Educated in friluftsliv – working in tourism

Andersen, Sigmund; Rolland, Carsten Gade

doi:10.1080/15022250.2018.1522727

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“…Learning and interpretation are other themes recognized, related to the role of guides as well as tourists' nature connections. Andersen and Rolland (2018) found that learning (through guides) relates to both skills and techniques necessary for living and skiing in unfamiliar nature and connecting the participants more closely with nature. Among the many other analytical approaches observed, we also notice applications using ethnography, grounded theory, importance-performance analysis, REP-scales, visitor-employed photography and visitor monitoring techniques.…”

Section: Current State Of Nature-based Tourism Research -A Nordic Outmentioning

confidence: 96%

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20 years of Nordic nature-based tourism research: a review and future research agenda

Fredman

Margaryan

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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This paper provides a review of research in nature-based tourism in the Nordic region, discuss it from an international viewpoint and provide an outlook for the future research agenda. To do this, we analyze the Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism for papers focusing on nature-based tourism from 2010 to 2020, as well as 29 key textbooks representing international scholarship within the last decade. We argue there has been an increase in the number of studies looking at nature-based tourism from the supply side, especially about destination development, lifestyle entrepreneurship and the role of guides. We also notice that many research questions are raised from practical needs, while more theoretically oriented research is rather limited. The international call for new, bold theoretical outlooks, the need to reimagine and fundamentally transform human-nature relationships towards sustainability and coexistence remains relevant for the Nordic context in the future.

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Section: Current State Of Nature-based Tourism Research -A Nordic Outmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…One of the more prominent foci is the role of guides. Guides can play a major role for highquality interpretation and learning as part of the tourism experience as we noted above (Andersen & Rolland, 2018). Guides can also create values for clients in various ways.…”

Section: Current State Of Nature-based Tourism Research -A Nordic Outmentioning

confidence: 98%

20 years of Nordic nature-based tourism research: a review and future research agenda

Fredman

Margaryan

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…In fact, five out of the six guides in this study have attended nature guiderelated educational programs at university level in Norway. Andersen and Rolland (2018) argue that nature guides educated in friluftsliv (as is the norm in nature-based higher education courses in Norway) can "add value by enhancing participant's experiences and adding more learning to the experience. The learning relates to skills and techniques .…”

Section: Susceptibility To Sustainabilitymentioning

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Sustainability Comes to Life. Nature-Based Adventure Tourism in Norway

Rosenberg

Lynch

Radmann

2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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This paper investigates how tourists and guides perform sustainability during adventure tourism trips in natural environments. The paper draws on empirical data from an ethnographic study of five different multi-day trips in Norway, each of which used skiing, hiking, or biking as the mode of travel. In our analysis, we focus on how the different actors understood, operationalized and practiced elements of sustainability in their everyday lives while on the trips. The paper applies a micro-sociological perspective to the nature-based adventure tourism scene where the interplay between tourists, guides, adventure activities and nature is understood as multiple dialectic performances co-produced by the different actors. Goffman's dramaturgical metaphors, and concepts of frames, appearance, and manner saturate recent research on tourism and nature guiding. This paper builds on the “performance turn” as a theoretical point of departure for understanding sustainability in nature-based adventure tourism experiences. In participant observations and post-trip interviews with Norwegian and international tourists and their guides, we found that sustainability performances were not a major aspect of the trips. We did find some performances of mainly “light” sustainability and, among them, elements of ambivalence and ambiguity. Our data indicate that some guides tread a fine line between enhancing and deepening tourists' experiences of nature and sustainability or negatively impacting the perceived enjoyment imperative of the trip. International tourists expressed deeper sustainability overall. We reflect on the relative explanatory strengths of Goffman's “frames” and interaction order, and Persson's “framing,” for understanding the interplay between guide and tourist sustainability performances and conclude with pointers for teasing out the complexities we identify.

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“…However, rising affluence in Norway has made both friluftsliv and hytteliv accessible to a broader population and driven an expectation for higher living standards and a higher level of comfort and convenience in cabins (Abram, 2012;Vittersø, 2007). Still, the traditional view of friluftsliv continues to be sanctioned by government entities and officials (Flemsaeter et al, 2015), as well as used as a basis for educating Norwegian nature guides (Andersen & Rolland, 2018). This is arguably more sustainable and focussed on participants' environmental responsibility (Høyem, 2020;Varley & Semple, 2015).…”

Section: Change and Tensions In Norwegian Outdoor Recreationmentioning

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The Norwegian trekking association: conditions for its continued existence with new tourism patterns.

Westskog

Aase

Leikanger

2021

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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The Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) promotes outdoor activities all over Norway. It marks trails and operates 550 cabins, maintained by extensive voluntary efforts, throughout the country. Based on a case study of one area in Norway in which DNT operates, we discuss the prerequisites for the DNT system to be sustained and the challenges it faces with new tourism patterns. Two main conditions are paramount for the DNT system to develop. First, a large overlap between the core values of DNT and its guests is required. Second, the transfer of norms and conduct inherent in the system is conditioned by social encounters in real time and places, bodily experiences, and facilitated by face-to-face communication between fellow trekkers. Guests who are unfamiliar with the DNT system's core values and code of conduct may threaten the system; increased attention to promoting the core values in informational material and mentors who guide newcomers may counteract these threats.

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Educated in friluftsliv – working in tourism

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

20 years of Nordic nature-based tourism research: a review and future research agenda

20 years of Nordic nature-based tourism research: a review and future research agenda

Sustainability Comes to Life. Nature-Based Adventure Tourism in Norway

The Norwegian trekking association: conditions for its continued existence with new tourism patterns.

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