Jarkko Saarinen
Professor of Human Geography (Tourism Studies) at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Distinguished Visiting Professor (Sustainability Management) at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
His research interests include tourism development and its socio-cultural and economic impacts and sustainable and community-based tourism, global environmental change, wilderness studies and the construction of the ideas of nature, culture and indigeneity in tourism.
Before moving to the University of Oulu in 2003 he worked at the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) as a researcher and director of the Pyhätunturi National Park and Professor of Nature-Based Tourism at the Metla and the University of Lapland.
He is a past Vice-President of International Geographical Union (IGU) and past Chair of the IGU’s Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change. Currently he serves as the Chair of the National Committee of Geography.
Phone: +358 40 48 40 777
Address: Department of Geography
Po Box 3000
FI-90014 University of Oulu
Finland
Europe
His research interests include tourism development and its socio-cultural and economic impacts and sustainable and community-based tourism, global environmental change, wilderness studies and the construction of the ideas of nature, culture and indigeneity in tourism.
Before moving to the University of Oulu in 2003 he worked at the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) as a researcher and director of the Pyhätunturi National Park and Professor of Nature-Based Tourism at the Metla and the University of Lapland.
He is a past Vice-President of International Geographical Union (IGU) and past Chair of the IGU’s Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change. Currently he serves as the Chair of the National Committee of Geography.
Phone: +358 40 48 40 777
Address: Department of Geography
Po Box 3000
FI-90014 University of Oulu
Finland
Europe
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Books by Jarkko Saarinen
This book aims to discuss the promises, challenges and outcomes of tourism in development with a specific aim of drawing together research related to tourism and UN MDGs. The papers discuss what lessons can be learnt and conclusions drawn from the utilisation of tourism for development and poverty reduction. What emerges from this collection is a set of interesting results and notions which both support and challenge the connections between tourism and development and the new role of tourism in global development.
Papers by Jarkko Saarinen
This book aims to discuss the promises, challenges and outcomes of tourism in development with a specific aim of drawing together research related to tourism and UN MDGs. The papers discuss what lessons can be learnt and conclusions drawn from the utilisation of tourism for development and poverty reduction. What emerges from this collection is a set of interesting results and notions which both support and challenge the connections between tourism and development and the new role of tourism in global development.
Keywords: Climate change; Global warming; Skepticism; Denial; Agnotology