The last resort? : Ski tourism and climate change in Arctic Sweden
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the external and internal factors that support or challenge a possible transformation of Arctic Sweden into a major ski destination under a changing climate. Design/methodology/approach – The paper questions future availability of the physical and th...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-165612 2023-10-09T21:48:11+02:00 The last resort? : Ski tourism and climate change in Arctic Sweden Demiroglu, Osman Cenk Lundmark, Linda Saarinen, Jarkko Müller, Dieter K. 2020 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-165612 https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-05-2019-0046 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi Oulun yliopisto, Oulu, Finland; University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa Journal of Tourism Futures, 2055-5911, 2020, 6:1, s. 91-101 orcid:0000-0001-7012-4111 orcid:0000-0002-3026-1477 orcid:0000-0003-2822-5503 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-165612 doi:10.1108/JTF-05-2019-0046 ISI:000584699900008 Scopus 2-s2.0-85076174658 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Finland Climate change Sweden Adaptation Arctic tourism Ski tourism Social and Economic Geography Social och ekonomisk geografi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2020 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-05-2019-0046 2023-09-22T13:59:59Z Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the external and internal factors that support or challenge a possible transformation of Arctic Sweden into a major ski destination under a changing climate. Design/methodology/approach – The paper questions future availability of the physical and the human factors that foster ski tourism development in Arctic Sweden and suggests a comparative case study in relation to the already existing large resort-based ski destinations in Arctic Finland. Findings – Preliminary documentary analysis shows that the governmental and the industrial discourses over the past decade have acknowledged a competitive edge for Sweden and its northernmost regions in particular and may even propose a structural shift for ski tourism in the near future agenda. The visualisations based on natural snow projections presented in this paper confirm this comparative advantage but other technical and socioeconomic development factors are further discussed, in relation to Arctic Finland. Research limitations/implications – Future research agenda is suggested to cover, first, assessment of natural and technical snow reliability of existing and all potential ski areas in Sweden and within its competitive set extending to all the Nordics and the Alps, then, incorporation of adaptive capacities of the suppliers but especially the likely substitution tendencies of the consumers, and finally, evaluation of the overall situation in terms of the regional development needs. Social implications – It is apparent that land use conflicts will arise in case of large ski resort-based destination development in Arctic Sweden, especially around the environmentally protected areas, which are not only already important attractions for nature-based tourism but also traditional livelihoods for the Sami. Originality/value – This is the first paper to discuss a potential regional and structural shift of ski tourism in Sweden. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change sami Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Journal of Tourism Futures 6 1 91 101 |
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the external and internal factors that support or challenge a possible transformation of Arctic Sweden into a major ski destination under a changing climate. Design/methodology/approach – The paper questions future availability of the physical and the human factors that foster ski tourism development in Arctic Sweden and suggests a comparative case study in relation to the already existing large resort-based ski destinations in Arctic Finland. Findings – Preliminary documentary analysis shows that the governmental and the industrial discourses over the past decade have acknowledged a competitive edge for Sweden and its northernmost regions in particular and may even propose a structural shift for ski tourism in the near future agenda. The visualisations based on natural snow projections presented in this paper confirm this comparative advantage but other technical and socioeconomic development factors are further discussed, in relation to Arctic Finland. Research limitations/implications – Future research agenda is suggested to cover, first, assessment of natural and technical snow reliability of existing and all potential ski areas in Sweden and within its competitive set extending to all the Nordics and the Alps, then, incorporation of adaptive capacities of the suppliers but especially the likely substitution tendencies of the consumers, and finally, evaluation of the overall situation in terms of the regional development needs. Social implications – It is apparent that land use conflicts will arise in case of large ski resort-based destination development in Arctic Sweden, especially around the environmentally protected areas, which are not only already important attractions for nature-based tourism but also traditional livelihoods for the Sami. Originality/value – This is the first paper to discuss a potential regional and structural shift of ski tourism in Sweden. |
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