How is ‘Sámi tourism’ represented in the English-language scholarly literature?

Abstract

ABSTRACT ‘Sámi tourism’ seems to be increasing, both as a practice as well as a focus of research attention. The present study illustrates a review of English language literature concerning Sámi tourism and discusses the specific perspectives in this. The study uses a systematic literature review approach to grasp these perspectives and summarize the findings of pertinent English-language publications. In total 37 relevant publications were found that focus clearly on both ‘tourism’ and ‘Sámi’ (28 articles and 9 book chapters, all published between the years 1998–2017). Our analysis identifies three central themes in the literature so far: (1) the roles and limitations of Sámi tourism, (2) conflicts regarding tourism development, and (3) the representation of Sámi in relation to tourism. Finally, these findings are discussed in relation to broader literature including literature published in regional languages.