Tag: tourism
Corona spoils summer abroad
The Norwegian government announced Friday afternoon that it intends to maintain its foreign travel restrictions until August 20. That means thousands of Norwegians will...
Hurtigruten demands crisis aid
Norway's venerable coastal voyage line Hurtigruten, now mostly a cruiseline, was sailing full steam ahead until the Corona virus crisis forced most of its...
Skiers took crisis home from Tyrol
It isn't migrants, refugees or terrorists who ended up posing the biggest threat and bringing the greatest crisis to Norway since World War II....
Svalbard tourism chills scientists
Growing numbers of tourists are leaving a worrisome footprint on Svalbard's fragile environment, according to the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). In a...
Arctic tax break offer sparks interest
The mayor of the small town of Bø in Vesterålen, Northern Norway, was in Oslo on Monday to futher promote his local council's decision...
North Cape finally freed for visitors
Norwegians and tourists alike have received a surprise Christmas gift, after the county governor of Troms og Finnmark decided that hotel and real estate...
Norway rolls up the welcome mat
New studies show that a solid majority of Norwegians are fed up with mass tourism and want to impose more taxes on tourists, especially...
Woman killed in fall off Hurtigruten ship
A woman believed to have been on board a Hurtigruten vessel died on Thursday after reportedly falling off the ship as it was arriving...
Hotel owner part of group buying Ving
Petter Stordalen, Norway's flamboyant hotel owner and real estate investor, emerged Wednesday as part of a group that's buying the Ving charter tour group's...
Government slashes funds to promote tourism
The Norwegian government plans to cut more than 20 percent out of its funding for tourism marketing next year. The state budget presented on...
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