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Tittel:Managing Svalbard Tourism: Inconsistencies and Conflicts of Interest
Ansvar:Grete K. Hovelsrud, Julia Olsen, Annika E. Nilsson, Julien Lebel
Forfatter:Hovelsrud, Grete K. / Olsen, Julia / Nilsson, Annika E.
Materialtype:Artikkel - elektronisk
Signatur:Arctic review on law and politics
Utgitt:Oslo : Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2023
Omfang:S. 86-106
Serie:Arctic Review on Law and Politics ; Vol. 14
Emneord:Miljøvern / Turisme
Geografiske emneord:Arktis / Latvia / Svalbard / Svalbard
Note:This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY 4.0.
Innhold:Abstract
The Svalbard Archipelago has experienced a rapid increase in tourism-related activities over the past few decades. The Norwegian Government’s ambition to develop the Archipelago’s tour-ism industry offers multiple socio-economic opportunities. The development and scope of these tourism activities is affected by a complex governance system that entails strict environmental regulation and preparedness considerations. To understand the balance of goals across the national and international policy levels, we have mapped, reviewed, and analyzed the national and inter-national regulations and agreements that affect tourism activities on Svalbard. The document analysis reveals the framework of natural and environmental consideration, access to areas and passage, requirements for organized outdoor activities, and regulatory tools. We discovered con-flicts and internal inconsistencies in the way that Svalbard tourism has developed. It has been shaped by both economic growth and environmental preservation, without any specific business development objectives and goals or acceptable limits of environmental and social change in place. For tourism stakeholders, this might complicate any rational assessment of the balance between economic development and environmental status. The challenges we have identified are specific to Svalbard, but are likely to be similar in many other Arctic locations involved in tourism.

Keywords: regulations, environment, sustainability, tourism, cruise, governance, Arctic
Del av verk:Arctic review on law and politics vol. 14 (2023)

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