World Heritage, Tourism and Community Involvement: A Comparative Study of the High Coast (Sweden) and Kvarken Archipelago (Finland)

Svels, Kristina

doi:10.1080/15022250.2015.1009708

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“…United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) WH sites are areas having cultural and/or natural characteristics of 'outstanding universal value' according to international criteria and 'tests of integrity and authenticity' (Hall & Piggin, 2002). While these sites are considered world-recognised tourist attractions in their own right, they are also protected areas and living environments for local people (Svels, 2015). WH sites are hence influenced by both global and local interests, which may contradict each other (Becken & Job, 2014).…”

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“…According to a survey conducted in 2011, the residents in the Kvarken area have a positive view when it comes to tourism. Yet, the locals feel that they should be provided more opportunities to contribute to the WH site management as it may be difficult to strike a balance between the local needs and the WH conservation aspiration (Svels, 2015).…”

Section: Challenges Regarding the Development Of Tourism Activities Imentioning

confidence: 99%

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Planning for Sustainable Tourism in the Nordic Rural Regions - Cruise Tourism, the Right to Roam and Other Examples of Identified Challenges in a Place-Specific Context

Bogason¹,

Karlsdóttir²,

Broegaard³

et al. 2021

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contexts (Broegaard et al., 2019). Several of the other Nordic municipalities with high secondhome populations are aware of the potential of this group of (voluntary temporary) population and employ different strategies to engage and involve them (Slätmo et al., 2019), e.g., through meetings, targeted information and earmarking of funds to carry out physical improvements proposed by the voluntary temporary population. In other places, local authorities may be aware of the importance of the seasonal population and the considerable development potential they represent, but do not address them systematically (Topsø Larsen et al., 2018; Topsø Larsen, Broegaard, & Havtorn Larsen, 2019). The voluntary temporary population may be a somewhat 'invisible' population in receiving municipalities, as they are not easily captured in registry data and our ordinary perception of 'residents'. Gribskov municipality intends to develop and brand its tourism through 'strong narratives and place-bound experiences' (Gribskov turismestrategi, 2016-2020), which requires co-creation and collaboration with many actors-here, they also specifically mention authorities, leisure-time residents, networks, organisations and business organisations. One of the ways they approach this is through the organisation of workshops for leisure-time residents to 'strengthen the attachment to Gribskov municipality' (Gribskov turismestrategi, 2016-2020) as well as find ways to increase the use of second homes year-round (including through rental activity). Another workshop for leisure-time residents is planned to strengthen their involvement in cultural events and institutions and their development in the municipality. Thereby they also aim to extend the cultural networks available for such development activities, by involving and engaging leisuretime residents and their networks, not least in relation to local attractions. Gribskov tourism strategy highlights a concept of co-development responsibility in their collaboration with actor [forpligtende samarbejde], i.e., they are responsible for and engaged with the broad array of actors, with whom they collaborate for tourism development, from tourism organisations and public institutions to business associations, civic organisations, volunteer groups, residents and leisure-time residents (Gribskov turismestrategi, 2016-2020). In 'Invitation to co-create' (Gribskov kommune, 2017), a short version of a recent strategic plan, coordination and collaboration is seen as an important strategy by the municipality. It presents innovative ways of connecting the hinterland with its more immediately attractive coastline, to increase the attractiveness of the entire municipality and to 'improve living conditions' for 'residents and leisure-time residents, businesses and tourists' (Gribskov kommune; SLA København; Smith Innovation, 2016). This plan was part of a national strategic planning project to support local place-bound development in rural municipalities in Denmark (Erhvervsstyrelsen et al., 2017). Among the actions...

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Section: Challenges Regarding the Development Of Tourism Activities Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challenges Regarding the Development Of Tourism Activities Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Planning for Sustainable Tourism in the Nordic Rural Regions - Cruise Tourism, the Right to Roam and Other Examples of Identified Challenges in a Place-Specific Context

Bogason¹,

Karlsdóttir²,

Broegaard³

et al. 2021

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“…Demographic development follows a global pattern of outmigration and an ageing population (Baldacchino et al, 2015, p. 1). Except for a few urban destinations, the main tourism attractions Heggem, 2015) and conservation of natural and cultural heritage (Svels, 2015). There are also papers in the 2015 special issue that are not defined by title, key words or abstract as rural tourism, although they do clearly deal with an aspect of rural tourism (Lemelin et al, 2015;Schmudde, 2015;Sigurðardóttir & Helgadóttir, 2015;Varley & Semple, 2015).…”

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20 years of Nordic rural tourism research: a review and future research agenda

Helgadóttir

Dashper

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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This review focuses on how the concepts rural and rurality have appeared in the context of Nordic tourism and hospitality research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research. All publications that contained the term rural or a synonym in one or more of these: title, keywords or abstract were considered. Content analysis was conducted based on the publications that have the term rural or a synonym in their title, keywords and abstract. Furthermore, the review considers the measurable impact of the publications on rural tourism and offers suggestions for fruitful future research directions. A brief theoretical framework is provided to analyse what rural and rurality refer to in the publications.

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“…Then, and based on more interviews, Lemelin, Koster, Bradford, Strickert, and Molinsky (2015) provide evidence of sceptical resident stakeholder views on conservation and tourism development from another peripheral destination in their paper People, protected areas and tourism: Place attachment in Rossport, Ontario, Canada. These mixed views and concerns are echoed in Svels (2015) and her paper World Heritage, tourism and community involvement: A comparative study of the High Coast (Sweden) and Kvarken archipelago (Finland), a text based on an attitude survey and focus group interviews with residents in UNESCO World Heritage Site communities located in a transnational region.…”

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