Innovation in the area of port services - STRANDA sp. z o.o.

Project description

Stranda runs a lakeside hostel centre at Kisajno Lake. It comprises a marina for 200 boats, a tavern and tourist cottages. It is a 1970s infrastructure which had been partly renovated, and our aim under the project was to fully restore its former activities of a flourishing tourist centre, which would extend the tourist season. We constructed and equipped 12 fishermen's houses called Valhalla Studios which have increased the number of accommodation beds (Polish website https://stranda.pl/studia-valhalla). The project also included the construction of a utility building with a system for automatic emptying toilets from yachts, modernisation of sanitary facilities with a new pumping station, comprehensive site development (roads, lighting, sewage system, etc.), a floating angling platform, modernisation of piers and construction of a slip, and a PV installation with electricity poles to power the marina and electric cars.

These investment made it possible for us to launch three original water tourism packages (for 1-day, a weekend and a week) which include angling lessons, cooking workshops, sightseeing workshops, fishing on a boat, sightseeing tours on the Great Lakes Trail and other attractions. All the packages are based on attractive storyline agendas engaging anglers and their families form the very moment they arrive. A priority in the development of the thematic agendas was environmental education and protection of waters when rendering tourist services.

The whole project was based on the idea of protecting waters from the harmful effects of water tourism in the  marina and consequently in the lakes. The investments in modern port infrastructure and suprastructure let Stranda introduce innovative and environmentally friendly tourist and port services, and educate the public about sustainable use of lakes. In addition, the project has lowered yearly CO2 emissions by 78 tons, and the consumption of energy from conventional sources – by 0.08 GWh.