Rethinking connectivity in Arctic tourism development

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

Annals of Tourism Research, 2024, vol. 105, issue C

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Greenland; Arctic tourism; Connectivity; Policy; Capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103705

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