Fundamental Analysis of Significant Issues Regarding Development of "Arctic Tourism"

Arctic tourism

With the expansion of the Arctic Ocean routes due to the effects of global warming, the possibility of Arctic tourism development is now increasing. However, as typfied by “overtourism,” (preventive) measures against the (future) negative impact of excessive tourism promotion have not been systematically discussed in the international community. Therefore, this study discusses the problems that arise with Arctic tourism development, including forecasting one, and proceeded with the analysis of the current situation for the purpose of extracting significant issues. As a result, the extracted issues were classified into eight categories for each field and arranged in a four-level scale. This study regards this analysis as the primary result, and it was confirmed by the main meeting on December 19, 2019 that it would be the basis for future ongoing research.