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Continuance of excursion - 1 hour 35 min
Length of excursion - 1,8 km
Author is Zaitceva Nadezhda
The content of the excursion is Picnic and sports after Vappu day (Labor day)
The excursion is last from Valikatu street, Brobacken street, Sillanmaki street, Kyrkotorget street, Koulukujar street, Itainen Pitkakatu andKulmakuja streets, Valikatu street
| destinations | stopping places | sights objects | duration | Basic information | instructions | Guidelines |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Begin from oldest part of the city | Valikatu street | Old Town Hall (старая ратуша) | 10 min | One of the oldest town halls in Finland | inspection of the town hall | In the building you can find the museum |
| Main bridge in town | Brobacken street | The old bridge | 15-20 min | Earlier, people drove to Porvoo through this bridge, called «royal Road», which bound Turku (the oldest capital of Finland) withVyborg. | Inspectionand time for taking the pictures | Where you can see theviews of the waterfront storehouses, which are listed in the UNESCO Heritage |
| First Church in the city | Sillanmaki street | TheCathedral building | 5 min | The first church in the city was destroyed a few times, andthe present building was built in 1809 | Inspection | In this area you can also find other attractions |
| Uphill | Kyrkotorget street | Bishop House (архиепископ) | 5 min | Swedish-speaking bishop of the Lutheran Church of Finland | Inspection | Heavy lifting on the «devil's staircase» |
| The top of the hill | Koulukujar street | «devil's staircase» | 15-20 min | The local people have the fairytale about the devil which built these stairs by himself | Time for tooking pictures and be careful when the tourists will climb the hill | Up the hill you can find the small square, where you can see the view of the city |
| The oldest streets | Itainen Pitkakatu andKulmakuja streets | Residential old quarter Porvoo | 20 -25 min | The windows of houses in this quarter are all decorated in their own style | You can peek through the window. | Pay attention to the glass in the windows through which owners can pray forpassers-by on the streets |
| The end of excursion | Valikatu street | The area which was completely burned in 1760 | 5-10 min | Tell the story how the fire occurred all over the streets | Show the interesting shops andmarkets, andadvise what they should do in this city | Here you can find a lot of shops and restaurants, and also markets with handmade items |
Driving track route
Information sheet
The journey takes four days. It’s beginns in SPB, and will goes to Helsinki by public transport, where the tourists can join the masquerade procession in honor of the Finnish public holiday named - Vappu day (labor day). After this they will have time to explore the city, and then meet the solemn part of the festival on the main square with all Finnish citizens around there. After completion of the celebration, the tourists will go to Velkua, and there they will live in the cabins nearby the lake during the three nights. The price of rent includes the meal twice a day, a private beach, access to a boat, and other things. There the tourists will have time to have a rest, go fishing, play the outdoor games, eat the healthy Finnish food and play sports with Finnish people. All of this will help for complete immersion in the Finnish culture.
Early in the morning on the fourth day the tourists will leaving this place, and will go to SPB, but before they will stop in Porvoo.
In Porvoo they will have lunch in the meadow, and a cycling tour after a sightseeing excursion. In the afternoon the tourists will leave the city and follow come to SPB.
For this trip you will need the Schengen-Finnish visa. You can get the Schengen-Finnish visa from the Finnish embassy in St. Petersburg. It’ll cost about 30 euros.
So after calculation this trip will cost about 158 euro per person. Moreover this application really can save tourists money, and will compare the price of an individual tour and the price of a tourist agency, and the paid route from the mobile application.
Economic justification of the benefits of the route of mobile applications:
The relevance of mobile applications will help make the trip cheaper, and tourists will have an exclusive tour for little money. In this way, the paid routes and excursions will be cheaper than ordering the same trip from a tourist agency. To better understand this, let’s compare the price of the same trip from the mobile application and from a tourist agency.
Calculating the cost of an individual route of travel agencies for six people over the duration of 4 days. The Route - SPB-Helsinki-Velkua-Porvoo-SPB. The cost of the trip will be formed as:
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Rent a bus for one day – 250 euros (four days - 1000 euros)
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Rent the cottage for three nights – 350 euros, including meals twice a day.
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Work guide – 300 euros
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Work of travel agency "Northern Capital" - 200 euros
The price does not include:
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Visa (with insurance)– 60 euros
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Entrance tickets to the castles, museums, ships, trains, cable cars, meal (except the cottage), etc.
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Renting bicycles – 5 euros
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Lunch in Porvoo – 7 euros per person
Additional expenses will cost about 100 euros for the while trip.
In total the trip for one person will cost about 480 euros (29280 rub.)
