Arctic tourism in a pandemic: Losses, gains and surprising outcomes

This blog post explores how the diverse landscape of Arctic tourism has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Since traveling across international borders were discouraged and sometimes forbidden due to national policies, local tourism entrepreneurs and DMOs had to adapt their products and stories...

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Main Author: Bembom, Elsbeth
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/5e34e8e7-e441-45b6-b732-fc34b767507d
https://blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi/arctisen/2020/12/22/arctic-tourism-in-a-pandemic-losses-gains-and-surprising-outcomes/
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Summary:This blog post explores how the diverse landscape of Arctic tourism has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Since traveling across international borders were discouraged and sometimes forbidden due to national policies, local tourism entrepreneurs and DMOs had to adapt their products and stories to fit the needs of the domestic tourist. What challenges, trends and innovations arose in Arctic tourism during the summer of 2020 in Greenland, Norway, Sweden and Finland?