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The paralysis of global tourism caused by COVID-19 made it possible to conduct a unique and nearly real-time online survey to investigate adaptations and reactions to sudden severe leisure travel restrictions among residents in the Oslo metropolitan area of Norway during the 2020 Easter/spring holiday period. Stress relief, socialising, social bonds and discoveries of local recreation options were important home holiday experiences. Vacation challenges under lockdown included few opportunities for novelty and the chance of liminoid situations – reversal or bracketing of everyday routine existence. The enforced Easter staycation advanced reflections on impending leisure travel, indicating limited opportunities to boost future low-carbon near-home Easter holiday experiences. Path dependencies towards second homes and spatially stretched social obligations, as well as emphasis on freedom of movement, ostensibly constrain vacation travel habit discontinuities at this time of the year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During initial ethnographic fieldwork among Norwegian long-term visitors in the province of Alicante in Spain, these visitors expressed concern about the manner in which they were portrayed in the Norwegian news media, in contrast to their own images as holidaymakers. This problem is partly epistemological, since 'long-term visitors' were uncertain about their status and role. For instance, on sightseeing tours, sports events or hiking trips, they were tourists. At other times, for instance, when dealing with local authorities, they saw themselves as different from pure tourists. The Norwegian long-termers stated that their stay in Spain was far more multifaceted than what had been portrayed in the media, that they participated in cultural and social activities, and that they had many points of contact with Spanish society. The Norwegian visitors wondered how a more accurate and multi-vocal image of holidaymakers and long-termers could be represented. The concepts of local knowledge, adaptation and discourse will be used here to problematise this timely topic in tourism research on roles and images. Developing a more comprehensive view of long-term visitors will focus not only on their own situation, but also on their relations with other visitors, the host population, and Spanish authorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This on-site study investigated local leisure travellers’ and domestic tourists’ motivations for taking summer trips along the High Coast of Sweden, a byway designated with brown signage as a national tourism route, responding to a dearth of research on why people are motivated to use scenic byways. Non-local Swedish leisure travellers at selected locations along the byway were asked to fill in self-completion questionnaires and hand them back to the project staff. The most emphasised motivations for taking this trip were “getting away from everyday life”, “beautiful view from the road”, and “interesting landscape”. Based on factor analysis, three motivational patterns were identified: (1) sightseeing and outdoor life; (2) getting away and travelling around; and (3) a quick route to family and friends. The route attracted a large proportion of local and regional repeaters with ties to the area through family and friends and/or second homes; only 18% were on their first visit. There were considerable motivational differences between those people who were going to a second home in the area and other visitors. Among travellers who did not visit a second home, there were few motivational differences between day-trippers and persons with overnight stay(s), corroborating blurred distinctions between excursionists and tourists. The large proportions of local and regional visitors indicated that extra-regional route promotion may be improved. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper examines the characteristics and motivations of migrant tourism entrepreneurs in peripheral rural areas of Norway. Based on semi-structured interviews, the study explores eight cases of Norwegian and foreign nationals who had relocated at different life stages. The respondents were asked about their migration decision-making, location choice, business start-up or acquisition, and entry into the tourism industry. Although the respondents expressed a range of motivations for becoming entrepreneurs in the tourism industry, lifestyle factors were prevalent in a majority of the migration accounts. Moreover, it was revealed that life stage, migration unit, and previous experience with self-employment influenced motivations and decision-making. Some of the novice entrepreneurs described their start-ups as accidental and attempted to distance themselves from the role of business owner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the academic achievement and research contribution of professor Graham M. S. Dann. It explores the beginning and further development of Dann's academic career while working on tourism research at various locations. It also includes the perspectives and episodic evidences contributing to Dann's interest in studies about tourism, quality of life, and alcoholism in the Caribbean area.

Popular summer holidaymaking in the mainstream and much-visited destination of Mallorca is segmented and versatile in terms of tourist motivations. This study demonstrates unanimous touristic interest in pleasant weather conditions and a majority emphasis on sociability, relaxation, and beach life, along with cultural sightseeing and landscape experience motivations. Moreover, the findings indicate quite stable motivations in this holidaymaking context. There are very few motivational differences between Mallorca visitors using package tours or charter flights and their fellow tourists going by scheduled flights. The questionnaire-based survey results thus challenge conventional wisdom about Mediterranean seaside package tours as undifferentiated “sun and sand mass tourism” for “ordinary people” lacking individuality. Although air travel and package tours may still be standardized, the tourists themselves do not become homogenous simply by the mere utilization of such products. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Winter sports holidaymaking is an essential part of tourism, but skiers and their preferences and perceptions have not been much researched in academic contexts. This article presents certain factors influencing alpine skiers' destination choices and incorporates an examination of how these holidaymakers regard various attributes in relation to their destination choice. The study encompasses three types of destination aspects: ski attributes, price attributes, and destination/facility attributes. Alpine ski holidaymaking is here regarded as a skilled activity, and the skiers' destination choices and the related information sources are analyzed in relation to their winter holiday expertise, operationalized here as skiing skill level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]