Arctic Tourism Experiences Production, Consumption and Sustainability

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences.

Part I: Introduction and issues: Tourist experiences of the arctic and creating tourist experiences
. Chapter 1: Arctic Destinations and Attractions as Evolving Peripheral Settings for the Production and Consumption of Peak Tourism Experiences
. Chapter 2: Experiencing the Arctic in the Past: French Visitors to Finnmark in the Late 1700s and Early 1800s
. Chapter 3: Roles of Adventure Guides in Balancing Perceptions of Risk and Safety
. Chapter 4: The Central Role of Identity in the Arctic Periphery
. Chapter 5: Tourists and Narration in the Arctic: The Changing Experience of Museums
. Chapter 6: World Heritage List = Tourism Attractiveness?

Part II: creating tourist experiences in the arctic
. Chapter 7: Degrees of Peripherality in the Production and Consumption of Leisure Tourism in Greenland
. Chapter 8: Northern Lights Experiences in the Arctic Dark: Old Imaginaries and New Tourism Narratives
. Chapter 9: Exploring the Extreme Iditarod Trail in Alaska
. Chapter 10: The Arctic Tourism Experience from an Evolving Chinese Perspective
. Chapter 11: Tourists’ Interpretations of a "Feelgood In Lapland" Holiday- A Case Study
. Chapter 12: Negotiating Sami Place and Identity: Do Scottish Traditions Help Sami to be More Sami?
. Chapter 13: Emergence of Experience Production Systems for Mass Tourism Participation in Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Arctic Scandinavia
. Chapter 14: Factors of Peripherality: Whale Watching in Northern Norway
. Chapter 15: Responsible Fishing Tourism in the Arctic
. Chapter 16: Long way up: Powered Two-Wheeled Journeys in Northern Peripheries
. Chapter 17: Experiences of Marine Adventurers in the Canadian Arctic
. Chapter 18: Arctic Tourism in Russia: Attractions, Experiences, Challenges and Potentials
. Chapter 19: Tourism Experiences of Post-Soviet Arctic Borderlands
. Chapter 20: Arctic Tourism Experiences: Opportunities, Challenges and

Suitable for academics and students with an interest in Arctic tourism

Young-Sook Lee, Head of Department. UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway,