Kantola has Good Travel Seal certification

Kantola has been awarded the Good Travel Seal certificate for sustainable tourism in the summer of 2023. The certificate will be reviewed and renewed in August 2025. The GTS certificate is used to evaluate sustainable and responsible operations, and it also helps us to evaluate and improve our own practices. You can watch the video about the Good Travel Seal in Kantola below. You can also read more about the certificate on their website: link to the Good Travel Seal website (link opens in a new window).

We are on our way to Sustainable Travel Finland -mark

In Kantola, we have started to implement the Sustainable Travel Finland programme by the end of 2024. It is a tourism sustainability label developed and managed by Visit Finland that enables tourism businesses and areas to review and develop their operations towards more sustainable tourism business. A 7-step development path is followed to verify the fulfilment of the criteria and to create a development plan to use in the future. The criteria are based on international standards. Visit Finland awards with the label when and if all the criterias are fullfilled. The STF will also be used to monitor progress in the future and will be renewed, just like the Good Travel Seal certificate. You can read more about the STF programme on their website: Link to the STF programme (link opens in a new window).

IN KANTOLA WE WANT

TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE CULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE OF THE KANTOLA AND SUNILA AREA.

• To increase the knowledge of the cultural and industrial history of Kantola and Sunila,
  and enable people to learn more about them.

• To contribute to Sunila becoming part of the Alvar Aalto Sites
  as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• To maintain and preserve the history of the building and the area through
  storytelling and other appropriate means.

• To preserve the cultural heritage of Aino, Elissa and
  Alvar Aalto in cooperation with other Aalto sites.

TO BE PART OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

• Working together to develop the vitality of the whole Sunila area
  with others in the area

• Contribute to improving how living and tourism coexist in the area

• Contributing to the development of regional tourism

SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

• Favour local businesses in procurement and investment

• Provide jobs for local people

• Use and buy local services

BE A SAFE PLACE AND ENVIRONMENT

• Provide a safe environment and atmosphere for every
  employee, customer and partner.

• Treat everyone equally and fairly, regardless of gender,
  sexual orientation, religion, political affiliation or
  any other personal characteristic.

• Be open to discussion and receptive to both suggestions for
  improvement or thank you for successes.

PROVIDE A QUALITY SERVICE AND GENERATE BUSINESS

• Provide customers with a consistent and high quality service
  that does not conflict with the cultural history or architecture of the place.

• To generate business, so that company can operate and jobs can be maintained,
  and to ensure that Kantola continues to be an accessible place to visit.