wilderness – Mrs. Barbara Mayer, PAN Parks Foundation, Hungary

1. Soomaa NP © Arne Ader

2. 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

3. Soomaa NP © Mati Kose W hat is PAN Parks?

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?

9. What is PAN Parks?

10. The PAN Parks Concept Retezat NP © Andreas Beckmann

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

14. Allowed activities National Park Area PAN Parks region PAN Parks wilderness The PAN Parks Concept Forbidden activities

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