Senior lecturer Anna de Jong, from University of Glasgow, Scotland gave insight on justice in tourism development with her presentation \u201cA Spatial Justice Framework for Tourism Research?\u201d. She introduced a theoretically inclined framework for tourism research in order to evaluate spatial (in)justices in tourism development. She underlined that tourism is considered as a developmental tool in the UK and EU policies and economic support is directed particularly to peripheral areas that have challenges with e.g. lack of attractive employment opportunities and youth drain. Currently many tourism dominated places have been pressured by a trend from traditional tourism products into self-governed experiences and short term rentals in addition to lack of available land and housing issues. There is a tension between hypermobility and situatedness. Justice in tourism means that all locals benefit from tourism as equally as possible, and this should also be the aim of tourism policies. Sustainable tourism has been seen as the response. The framework stems from the lack of assessment on rural policies. The spatial justice framework considers political economy, feminist approach and spatial approach. See Anna\u2019s presentation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Professor Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Helgad\u00f3ttir from University of South-Eastern Norway pondered \u201cEthics of Arctic Tourism and\/or Ethics of Arctic Living?\u201d in her presentation. She stated that tourism should not be considered too much as separate from life in general, that the idea of tourism taking place in liminal space governed by hedonic values is not the ethics leading to sustainable tourism. Ethics of Arctic tourism are ethics of arctic living as tourism impacts everything in communities. Residents become hosts regardless of whether they are tourism workers. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan introduced some interesting findings from her previous studies from Iceland. In the Nordic countries there is considerable volunteer engagement that becomes a tourism resource such as the rescue squads. She discussed how locals display ethics of care towards tourists as fellow human beings, offering assistance, and stating concern for their safety or them being subjected to tourist traps. At the same time her respondents could take a critical stance towards the tourism industry and tourism management by local and national authorities. Such findings beg the question if tourism knows its place in the community? And does it build community and for whom? See Gu\u00f0r\u00fan\u2019s full presentation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Associate professor Bryan Grimwood from University of Waterloo, Canada focused his presentation on: \u201cTaking Responsibility for Decolonizing Arctic Tourism\u201d. His approach to ethics centers around who we are and how we ought to live, and therefore he sees ethics as a \u201cprocess of becoming<\/em> otherwise\u201d. <\/em>He reminded us that tourism is not free from colonializing projects and in order to proceed in ethical recovery in Arctic tourism decolonizing politics need to be applied. Bryan addressed different forms of colonialism, particularly settler colonialism and argued that the process of colonialism can be economic, political but also cultural. Settler colonialism tries to remove or destroy Indigenous peoples physically and symbolically and this takes place even today in the Arctic. Taking responsibility is a forward-looking approach rather than one based on blame and decolonization should be made by critiquing and building. This constructive side is especially relevant in ethical recovery. Bryan introduced learning from Elders, working with <\/em>communities, \u201clistening\u201d to non-human teachers as constructive projects of decolonization. Listen to Bryan\u2019s presentation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The next ETRAC webinar will be organized on 24.5. 15-17 CET via Zoom on \u201cHow to Sell Ethical Tourism?\u201d. You are very welcome to participate. Check out latest information on ETRAC project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Text: Vilhelmiina Vainikka and Monika L\u00fcthje The important issue of tourism ethics was addressed in four guest speaker presentations at ETRAC webinar on 28.3.2022. Each speaker brought to the table inspiring thoughts on how to perceive and understand ethics and how to practice ethical tourism in the Arctic and beyond. This text highlights some … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2022\/02\/shutterstock_1595659051b-900x601.jpg\")
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