Towards a Classification of Transboundary Tourist and Recreation Mesoregions in the Baltic Region

Манаков, Андрей; Krasilnikova, Irina N.; Ivanov, Ivan A.

doi:10.5922/2079-8555-2022-1-5

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“…For the first time, we addressed changes in the amount of tourism at the level of territorial units of the Baltic region when classifying cross-border tourism and recreational regions based on statistics from early 2019 to June 2021 [29]. It was observed then that the largest drop in tourist flows occurred in the first year of the pandemic in the cross-border tourism and recreational regions established with participation from Russia and Sweden.…”

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Changes in the structure and geography of tourist flows during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Tourism suffered more than many other sectors amid Covid-19 travel restrictions. This article looks at the impact of the pandemic on the territorial redistribution of tourist flows in the Baltic region. The study draws on regional annual and monthly data on international and domestic tourist arrivals between 2019 and 2021, available on the websites of the statistical offices of the Baltic Region countries. The regions earlier dependent on tourist arrivals from Russia experienced the largest drop in inbound tourism during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, domestic tourism burgeoned in most of the region’s countries. In 2021, the most dramatic increase in domestic arrivals occurred, year on year, in the border regions of Russia’s Northwest Federal District; the growth was also notable in Finland and the Baltic States. Domestic tourist flow compensated, partially or even fully, for the decrease in inbound tourist flow in most regions. The structure of inbound tourism changed markedly during the pandemic, with the share of tourists from the Baltic States growing. The strongest rise was in some regions of southern Finland and more modest in Latvia and Lithuania.

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Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions

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2022

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This article offers a new approach to evaluating the significance of cross-border tourism for residents of the border region of Karelia amid COVID-19 restrictions. The work draws on data of a municipal-level survey of the region’s population (575 people), conducted by the author in collaboration with Dr Ekaterina Shlapeko in 2021. Analysis of the survey results has confirmed the customariness of cross-border tourist mobility for the Karelians and the essential role it plays in their lives. These are manifested in regular trips to the neighbouring state, frequent contacts with Finnish travellers, marked preferences and a network of contacts with Finnish residents and organisations. The COVID-19 restrictions affected the routines of the residents of the Karelian borderlands more severely than those of people living in the inner municipalities or the regional capital. The findings of the study provide a comprehensive picture of the significance of cross-border tourist mobility (border tourism) and point to spatial differences in the perception of the study phenomenon by the residents of border, interior and urban municipalities. When applied in practice, the proposed approach gives an opportunity to widen the range of possible administrative decisions and can serve as a tool of regional economic policy on tourism.

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Towards a Classification of Transboundary Tourist and Recreation Mesoregions in the Baltic Region

Cited by 2 publications

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Changes in the structure and geography of tourist flows during the COVID-19 pandemic

Changes in the structure and geography of tourist flows during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions

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