July is the month of high temperatures, vacation and hard work for the entire tourism industry. Despite the fact that touristic season was underway, a group of leading Subcarpathian guides accompanied by the team of ‘Green Subcarpathia’ project flew to the centre of Norway - the Oppland region. The aim of the expedition was to see what techniques of broad ‘green’ tourism are applied there.

The starting point of the study visit was the capital of Norway - Oslo. There, in the headquarters of Norwegian Tourism Organisation, we hada discussion with employees about mountain tourism and found out a lot about its theoretical and organisational aspects. It is the most important organisation of this sort in the country, responsible for trail blazing  and maintenance of shelters across Norway.

During field workshops with Norwegian mountain guides we had an opportunity to compare quality of tourism services there. We can definitely find a lot in common - both Polish and Norwegian guides are full of passion and respect for the mountains.

After the study visit came to an end, we concluded that - contrary to popular belief - preservation of environment and touristic activity can very well function together. That is what we saw in Norway and with this thought we are going back to Subcarpathia.