Kabelgatan 16
41457 Gothenburg
Sweden
- Democracy and community development
Tikitut community-based tourism is run by the non-profit organisation FLU (FÖRENINGEN FÖR LOKAL UTVECKLING ), association for local development, Organisation number: 802432-5618.
Tikitut community-based tourism aims to promote greater diversity and an inclusive society. Through Tikitut, local areas can be developed and the residents themselves have the opportunity to create Sweden's most unique, multifaceted social experience together with visitors. At the local meeting place Tikitut, experiences are prepared together, life experiences are shared and both visitors and locals get a unique experience.
We want to develop and offer sustainable experiences for individuals, organisations and companies. Tikitut is a unique complement to conventional tourist and visitor attractions!
When you book an experience and participate in Tikitut's activities, you take an active stand for an inclusive society with diversity, while your visit directly leads to income for residents and those involved in local community development.
Vision
We want to be a player that contributes to an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable society. Our solid set of values is based on the four core words: glocal meeting place, include, personal and sustainability. These words influence our daily activities and symbolise everything we do and communicate.
We do it with personality and it shows in what we do; whether it is a post on social media, a seminar at a university or a guided tour with our youth guides. The personal touch is reflected in our experience products. Through personal meetings, the guest and the host meet each other at the glocal meeting place, Tikitut.
There are many different definitions of what sustainable tourism is. Some argue that it can only be a small-scale form of tourism, while others instead focus on an approach that can be applied in businesses that operate both small-scale and large-scale tourism, and that it is instead about the way a company operates a business.
What is interesting in this context is that sustainable tourism as a form can make a difference and contribute to positive social development, creating jobs, fighting poverty and developing the local inhabitants and the place they live in. Areas and inhabitants grow, hopelessness and poverty are replaced by confidence and entrepreneurship.
Sustainable tourism is used as an instrument worldwide to create development that is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. In concrete terms, this can mean contributing to unspoilt nature, better health, cultural exchange and, of course, your satisfaction as a visitor.
Global meeting place:
Tikitut is a local meeting place that, with the help of locally produced sustainable experiences, creates meetings between the area's residents and visitors. The tourism industry is growing and is now one of the world's largest industries. Sweden's strategy for developing Sweden as a destination includes investing in sustainability. Through Tikitut, more areas can be developed. We, local residents and local actors have the opportunity to create one of Sweden's most inclusive social experiences together with visitors. A guest interested in nature is offered personal stories from glocal Tikitut guides. At the local meeting place Tikitut, life experiences are shared and both visitors and locals get a unique experience.
Sustainability:
Our approach is to contribute to sustainability in creative and innovative ways. We have an ambition to participate in the sustainable development of society through Tikitut and do so through the continuous development of internal processes. We convey social values and we do it very well. Through our tourism products, the visitor gets a social experience while benefiting the local community.
Inclusion:
In an open and curious way, Tikitut is the platform for a sustainable society. We strive to be an inclusive force that utilises the resources that a neighbourhood has to offer. We want to promote and highlight the diversity of our society as a valuable asset. Through our activities, we take social responsibility and also find other initiatives and companies that likewise take social responsibility for issues such as diversity in society. We change together and create social development through cooperation.