The Chinese Riddle: Tourism, China, and Svalbard

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Chinese Riddle: Tourism, China, and Svalbard

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Since the late 2010s, Chinese tourists have gradually discovered Svalbard, an archipelago in the High Arctic governed by Norway. The yearly increase has been steep, and a Chinese presence has become an issue of local, national and global relevance. Svalbard stands in the midst of environmental and socioeconomic change. While of high geopolitical importance, it has been hit harshly by the pandemic crisis. This chapter contextualises the emergence of Chinese tourism in Svalbard and examines local perceptions and lived experiences of such tourism. What information is available about the phenomenon? Who are the Chinese visiting Svalbard? What are their motivations and expectations? How is the new clientele locally received? How do managers of tourism, businesspersons, guides and service industry workers see and understand the wealthy and supposedly politically loyal Chinese guests? What is problematic and how can Svalbard prepare for an unpredictable future? The chapter offers an anthropological insight into the complex issue of Chinese tourism in a disappearing Arctic destination previously reliant on mining.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Chinese Riddle: Tourism, China, and Svalbard

Popis výsledku anglicky

Since the late 2010s, Chinese tourists have gradually discovered Svalbard, an archipelago in the High Arctic governed by Norway. The yearly increase has been steep, and a Chinese presence has become an issue of local, national and global relevance. Svalbard stands in the midst of environmental and socioeconomic change. While of high geopolitical importance, it has been hit harshly by the pandemic crisis. This chapter contextualises the emergence of Chinese tourism in Svalbard and examines local perceptions and lived experiences of such tourism. What information is available about the phenomenon? Who are the Chinese visiting Svalbard? What are their motivations and expectations? How is the new clientele locally received? How do managers of tourism, businesspersons, guides and service industry workers see and understand the wealthy and supposedly politically loyal Chinese guests? What is problematic and how can Svalbard prepare for an unpredictable future? The chapter offers an anthropological insight into the complex issue of Chinese tourism in a disappearing Arctic destination previously reliant on mining.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50404 - Anthropology, ethnology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF18_070%2F0009476" target="_blank" >EF18_070/0009476: Přehřívání ve vysoké Arktidě - kvalitativní antropologická analýza</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Asian Mobilities Consumption in a Changing Arctic

ISBN

978-0-367-48361-6

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

141-154

Počet stran knihy

200

Název nakladatele

Routledge

Místo vydání

Abingdon, Oxno OX14 4RN and New York, NY 10158

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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