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2024 (English)In: Journal of Borderlands Studies, ISSN 0886-5655, E-ISSN 2159-1229, p. 1-21Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]
The article problematizes tourism destination development in the European borderlands of Denmark-Germany, Sweden-Denmark and Sweden-Finland, where border crossing has been relatively free for decades, except for the time of Covid-19 pandemic border restrictions in 2020-2021. The research contributes to border studies and tourism studies by developing a framework for analyzing tourism destinations through the prism of the multilayered border, with a focus on destination images, attractions, and hosts. The reseach complements previous studies on tourism development and cross-border partnership in the European Union territory by investigating multiple tourism destinations in the border regions and by contemplating to what extent borders form a resource for destination promotion in the aftermath of the pandemic. The examination of regional tourism development through the prism of borders informs us about the compatibility of the idea of a "borderless" Europe with border region "realities." © 2024 The Author(s).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2024
Keywords
border, tourism destination, image, regional development, European Union
National Category
Social and Economic Geography
Research subject
Smart Cities and Communities, TRAINS
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-54926 (URN)10.1080/08865655.2024.2415026 (DOI)001346981600001 ()
Funder
EU, Horizon Europe, 101095186
2024-11-192024-11-192024-11-22Bibliographically approved