Research Agenda for Arctic Tourism

Edited by Outi Rantala, Professor of Responsible Arctic Tourism, Multidimensional Tourism Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland, Finland and the late Dieter K. Müller, formerly Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography, Umeå University, Sweden

‘Without a doubt, this book will be core reading for those seeking new and diverse theoretical and methodological advancements to help address the multi-faceted challenges facing tourism across the Arctic. The book brings together new and established researchers achieving a refreshing and long overdue re-examination of Arctic tourism. I applaud the editors and contributors for this critical and essential contribution to the growing polar tourism literature.’

• ContentsPreface xv1 Introduction: The need for a revised researchagenda for Arctic tourism 1Outi Rantala and Dieter K. Müller2 When POLTOUR app meets generative AI:A walkthrough of research output and outreachon Arctic tourism and climate change 15O. Cenk Demiroglu3 “Justin Bieber posted it on IG, so why can’tI visit?” – Understanding the future of the Arctictourist experience using social media and mobiletechnologies 35Patrick T. Maher and Anne Hardy4 Mobilities and place: Arctic tourism in the making 47Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson5 A future for creative tourism in the Arctic 63Suzanne de la Barre6 Tourism, imaginaries, and cultural heritage in theArctic: The need for studying the particular 81Trine Kvidal-Røvik, Stein R. Mathisen and Kjell Olsen7 Multispecies hospitality 93Emily Höckert and Outi Rantala8 A comparative advantage? Using situatedcomparison for collaborative ways of knowing inGreenlandic tourism 109Carina Ren and Ulunnguaq Markussen9 Framing by opening up: Approaching matters ofconcern in nature-based tourism 125Brynhild Granås, June Anthonsen Røsbø and Mats J. Hoel10 Nature-based tourism as part of Arctic land useand just transition 141Seija Tuulentie11 Who owns the Arctic tourism industry?Economic-geographical perspectives 157Dieter K. Müller12 Post-Arctic tourism and the need to rethink theaesthetics of Arctic tourism in the context ofclimate change 169Alix Varnajot13 Convivial Arctic futures: Understanding the role oftourism in times of ecological crisis 183Edward H. Huijbens14 Arctic tourism in the 21st century 199Dieter K. Müller and Outi Rantala