Exploring the potential of proximity at the Tunturiaapa mire in Pyhä Text: Outi Rantala* * This blog-writing is based on field work conducted together with Piotr Damski, Katja Karjalainen, Kaisa Kotkajärvi, Jaana Liukkonen-Karvosenoja, Senni Malila, Taija Mäkelä, Doriana Plesa, Elina Puhakka, Shizuka Tanaka, Kaarina Tervo-Kankare and Juulia Tikkanen – and on the discussions and presentations…
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SLOW TOURISM: Not a trend, but a reflection of tourism transformation Text: Anna-Emilia Haapakoski Tourism speaks in the media by the voice of many. Although language isn’t an objective representator of the truth, it constitutes a reality that is interrelated with the life we are living. When media says tourism is undergoing a transformation,…
Read moreReinvigorating Tourism in the Era of Changes Text by Henna Nevala Our modernized world seems to offer us endless opportunities to design a life filled with wealth, adventures, new experiences, comfort, safety and connections – granting us all the components of a happy and content life. Yet, as we are living on a planet with…
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Re-thinking tourism with our proximate surroundings Outi Rantala’s Keynote 29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research Shaping mobile futures: Challenges and possibilities in precarious times Watch the dialogue with Aksana Kurola, Husky & Yoga Nature (www.yoganature.fi) and Outi Rantala, ILA research group, University of Lapland (www.ilarctic.com): In the sparsely populated areas in the Nordic…
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