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    • Sense of Svalbard. A study of place attachment through winter recreation on Svalbard 

      Aamot, Dóra Bimbó (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-10-28)
      Even though Svalbard has been pronounced as “no place for humans”, primarily because of its location, climate and remote appearance, it has been recognized several times in books and articles. As a consequence, tourism in the archipelago started about 100 years ago. The biggest increase in tourism occurred during the last 25 years, due to technological advances and to symbiotic co-operation between ...

    • Service co-production with customers in the framework of service-dominant logic in application to the hotel industry in Tromsø, Northern Norway 

      Kopanitsa, Kristina (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-08-31)
      This Master’s research introduces the concept of service co-production with customers in the framework of service-dominant (S-D) logic as a research paradigm in marketing management. The concept of service co-production was integrated into a tourism management setting and researched in application to the hotel industry in Tromsø, Northern Norway. The aim of this Master’s research was to investigate ...

    • Siida - spillet om fortiden kampen om fremtiden 

      Kramvig, Britt; Ekeland, Torun Granstrøm (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2003)

    • Silent Consequences of Security. The impact of security policies in tourism contexts. 

      Schneider, Thomas Victor (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-10-31)
      Terrorism is affecting all societies and industries. As tourism is implemented throughout the world it has become endangered by its consequences. Security policies are at the centre of the fight against such threat inducing fear from a customer perspective as well as with regards to sustainability risks for stakeholders. Moreover, the impact of policies implemented to counter terrorism on hosts and ...

    • Ski guiding and risk management - A qualitative study on Nortind educated ski guides 

      Wenseth, Michael (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-11-01)
      Avalanche fatalities claim lives in Norway each year. Yet, there is limited research on how ski guides ensure safety and manage risks on behalf of their clients. By studying how ski guides, educated through The Norwegian Mountain Guide Association (Nortind), manage this, I seek to fill this gap. The study is based on seven semi-structured interviews, supplemented by my autoethnographic reflections ...

    • “So, is that a lifestyle? I think it’s a life”: An examination of a climbing lifestyle and how it affects perceptions towards natural environment. 

      Kalwak, Marcin Jedrzej (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)
      In recent years, the activity of climbing, with its range of types and styles, has become popular. Up to now, it has been often associated with risk and inaccessibility. Nowadays, this association is changing. The perception of climbing is shifting towards a more accessible, and attractive sport/ activity. This thesis explores the attitude of rock climbers towards nature, specifically, environmental ...

    • A study of festivals in Møre and Romsdal and their cooperation with the tourism industry in the region. 

      Sæther, Lillian Peggy (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-06-08)
      Festivals represents exciting experiences for us as human beings and have also become important tourist attractions. Aspects that should motivate good cooperaton between these two sectors as tourism provide festivals with audiences and festivals could increase the attractiveness for destinations in a tourism context, which could benefit both parties. In order to investigate the nature of cooperation ...

    • “There is no other arrangement, which is bigger”. A qualitative case study of event meanings for local communities in rural areas 

      Chukhanova, Alena (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-11-01)
      Events are significantly influenced by their host places. Simultaneously, events affect geographical locations as well. This dynamic can lead to both positive and negative outcomes for host places and their inhabitants. These outcomes may be especially difficult to describe when dealing with events that take place in broad geographical locations, such as is the case with the long distance sled dog ...

    • Tourism development in mining community 

      Kozhin, Semen (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-06-01)
      The aim of this research project is to study the development of tourism in the mining community. As a case of study, the city of Kirovsk (Murmansk region, Russia) was chosen. Kirovsk have for the last 90 year been considered a monotown, much dependent upon mining as an economic practice. Presently tourism is being introduced and Kirovsk have been successful in relation to tourism investments. With ...

    • Tourism Higher Education in Armenia - Is there a need to internationalize the tourism higher education of Armenia? Documentary research 

      Matevosyan, Lusine (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-10-31)
      Armenia is an historical country rich in cultural heritage. However, due to historical events, the tourism and education systems have faced various challenges, and the question of preserving and developing tourism has become primary. Accordingly, rapid changes in higher education and tourism have resulted in an overview of the concept of internationalization of tourism education in Armenia. The ...

