The summer of 2020 lured out many first-time hikers Fewer and fewer Norwegians are interested in hiking off the marked mountain trails, according to researchers from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research.
Norwegians have built a half-million cabins as holiday homes. Is that too many? There’s roughly one cabin for every tenth Norwegian, and more will be built.
Making the shift to short-haul and queue-free tourism The coronavirus has sent tourists flocking into nature.
Can foreign tourists be trusted to clean Norwegian mountain cabins? Norway is attracting many hikers from new groups and other countries. Will the values and cabin system of the Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT), based on unwritten rules and trust, survive this transition?
The growth of Airbnb can support tourism development in remote tourist destinations SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: New study sheds light on the effect of Airbnb in rural areas.
Exotic travellers are planet warmers Nature and experienced-based tours to distant countries take us happily out of our daily routines, but they are also far from good for the environment. The tourist industry should really care about how people reach their destinations – not just how many bath towels they are using.
Researchers take tourism to a higher level When research hooks up with the travel business, tourists can expect much more meaningful experiences. This is seen in research on whale safari tourism.
Tourism cannot sustain North Norway Norwegian national planners have a tendency to tout the importance of tourism for northern Norway. But tourism does not necessarily make a local community in the North more vigorous.
Tourists split on Norway’s changing landscape Nature is reclaiming Norway’s cultural landscape, but tourists are divided on whether this is good or bad.
Nordic tower power Tourists may find them picturesque, but Nordic capital cities, with their historic low skylines, face an economic challenge: how to attract business and accommodate population growth without ruining the skyline with ‘vertical sprawl’.