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Pallas-Yllästunturi

National Park

Chinese Methodist School, Tanner Hill

Tsuen Wan Chiu Chow Public School

1. Background
• There are 40 national parks in Finland. The
Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is the third-

largest, covering 1,020 square kilometres (394
square miles), and is by far the most popular
park in the country.
• A total of 3.2 million people visited the

national parks in 2018.
• This national park was established in 2005
and is located in the Lapland region, in the
municipalities of Enontekiö, Kittilä, Kolari and Muonio.

• Most of the park consists of primeval forests and various types of muskeg.
• In 2016, the park’s air quality measurement station reported that it had the cleanest air on
the planet.

2. Feelings after visiting the National Park
• After visiting this park, we felt that the Finnish

government has made a big effort to conserve the
natural environment.
• The government also attaches considerable importance
to the sustainable development of the country park.

• The country’s citizens love their motherland’s natural
resources. They try not to destroy the environment.

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