Tag: Marie-Noëlle Rimaud

Tourism in Greenland: a fragile balance, an update after the elections

Guest Author

In an article for Polar Journal AG, Marie-Noëlle Rimaud advocates "finding a way out from the top, through intelligence". The lecturer and researcher in tourism economics and management calls for the development of a win-win strategy between foreign investors in the tourism sector and the island's inhabitants, who see the importance of this sector for the future of their economy.

Marie-Noëlle Rimaud, islander, polar explorer and pioneer

Camille Lin

Polar tourism in Greenland is not a subject frequently addressed in French economic and social sciences. Yet Marie-Noëlle Rimaud is now able to capture what was once just over the horizon, and observe it through her own unique lens.

Round table on the polar guide profession

Camille Lin

The Polar Issues Chair led by Anne Choquet and Brest's maritime higher education courses looked at the profession of polar guide, at the heart of the controversy surrounding tourism in the Arctic and Antarctic.