Arctic Tourism: Realities & Possibilities
This paper addresses human capital in the Arctic in relation to tourism. More specifically, with an ever-increasing number oftourists recognizing the attractiveness of the Arctic, tour companies are increasingly recognizing the opportunities. The media(typically southern media) sells the image, eith...
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ftunivdalarna:oai:DiVA.org:du-16281 2023-10-29T02:32:45+01:00 Arctic Tourism: Realities & Possibilities Pashkevich, Albina 2014 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-16281 eng eng Högskolan Dalarna, Kulturgeografi Arctic Portal Arctic Yearbook 2014 : Scholarly Articles, Section II: Regional Economy & Properity, p. 1-17 orcid:0000-0001-8134-5999 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-16281 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess tourism development Russian Arctic value of tourism regional development Human Geography Kulturgeografi Chapter in book info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart text 2014 ftunivdalarna 2023-09-29T14:55:35Z This paper addresses human capital in the Arctic in relation to tourism. More specifically, with an ever-increasing number oftourists recognizing the attractiveness of the Arctic, tour companies are increasingly recognizing the opportunities. The media(typically southern media) sells the image, either before or after the tourists arrive, and communities are often left to deal with therepercussions – whether those are social, economic, environmental, or the like. Many of the repercussions are negative; however,even when perceived as positive they can create tensions within small communities and showcase a variety of capacity issues.This paper focuses on the realities and possibilities of tourism in the Arctic. It offers an up-to-date descriptive overview of tourismnumbers and valuations. In addition, ‘realities’ also focuses on the current suite of challenges and ‘possibilities’ addresses criticalquestions that need to be asked as tourism grows. We are in an uncertain age and academic critique of the Arctic tourismphenomenon is growing as quickly as the numbers. This paper is almost fully circumpolar in outlook, written by individuals fromthose jurisdictions, and aims to intersect with other sectors active in the Arctic. Book Part Arctic Arctic Dalarna University: Publications (DiVA) |
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This paper addresses human capital in the Arctic in relation to tourism. More specifically, with an ever-increasing number oftourists recognizing the attractiveness of the Arctic, tour companies are increasingly recognizing the opportunities. The media(typically southern media) sells the image, either before or after the tourists arrive, and communities are often left to deal with therepercussions – whether those are social, economic, environmental, or the like. Many of the repercussions are negative; however,even when perceived as positive they can create tensions within small communities and showcase a variety of capacity issues.This paper focuses on the realities and possibilities of tourism in the Arctic. It offers an up-to-date descriptive overview of tourismnumbers and valuations. In addition, ‘realities’ also focuses on the current suite of challenges and ‘possibilities’ addresses criticalquestions that need to be asked as tourism grows. We are in an uncertain age and academic critique of the Arctic tourismphenomenon is growing as quickly as the numbers. This paper is almost fully circumpolar in outlook, written by individuals fromthose jurisdictions, and aims to intersect with other sectors active in the Arctic. |
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Arctic Tourism: Realities & Possibilities |
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