Tag: tourism

Norwegians set sights on Lofoten

Unable to travel abroad this summer, Norwegians like others around the world are preparing for holidays in their own scenic homeland. A new survey...

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...
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