Anna Rinteinen

I work as a tourism specialist for the Rural Women’s Advisory Center of Eastern Finland. Our team provides expert services for rural businesses in North Karelia, North Savo and Kainuu regions. I have been accepted as a provider of NEUVO services for multifunctioning farms. In addition to these, I also work as a project leader and/or tourism specialist on several projects.

I have a Bachelor’s degree in tourism and hospitality management, and a Specialist qualification in rural development. In addition, I also have completed educational units related to e-marketing, sales and service design. I have over 26 years of work experience in tourism and restaurant industry, both as an employee and as an entrepreneur.

I also work as a Visit Finland Academy's food tourism coach. Visit Finland Academy is a training program aimed at tourism areas and business groups operating there to accelerate the development of tourism products. The goal is to offer internationalization, product development, sales, and marketing coaching to travel companies that are already ready for international markets or interested in them. The coaches are experts from Visit Finland’s partner coaching network.