This book aims to better understand the production and consumption of visitor experiences in the Arctic region as a rapidly changing tourist destination. This knowledge will contribute to a balanced triple bottom line (TBL) sustainability approach in Arctic tourism. Part 1 (chapters 1-6) investigates the depth and dimensions of tourist experiences in the Arctic. The chapters examine the essence of diverse peak experiences and delve into the factors that give rise to these experiences. Part 2 (chapters 7-20) considers the links between these core experiences and the tourism industry that seeks to sustain itself by facilitating such satisfying outcomes. The book has a subject index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Arctic destinations and attractions as evolving peripheral settings for the production and consumption of peak tourism experiences / Young-Sook Lee, David B. Weaver and Nina K. Prebensen -- Experiencing the arctic in the past : French visitors to Finnmark in the late 1700s and early 1800s / Isabelle Guissard and Young-Sook Lee -- Roles of adventure guides in balancing perceptions of risk and safety / Arild R�kenes and Line Mathisen -- The central role of identity in the Arctic periphery / Sara Davoudi, Claes H�ogstr�om and B�ard Tronvoll -- Tourists and narration in the Arctic : the changing experience of museums / Johan Edelheim and Young-Sook Lee -- World heritage list = tourism attractiveness? / Kjell Olsen -- Degrees of peripherality in the production and consumption of leisure tourism in Greenland / David B. Weaver and Laura J. Lawton -- Northern lights experiences in the Arctic dark : old imaginaries and new tourism narratives / Stein R. Mathisen -- Exploring the extreme Iditarod Trail in Alaska / Hans Anton Stubberud and Carsten Blom Ruud -- The Arctic tourism experience from an evolving Chinese perspective /Ming-Feng Huang, Chuanzhong Tang and David B. Weaver -- Tourists' interpretations of a "feelgood in Lapland" holiday : a case study / Raija Komppula -- Negotiating Sami place and identity : do Scottish traditions help Sami to be more Sami? / Beate Bursta -- Emergence of experience production systems for mass tourism participation in peripheral regions : evidence from Arctic Scandinavia / Peter Fischer -- Factors of peripherality : whale watching in northern Norway / Giovanna Bertella -- Responsible fishing tourism in the Arctic / Nina K. Prebensen and S�lvi Lyngnes -- Long way up : powered two-wheeled journeys in northern peripheries / Carl Cater -- Experiences of marine adventurers in the Canadian Arctic / Margaret E. Johnston, Elsa De Souza and R. Harvey Lemelin -- Arctic tourism in Russia : attractions, experiences, challenges and potentials / Sergey Ilkevich and Per Str�omberg -- Tourism experiences of post-Soviet Arctic borderlands / Peter Haugseth and Urban Wr�akberg -- Arctic tourism experiences : opportunities, challenges and future research directions for a changing periphery / Young-Sook Lee, David B. Weaver and Nina K. Prebensen.

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