Destination 90° N: dimensions and geographies of tourism at the North Pole

A Varnajot, É Lépy - Polar Geography, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Despite its extreme remoteness, the geographic North Pole is attracting more tourists than
ever before, bringing increasing numbers of people and ships to the Arctic Ocean. This …

Designing and offering legend-based experiences: Perspectives of Santa Claus in the Joulupukin Pajakylä

PA Christou, K Pericleous, R Komppula - Annals of Tourism Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Humans, more than ever before, pursue connections with legends and legendary figures,
not least at intentionally designed settings. This quest has endured for millennia as a …

Digital Rovaniemi: contemporary and future arctic tourist experiences

A Varnajot - Journal of Tourism Futures, 2019‏ - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate tourists' representations of the Arctic
through the lens of the photo-sharing social network Instagram. The study focuses on the …

Bad Santa: cultural heritage, mystification of the Arctic, and tourism as an extractive industry

VP Herva, A Varnajot, A Pashkevich - The Polar Journal, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
This article assesses the construction of cultural geographies of the European far North
through an exploration of how Arctic motifs and imaginaries are used in the Christmas …

[كتاب][B] Rethinking Arctic tourism: Tourists' practices and perceptions of the Arctic in Rovaniemi

A Varnajot - 2020‏ - oulurepo.oulu.fi
The Arctic is facing rapid and significant social, cultural, economic and environmental
changes. In recent years, due to ongoing and forecasted climate change impacts, policy …

Countering “arctification”: Dawson city's “sourtoe cocktail”

EA Cooper, M Spinei, A Varnajot - Journal of Tourism Futures, 2020‏ - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the Sourtoe Cocktail, a custom in Dawson
City, Canada's Yukon, in which participants drink a shot of alcohol with a dehydrated human …

Tourists as experience collectors: A new travelling mind-set

I Kostopoulos, S Magrizos, LC Harris - Leisure Sciences, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
While literature on experiential tourism suggests that travellers are increasingly more
interested in unique experiences, little has been said about the nature and dynamics of …

Tourism routes through a mobile lens: The case of China's Chamagudao

A Witte - Tourist Studies, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines how various stakeholders' practices on the ground mobilise and
immobilise the Chamagudao's heritage as a historic trade and caravan route. The research …

Understanding borders and tourism: Complex relationships and evolving patterns

DJ Timothy, A Gelbman - Routledge handbook of borders and …, 2022‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This introductory chapter sets the conceptual tone for the entire book. The authors first
examine the traditional nature of borders and the nature of tourism, and postulate on the …