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Rethinking connectivity in Arctic tourism development

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  • Ren, Carina
  • Jóhannesson, Gunnar Thór
  • Ásgeirsson, Magnús Haukur
  • Woodall, Sarah
  • Reigner, Nathan

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This paper explores tourism development in Greenland using connectivity as a prism to explore the emerging challenges and opportunities brought about by vast distances and limited and costly accessibility. We introduce the current tourism situation in Greenland in a context of broader development patterns and currents in Arctic tourism. Based on interviews, workshops and policy analysis, we point to three pressing conversations in Greenlandic tourism: governance, tourism data and capacity. Drawing on the concepts of ‘islandness’ and (dis)connectivity, we suggest that Greenland is not one, but several, only partially connected destinations. We end up arguing for a greater need for sensitivity and tailoring in tourism policy making and for future initiatives to take geographical and ‘situational’ differences into account.

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  • Ren, Carina & Jóhannesson, Gunnar Thór & Ásgeirsson, Magnús Haukur & Woodall, Sarah & Reigner, Nathan, 2024. "Rethinking connectivity in Arctic tourism development," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:105:y:2024:i:c:s0160738323001780
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103705
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