The softening of adventure tourism
As a consequence of diversification with regard to tourists and their perceptions on adventure tourism, there has been a supposed softening of Arctic adventure tourism. To determine if any such changes were occurring, a study of adventure tourism services from Finnish Lapland was undertaken. This st...
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ftulaplandcdispu:oai:lacris.ulapland.fi:publications/38e5fdf5-7b6f-420d-85f8-001d192c24f9 2024-09-09T19:20:01+00:00 The softening of adventure tourism Rantala, Outi Hallikainen, Ville Ilola, Heli Tuulentie, Seija 2018-10-02 application/pdf https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/38e5fdf5-7b6f-420d-85f8-001d192c24f9 https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2018.1522725 https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/5948728/The_Softening_of_adventure_final_version_authors.pdf http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053480405&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85053480405&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/38e5fdf5-7b6f-420d-85f8-001d192c24f9 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Rantala , O , Hallikainen , V , Ilola , H & Tuulentie , S 2018 , ' The softening of adventure tourism ' , Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism , vol. 18 , no. 4 , pp. 343-361 . https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2018.1522725 adventure tourism soft adventure Arctic nature-based tourism Finnish Lapland /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/20/4 name=Tourism research article 2018 ftulaplandcdispu https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2018.1522725 2024-06-17T23:40:44Z As a consequence of diversification with regard to tourists and their perceptions on adventure tourism, there has been a supposed softening of Arctic adventure tourism. To determine if any such changes were occurring, a study of adventure tourism services from Finnish Lapland was undertaken. This study incorporated methodological triangulation and used two different data sets drawn from an on-site survey of tourists (n = 308) and thematic interviews with tourism actors (n = 5). With respect to Lapland, the study determined that a softening of adventure tourism and diversification in tourists’ groups was occurring. Specifically, the study found that tourists possessed inadequate competencies and knowledge regarding Arctic destinations; entrepreneurs demonstrated increased preparedness to pull out mid-activity and that there was a need for multi-skilled, service-oriented actors within destinations. Subsequently, more research is needed on the soft dimensions of tourism in the Arctic, in order to address, for example, what kind of competencies are needed from different actors. As a consequence of diversification with regard to tourists and their perceptions on adventure tourism, there has been a supposed softening of Arctic adventure tourism. To determine if any such changes were occurring, a study of adventure tourism services from Finnish Lapland was undertaken. This study incorporated methodological triangulation and used two different data sets drawn from an on-site survey of tourists (n = 308) and thematic interviews with tourism actors (n = 5). With respect to Lapland, the study determined that a softening of adventure tourism and diversification in tourists’ groups was occurring. Specifically, the study found that tourists possessed inadequate competencies and knowledge regarding Arctic destinations; entrepreneurs demonstrated increased preparedness to pull out mid-activity and that there was a need for multi-skilled, service-oriented actors within destinations. Subsequently, more research is needed on the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Lapland LaCRIS - University of Lapland Current Research System Arctic Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 18 4 343 361 |
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As a consequence of diversification with regard to tourists and their perceptions on adventure tourism, there has been a supposed softening of Arctic adventure tourism. To determine if any such changes were occurring, a study of adventure tourism services from Finnish Lapland was undertaken. This study incorporated methodological triangulation and used two different data sets drawn from an on-site survey of tourists (n = 308) and thematic interviews with tourism actors (n = 5). With respect to Lapland, the study determined that a softening of adventure tourism and diversification in tourists’ groups was occurring. Specifically, the study found that tourists possessed inadequate competencies and knowledge regarding Arctic destinations; entrepreneurs demonstrated increased preparedness to pull out mid-activity and that there was a need for multi-skilled, service-oriented actors within destinations. Subsequently, more research is needed on the soft dimensions of tourism in the Arctic, in order to address, for example, what kind of competencies are needed from different actors. As a consequence of diversification with regard to tourists and their perceptions on adventure tourism, there has been a supposed softening of Arctic adventure tourism. To determine if any such changes were occurring, a study of adventure tourism services from Finnish Lapland was undertaken. This study incorporated methodological triangulation and used two different data sets drawn from an on-site survey of tourists (n = 308) and thematic interviews with tourism actors (n = 5). With respect to Lapland, the study determined that a softening of adventure tourism and diversification in tourists’ groups was occurring. Specifically, the study found that tourists possessed inadequate competencies and knowledge regarding Arctic destinations; entrepreneurs demonstrated increased preparedness to pull out mid-activity and that there was a need for multi-skilled, service-oriented actors within destinations. Subsequently, more research is needed on the ... |
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