Polar Tourism

A Tool for Regional Development

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  • Éditeur québécois

Rich in culture and scenery, Nunavik has identified tourism as one of the main and best suited avenue for economic development. This book is meant to offer a range of perspectives on how challenges can be met and how solutions can be implemented for the benefit of all local interests.

Table des matières

Table des matières
Polar Tourism 1
Acknowledgements 8
Table of contents 10
List of figures 16
List of tables 20
Introduction 24
1. Polar tourism development : who benefits ? 46
2. Conceptualization of polar tourism 84
3. Mediative thinking for polar tourism research an codes of ethics 110
4. Must we put dogsleds on wheels for the tourist season ? 132
5. Tourism development in Europe's "last wilderness" 152
6. The Cree village Ecolodge 178
7. Reinventing ethnic indentity 202
8. Sustainable tourism development in Antarctica 230
9. Polar tourist experiences 250
Conclusion 274
List of contributors 280
Index 284

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