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dc.contributor.advisorWråkberg, Urban
dc.contributor.authorSaltykov, Maxim
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-18T11:28:58Z
dc.date.available2015-11-18T11:28:58Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-31
dc.description.abstractEstablishing the multinational tourism cluster in the Barents region should be aimed at achieving sustainable and mutual profits for all participants through their cross-border cooperation on the global arena. The analysis of the competitive profile of the Murmansk region based on secondary sources and a qualitative research among its stakeholders confirms that it would be profitable for the destination to cooperate with its neighbors on tourist flows to the European Arctic. Benchmarking of the nature-based resources in the Barents region reveals that they can be marketed under a joint tourism brand. The differences in cultural heritages between Russia and its neighbors would add value to the cross-border products and could be perceived by international visitors as unique selling points. Coopetition in tourism in the European Arctic could be built around joint marketing and cross-border product development. Actions in this direction could result in enhancing destination’s international competitiveness through increasing awareness about it among the tourists and improving its overall performance. It could facilitate realization of the potential of the Barents region by creating cross-border products that consist of the tourist experiences in frontier areas. Though there are many challenges, the tourism stakeholders in the Murmansk region are positive about collaboration on international marketing and development of cross-border packages. The incorporation of the region into a tourism cluster in the European Arctic requires networking; an audit of the destination, and development of the cooperation model suited to all stakeholders in the Barents region.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8272
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_7854
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDRMG40en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210en_US
dc.subjectTourismen_US
dc.titleCross-border cooperation as a tool for enhancing the international competitiveness of tourism destinations. A case study of the Murmansk region in northwest Russia as a part of the Barents tourism clusteren_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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