A Research Agenda for Arctic Tourism (Elgar Research Agendas)

In A Research Agenda for Arctic Tourism , experts address key topics related to tourism in the North such as the climate crisis, increased political and economic turmoil, and the complexity of interests and relations among stakeholders. Suggesting potential pathways for research on Arctic tourism, the contributors recognize tourism as one future storyline for the Arctic: a storyline embedded in local human and non-human communities. Bringing in-depth and innovative scholarship together with creative thinking across tourism disciplines, this Research Agenda examines both the positive and negative effects of tourism development in the Arctic: from emerging new transport infrastructure and business, employment and economic opportunities to the impact on indigenous and local communities as well as nature. Experts in Northern tourism explore traditional business perspectives in tourism research with alternative theoretical approaches, highlighting communities and spatial relations. Scholars researching tourism management and tourism from social science perspectives, as well as Arctic studies more broadly, will appreciate the insights highlighted and the links to the wider topics of international relations, politics, sociology, geography and anthropology. Front Matter Copyright Contents Figures Contributors Preface 1 Introduction: The need for a revised research agenda for Arctic tourism 2 When POLTOUR app meets generative AI: A walkthrough of research output and outreach on Arctic tourism and climate change 3 “Justin Bieber posted it on IG, so why can’t I visit?” – Understanding the future of the Arctic tourist experience using social media and mobile technologies 4 Mobilities and place: Arctic tourism in the making 5 A future for creative tourism in the Arctic 6 Tourism, imaginaries, and cultural heritage in the Arctic: The need for studying the particular 7 Multispecies hospitality 8 A comparative advantage? Using situated comparison for collaborative ways of knowing in Greenlandic tourism 9 Framing by opening up: Approaching matters of concern in nature-based tourism 10 Nature-based tourism as part of Arctic land use and just transition 11 Who owns the Arctic tourism industry? Economic-geographical perspectives 12 Post-Arctic tourism and the need to rethink the aesthetics of Arctic tourism in the context of climate change 13 Convivial Arctic futures: Understanding the role of tourism in times of ecological crisis 14 Arctic tourism in the 21st century Index