Blog: Norway’s election result and the implications for the Lofoten Islands
In my previous post, I noted how there isn’t likely to be a dramatic shift in Norway’s Arctic policy
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tourism
Visa-free Russian border ‘would create thousands of jobs’ in Finland
A report out this week suggests that Finland could see thousands of new jobs if tourists from Russia are able
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Bear-watching attracts tourists to east Finland
Finnish bears are becoming a magnet for foreign tourists — though tour operators have to give way to hunters in
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Russian visitors keep Finnish visa centre hopping
Record numbers of Russians are coming to Finland for holidays, shopping, work or studies. As a result, a visa-handling centre
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U.S. tourists missing in Nunavut, Canada presumed dead
Two American fishermen who vanished on a remote Nunavut lake are presumed dead and the search is now a recovery
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Think tank calls for Arctic cruise ship code of conduct
A non-governmental think tank is calling for a rigorous code of conduct for cruise ships and private boats which enter
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May tourist numbers up in Finland
Tourist numbers in May were up by six percent, with those from across the eastern border representing the largest group,
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Nunavut, Canada outfitters complain of federal red tape
Some outfitters who take tourists across Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut have said they’re frustrated by the process of
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Chopper rescues hunters, tourists in Canadian Arctic
Twenty tourists who were stranded on an ice floe drifting in Admiralty Inlet near Arctic Bay in Canada’s eastern Arctic
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Alaska’s Flattop Mountain: Popular, treacherous, or both?
Three hikers have been rescued in as many weeks from the trail up Anchorage, Alaska’s popular Flattop Mountain, which over
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Tourists stranded on ice floe in Arctic Canada return to shore
Twenty tourists stranded on an ice floe drifting in Admiralty Inlet near Arctic Bay in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of
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Golfing in Iceland’s midnight sun: lava beds, angry birds, winds
REYKJAVIK – The names of the world’s greatest golf venues roll off the tongue like a putt rolling toward the
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Russians entering Finland estimated to grow by six to seven percent
Shopping excursions by Russian visitors have grown most in the Russian cities of Vyborg and St.Petersburg, with the increased traffic
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National park spurs debate in Finland’s Arctic
Finland’s Environment Ministry wants to establish a new national park at the tip of Finnish Lapland’s remote north-western ‘arm’, the
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