    • Tourism in the Subarctic and the Baltic Sea regions of Europe 

      Wråkberg, Urban (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      It is argued that the cultural dimensions of the Arctic and Subarctic have much to offer contemporary tourism, both as sources of new contents in tours and as an important field in tourism research and management training. In Norway, the Euroarctic is marketed to tourists focusing on nature and wildlife. A limited set of branding elements is used: northern lights, ice hotels, dogsledding, “safaris” ...

    • Tourist Motivations & Terrestrial Space Tourism 

      Le Dily, Clément (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-06-01)
      This thesis aims to explain the interactions between tourist motivations and their impact on general motivation for terrestrial space tourism. This study comes in as terrestrial Space tourism destinations have been forgotten by academics over the last decade, while still representing potent and successfull tourism destinations.

    • TOURISTS PERFORMING THE UNPREDICTABLE: THE INFLUENCE OF THE SCRIPT, STAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION ON NORTHERN LIGHTS ACTIVITIES IN NORTHERN NORWAY 

      Wentzlaff, Franziska (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-31)
      Visitors travel from all over the world to Northern Norway to view the natural spectacle, the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights during the wintertime. To increase the chances of visitors viewing the lights, they participate in a range of different activities. In order to get an understanding of how tourists perform during those activities, an ethnographic methodology informed by feministic research ...

    • Tracing Shintoism in Japanese nature-based domestic tourism experiences 

      Lee, Young-Sook; Sakuno, Seiichi; Prebensen, Nina K.; Kimura, Kazuhiko (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-12)
      This study explores into Japanese cultural meaning of nature. The paper studies Japanese domestic tourists to a mountain trail near Tokyo. East Asian concept of nature distinctively identifies itself as a unity between nature and humanity. To gain a more defining understanding of Shintoism-inspired meaning of nature, we surveyed on the meaning of nature, experiences and benefits sought and ...

    • Turistevalueringer av Oslo-guider. En gjennomgang for å avdekke kompetansebehov 

      Espeland, Line Natten (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-13)
      I denne oppgaven har jeg jobbet ut fra følgende problemstilling: å identifisere hvilke elementer ved en guidet tur i Oslo, inkludert egenskaper ved en Oslo-guide, en turist vektlegger og hvordan Oslo-guider kan bruke denne informasjonen til å øke sin egen kompetanse. Mitt teoretiske rammeverk for denne oppgaven er teori tilknyttet guiderollen og guidens funksjon. Samt teori som omtaler hvordan ...

    • Vertskapets rolle i opplevelsesrommet. Kan vertskapet gjøre en forskjell? 

      Lyrek, Trine K. (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-05-23)
      Vertskaps rollen er helt sentral i reiselivet. Det er vertskapet som ofte er ansiktet utad og representerer bedriften. Problemstillinga i denne masteroppgaven lyder: Hvilke faktorer kan være med på å sikre høyest mulig kundetilpasset vertskap for gjestene hoe en overnattingsbedrift? Hoved essensen av det jeg skriver om er vertskapsrollen, opplevelsesrommet og kundetilpassning. Jeg valgte å bruke ...

    • Welcoming tourism with trepidation: Exploring local understandings of tourism in Rosendal 

      Lillebø, Helene Olderkjær (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-06-01)
      Tourism can play a significant role for places and people, and can contribute to change how places are experienced. This thesis explores how tourism is understood to shape and change the village of Rosendal by looking at how the past, present and future presence of tourism is experienced and understood from a local perspective. Qualitative interviews with inhabitants and tourism businesses in Rosendal ...

    • What is the difference in the destination image of the Russian settlement of Barentsburg on Svalbard archipelago by tourists before they arrive and after they visited it? Recommendations to make Barentsburg more tourist friendly 

      Galaburda, Marina (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-10-29)
      This thesis explores the difference in destination image before and after tourists arrive at the Russian settlement, Barentsburg, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. Different tourists, who had visited Barentsburg, were the focus of the project. The main concept used throughout this thesis is tourists’ images of the destination. The research that informed this paper also investigated aspects ...

    • Would you go to the end of the world, because I Tweet you so? : Defining qualities of an effective social media endorser for promoting a tourist destination. 

      Egorova, Evgenia (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-06)
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