Tourism in Canadian North: A Long History of Research
https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869607121030046
Abstract
The paper examines the evolution of views on the place of tourism in the economic and social development of the northern territories of Canada. It is noted that the North of Canada in different periods of history was determined on the basis of different grounds; if initially the approach from the standpoint of a single (physical-geographical) factor was dominated, then the approach which was proposed by L.-E. Hamelin and suggesting a combination of natural, social and cultural factors was prevailed later. Another distinguishing feature of modern ideas about the southern border of the North and the borders within the North: they are becoming more and more dynamic. The main stages in the development of scientific research in the Canadian North have been identified and characterized. A gradual transition from the almost complete ignorance of tourism activity as a factor in the development of the northern economy by researchers to the recognition of tourism as a driver of economic development has been fixed. The co-evolution of tourism and scientific research in the North of Canada was traced: tourism has evolved from a “travel” towards the tourism industry, and then to tourism as a social phenomenon, while tourism research has evolved from the study of the geography of recreational potential to the study of the tourism industry and, finally, the study of tourism as a social phenomenon. There is a transition from the study of tourism within the framework of individual subdisciplines (geography, economics, sociology, cultural studies, management) to the interdisciplinary research. The current stage of tourism research in the North of Canada is characterized by an orientation towards the requests of both local communities and provincial and federal institutions within the framework of a strategic community-based tourism planning system.
About the Authors
A. N. Demyanenko
Economic Research Institute of Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
E. E. Totonova
Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
V. N. Ukrainsky
Economic Research Institute of Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Demyanenko A.N., Totonova E.E., Ukrainsky V.N. Tourism in Canadian North: A Long History of Research. Proceedings of the Russian Geographical Society. 2021;153(3):75-87. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869607121030046
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