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Jonathan Tourtellot

Opinion – Tourist Taxes Need Thought

Taxing tourism has become a high priority for mitigating overtourism and climate change, but what can it achieve and who would reap the benefits? With the UN Oceans Commission weighing in and heated discussion in his native Norway, advising journalist, conservationist, and tourism consultant, Arild Molstad reviews the current debate.

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Opinion: Cruise Crisis

Things in the cruise world are getting dire, even in progressive Norway, where a CEO suggests a tax on his own passengers. Journalist and consultant Arild Molstad offers his own thoughts. A Modest Proposal to Tamp Down Crowding Norway’s long coastline, always a popular cruise destination, is now joining other

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A Revealing Ocean View of Tourism

A “High Level” international Ocean Panel has come out with a blunt change-your-ways-or-else report aimed at the customary models for coastal and marine tourism. Norwegian journalist and consultant-participant Arild Molstad sums up the content and opines about its implications for any destination with a port and a coast. A powerful

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Svalbard Overheating

With its coal mines now closing, Norway’s polar archipelago of Svalbard faces a unique set of threats: disrupted tourism, rising temperatures, and increased international vying for arctic control. Yet its extreme location also provides a unique set of opportunities for reviving tourism.

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Even in Norway, Innkeepers Have Struggled

[Above: Aurland Fjord from a mountain farm. Photos by Montag, unless otherwise noted.] In the time of Covid, small lodges have flirted with failure, even in the fjords of oil-rich Norway. Arild Molstad reports on one couple who – “showing true viking spirit and eco-courage” – believe they can beat the odds

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Norway Adopts a “Roadmap” to Sustainable Tourism

Our associate Arild Molstad is working for Norway to adopt this strategy on a national level, in which case it could well become a model for other countries. We post his executive summary and a pdf of the entire Sustainable Travel and Tourism Roadmap for Norway.

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