Tourism Work: Public Management of the Tourism Workforce in Finland

Harju-Myllyaho, Anu; Hakkarainen, Maria; Vähäkuopus, Mari

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-47813-1_4

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“…According to the local stakeholders' responses in the kick-off webinar, survey and workshop, there is a need to address structural challenges with policy interventions, as the poor reputation of the tourism industry as an employer and a shortage of affordable housing, partly caused by tourist demand for accommodation, are contributing to out-migration and constraining the ability of tourism businesses to recruit and retain employees. For example, short-term housing rentals to tourists could be restricted and guidelines given to improve employer practices in the sector (Macaulay et al, 2022; see also Harju-Myllyaho et al, 2022).…”

Section: Pillar Two: Housing and Employmentmentioning

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Towards an ethical tourism recovery in Northern peripheries

Lüthje,

Vainikka,

Taylor

et al. 2023

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Unsustainable tourism growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and disruption of tourism caused by its outbreak, together with the global environmental crisis and different global and local injustices, have raised debates on what tourism should be like in the future. A more ethical tourism sector post-recovery has become a topical issue for strategy making in post-pandemic tourism. In this research note, we tie together local stakeholder views on ethical tourism recovery in northern peripheries, a review of current tourism strategies in the area and relevant literature to add to the debate regarding ethical tourism recovery in the region. Our findings show that the local stakeholders participating in our research saw need for more inclusive and participatory community-centred tourism planning and development than most of the reviewed tourism strategies, which were mainly following neoliberal utilitarian ethics. Ethics should be explicitly referenced and discussed in tourism planning and policy making and form an integral part of tourism strategies, and further research is needed to support this transition.

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Section: Pillar Two: Housing and Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards an ethical tourism recovery in Northern peripheries

Lüthje,

Vainikka,

Taylor

et al. 2023

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Section: Pillar Two: Housing and Employmentmentioning

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The distant snowy land where rounded creatures dwell

Amey

2023

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With the release of the Moominvalley (2019–) animated TV series, the Moomin characters have once again appeared on screens across the world. Whether this newest adaptation of Tove Jansson’s books and comic strips will initiate a new ‘Moomin boom’ remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the re-appearance of the Moomins in domestic (Finnish) and international media has sparked a resurgence of nostalgia among audiences already familiar with the characters. The present study examines what meanings are attributed to the Moomin stories and sites associated with them in the context of media-induced tourism. The study draws on seven English-language press articles featuring authors’ observations and reflections on their visits to places with connections to the Moomins and/or Tove Jansson in Finland. The personal importance of Jansson’s works and associated locations for these members of the audience is revealed through analysis of the notions of belonging and nostalgia in their accounts. On a wider sociocultural level, the findings demonstrate that values associated with Jansson’s texts are (re)negotiated in new contexts and found relevant in times of contemporary socioeconomic, political and environmental crises, and that it reflects in how places with connections to her and her works are viewed and experienced. The data further show that themes in the Moomin books are viewed in parallel to what is perceived as Finnish values, such as care for others, equality and respect for nature. Finland is also imagined as a fairytalesque land, both the home of the writer and even of the Moomins themselves.

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Tourism Work: Public Management of the Tourism Workforce in Finland

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Towards an ethical tourism recovery in Northern peripheries

Towards an ethical tourism recovery in Northern peripheries

The distant snowy land where rounded creatures dwell

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