In this trip the guide will explain all of the information about the country and the cities and will also advise tourists about what to do, try and watch. The guide will lead the excursions in the cities and will control the schedule.
Calculating the cost of the route for mobile application for six people over the duration 4 day tour. The Route - SPB-Helsinki-Velkua-Porvoo-SPB. The route includes:
1. Transport. For this trip the best means of transport the public buses. You can control a timetables and prices.
- From SPB to Helsinki (international bus, from "northern capital") - 13euros (800 rub.).
- From Helsinki to Velkua (public bus) - 5 euros (305 rub.).
- From Velkua to Porvoo (public bus) – 10 euros (610 rub.)
- From Porvoo to SPB (international bus, from "northern capital") – 10 euros (600 rub.)
Total price for transportation – 28 euros (2310 rub.)
2. Accommodation: You will rent the cabin for six people, which will cost 350 euros (21350 rub.) for the three nights, including a meal twice a day, and all activities on site. For one person it’ll cost 58 euros (3560 rub.).
Accommodation comes in: meals twice a day, private beach, Finnish sauna, bout, six bicycles, and a volleyball court. There you can go fishing, do sport with Finnish people, barbecue after fishing, and just enjoy the real Finnish culture.
3. Excursions: An audio guide is included in a package trip which cost 11 euros (700 rub) for six people. After paying, the other five people can get the same trip in their own smartphone, and it’ll be the best way to experienceexcursions for all of them in the city.
This trip will have two excursions – Helsinki and Porvoo. In Helsinki the main excursion the tourists will have is the parade in honor of Labor Day (Vappu day). All information about the schedule of the parade, and also about where and how Finnish people celebrate this holiday will be provided as well as some advice about how to spend this holiday with the maximum amount of fun, as Finnish people do.
Vappu day is a student’s day in Finland. All Finnish people come to the street in different costumes, have a parade, drink cider and wine, and eat traditional food. The important part of the Holiday begins at 18-00 o’clock. The students place a hat on a sculpture named Havis Amanda. After this Vappu day officially starts.
In Porvoo, the tourists will have an excursion and will be given advice about how and where to spend their picnic. They will also have a map with the bicycle route.
All of this information and the excursions will help tourists to immerse themselves in the Finnish culture. The calibrating Vappu day with the Finnish people, tourists will probably have a lot of new Finnish friends, who will be happy to help them understand the Finnish culture better.
4. The bicycle tour and lunch in Porvoo - 10 euros (610 rub.).
5. Visa. If you apply for a visa in the Finnish embassy it will cost 30 euros (1830 rub.).
6. The cost of food depends on the needs of each person.The total cost might be approximately 30 euros.
The total cost of travel, including a visa, per person will cost about 158 euros (9638 rub.). Each tourist will manage time independently and have the opportunity to be inside the Finnish culture.
| View | Tourist agency, for one person | Price | Mobile application, for one person | Price | Difference |
| Transport | Rent the minibus | 167 € | International and public buses | 28 € | 139 € |
| 10187 r | 1708 r | 8479 r | |||
| Accommodation | The cottage nearby lake | 58 € | The cottage nearby lake | 58 € | 0 € |
| 3538 r | 3538 r | 0 r | |||
| Excursion | The guide from the tourist agency | 50 € | The audio guide, and advice with all information about the trip | 2 € | 48 € |
| 3050 r | 122 r | 2928 r | |||
| Additional entertainment | Renting bicycles, Outdoor lunch | 12 € | Renting bicycles, Outdoor lunch | 10 € | 2 € |
| 732 r. | 610 r | 122 r | |||
| Visa | Issued in the tourist agency | 60 € | issued in the Finnish Embassy | 30 € | 30 € |
| 3660 r | 1830 r | 1830 r | |||
| Additional | The tourist agency’s advice | 100 € | It depends on the guide | 30 € | 70 € |
| 6100 r | 1830 r | 4270 r | |||
| For the work done | Travel agency "Northern Capital" | 33 € | The tourist pays once. This route will cost 11 € (700 r), one person will pay 2 € (122 r) | Paid early 2 € | 33 € |
| 2013 r | Paid early 122 r. | 2013 r | |||
| Total price | 480 € | 158 € | 322 € | ||
| 29280 r | 9638 r | 19642 r | |||
As you can see, the trip of the tourist agency is 180 euros (19642 rub.) more than the route trip from mobile application. This difference will help to make the culture and education outgoing tourism more popular, and interesting. The mobile application will allow the traveler to find the route which they really like, or try to create their own trip with important information and personal advice.











