Development of Ecotourism in Svalbard as Part of Norway’s Arctic Policy
Global warming is increasing interest in the Arctic on surrounding countries. In the processes taking place, they see developmental opportunities and risks, especially for the environment overburdened by increased human activity. The need to balance socioeconomic development and environmental concer...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:f905fe561c8b482bb14f66dc0df0c788 2023-05-15T14:34:37+02:00 Development of Ecotourism in Svalbard as Part of Norway’s Arctic Policy Grzegorz Bonusiak 2021-01-01 https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020962 https://doaj.org/article/f905fe561c8b482bb14f66dc0df0c788 en eng MDPI AG doi:10.3390/su13020962 2071-1050 https://doaj.org/article/f905fe561c8b482bb14f66dc0df0c788 undefined Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 962, p 962 (2021) Norway’s High North Svalbard development arctic development arctic environment protection polar tourism ecotourism geo scipo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2021 fttriple https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020962 2023-01-22T19:25:47Z Global warming is increasing interest in the Arctic on surrounding countries. In the processes taking place, they see developmental opportunities and risks, especially for the environment overburdened by increased human activity. The need to balance socioeconomic development and environmental concerns affects their arctic strategies. An example of a place that undergoes an adaptation process is the Norwegian Svalbard. The article examines changes taking place in the archipelago using both: quantitative and qualitative analyses. Results show that Norway’s arctic strategy underlines the need to balance social, economic and environmental aspects, and the situation in Svalbard corresponds to these demands. Polar tourism and research and education play a key role in the transformation processes taking place in the archipelago. Climate and environmental considerations at the same time increase tourists’ interest in the region and limit tourist traffic. An analysis of its current state indicates that the dominant part of the existing tourist traffic on Svalbard can be considered as ecotourism. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Global warming Svalbard Unknown Arctic Svalbard Sustainability 13 2 962 |
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Global warming is increasing interest in the Arctic on surrounding countries. In the processes taking place, they see developmental opportunities and risks, especially for the environment overburdened by increased human activity. The need to balance socioeconomic development and environmental concerns affects their arctic strategies. An example of a place that undergoes an adaptation process is the Norwegian Svalbard. The article examines changes taking place in the archipelago using both: quantitative and qualitative analyses. Results show that Norway’s arctic strategy underlines the need to balance social, economic and environmental aspects, and the situation in Svalbard corresponds to these demands. Polar tourism and research and education play a key role in the transformation processes taking place in the archipelago. Climate and environmental considerations at the same time increase tourists’ interest in the region and limit tourist traffic. An analysis of its current state indicates that the dominant part of the existing tourist traffic on Svalbard can be considered as ecotourism. |
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Development of Ecotourism in Svalbard as Part of Norway’s Arctic Policy |
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