Northern Lights Chase Tours : Experiences from Northern Norway
This study is focused on the development of northern lights chase tourism, a particular type of northern lights tourism consisting in guided tours that have the goal to find good views of the northern lights. The theoretical approach is based on the understanding of the northern lights experience as...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-106038 2023-10-09T21:53:01+02:00 Northern Lights Chase Tours : Experiences from Northern Norway Bertella, Giovanna 2013 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-106038 eng eng School of Business and Economics, UiT the Arctic University of Norway Umeå : Umeå Univesity & The Royal Skyttean Society Journal of Northern Studies, 1654-5915, 2013, 7:2, s. 95-116 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-106038 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess northern lights guided tours designing tourism experiences Tromsø Norway Economics and Business Ekonomi och näringsliv Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2013 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:47:40Z This study is focused on the development of northern lights chase tourism, a particular type of northern lights tourism consisting in guided tours that have the goal to find good views of the northern lights. The theoretical approach is based on the understanding of the northern lights experience as a visual experience, and on the recognition of the tourism practitioners as the driving force to new product development. The empirical case concerns the recent development of northern lights chase tourism in the Tromsø area, in Northern Norway. The aim of this study is to investigate the tourism practitioners’ understanding of the northern lights chase tourism, with a particular focus on the development of such a form of tourism as a source of positive memorable experiences. The research questions are: How is the northern lights chase tourism experience described by the tourism practitioners involved in its development? What are the recognized potentials, critical factors and challenges in terms of memorability? On the basis of the empirical results, this study indicates actions directed at fully exploiting the identified potentials, and meeting the relative challenges, and considers critically the adopted theoretical approach proposing directions for future research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Northern Studies Northern Norway Tromsø Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Norway Tromsø |
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This study is focused on the development of northern lights chase tourism, a particular type of northern lights tourism consisting in guided tours that have the goal to find good views of the northern lights. The theoretical approach is based on the understanding of the northern lights experience as a visual experience, and on the recognition of the tourism practitioners as the driving force to new product development. The empirical case concerns the recent development of northern lights chase tourism in the Tromsø area, in Northern Norway. The aim of this study is to investigate the tourism practitioners’ understanding of the northern lights chase tourism, with a particular focus on the development of such a form of tourism as a source of positive memorable experiences. The research questions are: How is the northern lights chase tourism experience described by the tourism practitioners involved in its development? What are the recognized potentials, critical factors and challenges in terms of memorability? On the basis of the empirical results, this study indicates actions directed at fully exploiting the identified potentials, and meeting the relative challenges, and considers critically the adopted theoretical approach proposing directions for future research. |
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Northern Lights Chase Tours : Experiences from Northern Norway |
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Northern Lights Chase Tours : Experiences from Northern Norway |
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Northern Lights Chase Tours : Experiences from Northern Norway |
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School of Business and Economics, UiT the Arctic University of Norway |
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Norway Tromsø |
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Norway Tromsø |
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Journal of Northern Studies Northern Norway Tromsø |
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Journal of Northern Studies Northern Norway Tromsø |
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Journal of Northern Studies, 1654-5915, 2013, 7:2, s. 95-116 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-106038 |
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