This book is concerned with the various dimensions of overtourism, including the social and economic impacts of excessive tourism and the management and policy measures to address it. The 10 chapters present case studies contributing to the overtourism discussion from diverse perspectives and...

The patterns of leisure tourism production and consumption in Greenland fostered by isolation are described and analysed in this chapter. Subsequently, it is proposed that the attendant gradations of spatial and temporal peripherality give rise to four distinct zones of leisure tourist experience....

The study presented in this chapter assesses the existing knowledge on tourism development in Greenland and identifies a range of research needs and criteria to help guide future tourism research and development in the country. In particular, the study reviews existing knowledge of the links...

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,...