Norwegian Arctic wilderness tourism hit particularly hard by coronavirus
Trine Baddari and her family spent years building the BIRK husky as a successful wilderness brand in the Pasvik valley.
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Arctic Canada: Yukon tourism operators brace for impact of COVID-19 this summer
Tourism operators in Yukon are bracing for a bad season this summer because of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, and
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Arctic cruise operators brace for coronavirus uncertainty
While the Arctic cruise ship season is still months away, the expedition cruise industry is closely following the outbreak of
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Finnish Lapland sees tourism boom in January
The number of tourists visiting Finnish Lapland grew by 12.5 percent in January compared to the same period last year,
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Arctic Finland’s first coronavirus patient released from hospital symptom-free
A tourist visiting from China who was confirmed to have the new strain of coronavirus last week was released from
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Battery-powered tour buses come to Arctic Norway
The travel industry goes green and the north is no exception when tour-busses aims for zero emission. It is the
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Concern over coronavirus outbreak impacts tourism in northern Europe and Arctic Russia
First coronavirus case in northern Finland triggers big headlines. In Murmansk, incoming tourists are expected to be down 80 percent
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Chinese tourists cancel trips to Canada’s Northwest Territories amid coronavirus outbreak
Tour operators and hotels in Yellowknife are being hit with a number of cancellations from Chinese tourists in the wake
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New tourism investment brings hope to Russian city as main smelter closes down
Nornickel might invest up to 10,5 billion rubles (€153 million) in the development of a tourism cluster in Pechenga, the
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Two suspected coronavirus cases in Arctic Finland
Two tourists from China’s Wuhan province sought medical treatment during their visit to Finland. Two tourists visiting Finland from Wuhan
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Lack of snow due to warmer temperatures puts a damper on Finnish winter hobbies
This winter in southern and western parts of Finland has been dark, wet and unusually warm — what many Finns
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Christmas Special: How Santa became Finnish
All Points North went to Lapland to find out how one man helped make Santa Claus one of Finland’s biggest
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Norway considers size limitation on passenger ships sailing to Svalbard
The initiative, along with a ban on heavy fuel oil, is welcomed by both locals in Longyearbyen and Arctic expedition
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Canadian feds return $430M to oil and gas companies ahead of Arctic offshore exploration ban
The federal government returned $430 million in security deposits to oil and gas companies that committed to spend billions exploring
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