José-Carlos García-Rosell
Responsible Whale Watching - Iceland
Salka Whale Watching In 2017, I visited Salka Whale Watching in Húsavík, Iceland. Salka Whale Watching is a family owned tourism company...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Mar 31
- 2 min
Animal Welfare in Tourism in Lapland
Animal welfare - an issue of concern in contemporary society In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the treatment of...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
The certification of culture in tourism and hospitality
Indigenous cultures play a central role in many tourism destinations around the world. Indigenous communities, such as the Maasai,...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Nov 29, 2022
- 3 min
Animals in Tourism: Theoretical and Practical Insights
Animals are a very important part of the global tourism industry. They can be in captivity (zoos), in the wild (whale watching), or as...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
Why does sound matter in tourism experiences?
As an intrinsic part of tourism spaces, sounds play an important role in the co-creation of tourism experiences. Sounds can contribute to...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Jan 11, 2022
- 3 min
How did Christmas tourism in Lapland begin?
There has always been the belief that Santa Claus lives some where in the North. People in the U.S. have believed that Santa’s home is...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
How did the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi become a tourism attraction?
The heart of Christmas tourism in Lapland is located in the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi. In 1980s, the choice of the capital of Finnish...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Sustainability innovation through strategic foresight
Sustainability leaders like Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia), Mark Constantine (Lush) and Anita Roddick (Body Shop) shared one thing in common:...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
The future of tourism education in a post-pandemic world
In 2010, John Urry presented a range of possible futures for the middle of this century assuming that global warming continued to...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Sep 18, 2021
- 4 min
Thinking ahead: using foresight and service design in small businesses
Today’s changes are faster and more complex than ever before. For example, global phenomena such as digitalization, climate change, and...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
Animal-based tourism in Finnish Lapland
The role of animals in Nordic tourism Animals have become a very important part of tourism and leisure experiences of tourist visiting...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- May 27, 2021
- 4 min
Online experiences: A quick fix or a new opportunity for tourism innovation?
For years, travelling has been an essential part of our lives, a way to relax, to get to know new places and people, to experience new...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
Designing responsible tourism services
Co-authored with Maria Hakkarainen. This post is based on an article originally published in Finnish language in Kaleva in March 2021....
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
What is the difference between sustainable and responsible tourism?
Everybody is talking responsibility in the tourism industry. Indeed, sustainable and responsible tourism have become such buzzwords and...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Jan 27, 2021
- 4 min
Business & Society on social media – disseminating research and boosting social impact
This post was originally published on 20th January 2021 at the Business & Society Blog. In this post, I cover the who, how and why of...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Jan 4, 2021
- 3 min
Why study a Master in tourism at the University of Lapland
The current pandemic has shown the importance of tourism for the economy and society in general. It has also shown us that there is an...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Nov 16, 2020
- 2 min
Practitioner, CSR research matters and it’s "online" within easy reach!
There is a common believe that research does not offer any value to people who work in the real world of business. I totally disagree...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
Problem-Based learning (PBL) and critical reflexivity in CSR education
Experiential learning pedagogies have proved to be valuable tools for supporting CSR learning. I share here my personal experiences with...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Oct 24, 2020
- 3 min
From global to Local travelling: Rethinking Lapland tourism in the pandemic
This post was originally published on 14th October 2020 at the Visit Lapland Blog. The pandemic has plunged the tourism industry into one...
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José-Carlos García-Rosell
- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
In times of COVID-19, sled dogs in Lapland are everybody’s moral responsibility
The disruption of the tourism market in Lapland touches particularly the lives of thousands of sled dogs. Urgents actions are needed.
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