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Ten new luxury purpose-built polar class vessels are under construction by various cruise-liners.
October 20, 2016
Tourist companies follow each other and are now coming to the Arctic, says Sven-Olof Lindblad, a pioneer in expedition cruising in ice-covered waters.
October 08, 2016
Murmansk eyes many new visitors after the city became Russia’s visa-free window for passengers en route from Norway.
September 08, 2016
Arctic sea ice melts away and Daniel Skjeldam predicts a big growth in voyages to northern waters.
August 22, 2016
British tourists will find it easier to get to Lapland this winter after Norwegian announced a new route from London Gatwick to Rovaniemi.
August 18, 2016
“72-hours visa freedom gives more possibilities, more guests, more work, better business,” says local tourist handler Sergey Arzumanov.
August 16, 2016
After years of planning the Russian Government has signed the decree opening for 72 hours visa-free entrance for ferry- and cruise vessel passengers.
August 02, 2016
A new tourist complex opens the doors for foreigners. It is located next door to Russia’s Arctic Brigade and is funded by the EU.
July 29, 2016
Rolls Royce designs the new generation of Arctic cruise ships.
July 21, 2016
The «Spitsbergen» is among the company’s smallest. It will ship along the Norwegian coast in wintertime and bring tourists to the Arctic in summer.
July 07, 2016
Tourism to Iceland has skyrocketed during the last years, and is now a major source of employment in the country.
May 31, 2016
VIDEO STORY: The Finnish Arctic is trendy and hot, tourism representative Sanna Kärkkäinen says. This year’s winter season was the best on record.
April 26, 2016
The tourism industry accounts for 8 percent of the regional GDP, Marina Kovtun says.
April 01, 2016
Direct flights to Kittilä from both Munich and Dusseldorf next winter season.
March 30, 2016
Russia’s Federal Agency for tourism says it will do everything possible to open restricted Arctic border zone areas for tourists.
March 30, 2016
“We sell snow and the cold," says Adventure Developer Kåre Tannvik with Kirkenes Snowhotel.
March 11, 2016
Russian tourist companies ask Foreign Ministry to ease visa regulations for foreigners.
March 02, 2016
A planned Arctic cruise route includes visits to the highly militarized and sealed-off Novaya Zemlya, Deputy Governor Aleksey Tyukavin confirms to foreign business representatives.
February 11, 2016
“Developing new oil fields in the north is to walk backwards into the future,” says Kåre Tannvik, Adventure developer with Kirkenes Snowhotel. Winter tourism is one of the fastest growing businesses in northern Norway.
February 01, 2016
“I will be disappointed if we don’t have a vessel with battery propulsion within 10 years,” says CEO Daniel Skjeldam.
January 28, 2016
More than 500 flights are expected to Rovaniemi in what could be the best ever tourist season.
November 17, 2015
Are remotely controlled towers better than humans? Soon, five airports in northern Norway will be managed through cameras by people hundred of kilometres away.
October 21, 2015

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