New Rural Residents or Working Tourists? Place Attachment of Mobile Tourism Workers in Finnish Lapland and Northern Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 367-384

  Tuulentie, Seija ^a   Heimtun, Bente ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Finland; Lapland; mobility; Nordkapp; Norway; place attachment; seasonality; tourism work

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MOBILITY; PERIPHERAL REGION; POLAR REGION; SEASONALITY; SENSE OF PLACE; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; NORWAY;

EID: 84919969498     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2014.967998     Document Type: Article

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