Utilizing a 'tourism-led amenity migration framework', this chapter employs a case study of second-home migrants in the small mountain town of Fernie, British Columbia. The chapter provides insight into the quality-of-life aspects and implications for planning and development within amenity-rich...

Arctic tourism plays an increasingly significant role in the local and national economies of the eight nations (Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the USA) that ring the Arctic region. This chapter outlines each nation's approach to Arctic tourism development,...

This chapter begins with a review of the evolution of the Alaska cruise industry. Both Canadian and US entrepreneurs and firms played roles in the development of this market, although the context today is multinational. This leads to a discussion of the economic impacts of the Alaska cruise...