Lofoten Islands Cruise Destination: Balancing Tourism Development and Sustainability Interests
To contribute to the ongoing discussions about sustainable cruise tourism on the Lofoten Islands, we look into the practices associated with cruise-related activities, offering a detailed and nuanced understanding of how cruising is executed, including its opportunities and challenges. Our findings...
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ftnordlforskning:oai:nforsk.brage.unit.no:11250/3131017 2024-06-23T07:54:29+00:00 Lofoten Islands Cruise Destination: Balancing Tourism Development and Sustainability Interests Wigger, Karin Andrea Olsen, Julia 2024 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3131017 eng eng Nordlandsforskning urn:isbn:978-82-7321-889-6 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3131017 cristin:2269077 33 Research report 2024 ftnordlforskning 2024-05-29T23:34:11Z To contribute to the ongoing discussions about sustainable cruise tourism on the Lofoten Islands, we look into the practices associated with cruise-related activities, offering a detailed and nuanced understanding of how cruising is executed, including its opportunities and challenges. Our findings suggest that to improve sustainability of cruise tourism there is a need to leverage local enforceability, collaborate with cruise operators, establish realistic requirements to cruise operators, adjust to local norms and guidelines, and address concerns of local carrying capacity. Additionally, the report puts forth tools and measures for the governance of cruise tourism, including economic incentives, tourist taxes, environmental regulations, local networks, and information dissemination. In conclusion, we underscore the need for stakeholders to take into account the complexity of interconnected practices, and advocate for the establishment of novel local approaches to balance between development and sustainability interests when developing the local tourism industry on the Lofoten Islands. Lofoten Islands Cruise Destination: Balancing Tourism Development and Sustainability Interests publishedVersion Report Lofoten Nordland Research Institute Open Research Archive Lofoten |
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To contribute to the ongoing discussions about sustainable cruise tourism on the Lofoten Islands, we look into the practices associated with cruise-related activities, offering a detailed and nuanced understanding of how cruising is executed, including its opportunities and challenges. Our findings suggest that to improve sustainability of cruise tourism there is a need to leverage local enforceability, collaborate with cruise operators, establish realistic requirements to cruise operators, adjust to local norms and guidelines, and address concerns of local carrying capacity. Additionally, the report puts forth tools and measures for the governance of cruise tourism, including economic incentives, tourist taxes, environmental regulations, local networks, and information dissemination. In conclusion, we underscore the need for stakeholders to take into account the complexity of interconnected practices, and advocate for the establishment of novel local approaches to balance between development and sustainability interests when developing the local tourism industry on the Lofoten Islands. Lofoten Islands Cruise Destination: Balancing Tourism Development and Sustainability Interests publishedVersion |
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