UNESCO and beyond - Whose voices are heard? And how? A case study on local participation and sustainable tourism development in Sarfannguit, Greenland

• Main Author: Søndergaard, Marie Louise
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020
• Subjects: Sustainable development; Tourism; Local participation; UNESCO World Heritage Site; Greenland; Arctic; VDP::Social science: 200; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200; IND-3904; Aasivissuit; Qeqqata; Sisimiut; inuit; Sarfannguit
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20573

In 2018, a large area in western Greenland, close to the Arctic Circle, was inscribed on the UNESCO’s Heritage Site list. The site is now known as Aasivissuit – Nipisat - Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea. The small settlement Sarfannguit is situated within this site. The settlement is one ou...