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Contents: Preface Dimensions of tourism destinations, Arvid Viken and Brynhild Granas. Part I Conceptualizing Destinations: Destinations discourses and the growth paradigm, Arvid Viken Transforming destinations: a discursive approach to tourist destinations and development, Jarkko Saarinen Destination development performances: or how we learn to love tourism, Simone Abram A place for whom? A place for what? The powers of destinization, Brynhild Granas. Part II Catalysing Themed Destinations: Weaving with witchcraft: tourism and entrepreneurship in Strandir, Iceland, Gudrun Pora Gunnarsdottir and Gunnar Thor Johannesson Ski resort development: scripts and phronesis, Arvid Viken Sled dog racing and tourism development in Finnmark. A symbiotic relationship, Kari Jaeger and Arvid Viken. Part III Reorienting Destinations: Integrated tourism development? When places of the ordinary are transformed to destinations, Anniken Forde Standardization and power in cruise destination development, Ola Sletvold Transforming visions and pathways in destination development: local perceptions and adaptation strategies to changing environment in Finnish Lapland, Eva Kajan and Jarkko Saarinen A hotel waiting for renovation: Pallas as a challenging case for tourism development in Finnish Lapland, Seija Tuulintie and Jenni Lankila. Part IV Destinations as Politics: Dynamic development or destined to decline? The case of Arctic tourism businesses and local labour markets in Jokkmokk, Sweden, Dieter K. Muller and Patrick Brouder Responsible tourism governance. A case study of Svalbard and Nunavut, Arvid Viken, Margaret Johnston, Torill Nyseth and Jackie Dawson Epilogue: reflections on tourism destination development, Arvid Viken. Index.

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