Marine fishing tourism in Norway Structure and economic effects 29.09.2015 1
Icelandic friends
Claudia master thesis
«Warm» friendships
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Coastal tourism in Norway
Marine tourism in Norway Active Passive Seal hunting With a commercial fisher Recreational fishing Charter boat Deep sea Crab fishing Rental boat Fjord fishing Kayaking North cape Hurtigruten/ Cruise Safari Fjord fishing 29.09.2015 8
The start of fishing tourism research in Norway - 1998
Defining recreational fishing: FAO: Fishing of aquatic animals that do not constitute the individual s primary resource to meet nutritional needs and are not generally sold or otherwise traded on export, domestic or black markets. 29.09.2015 10
In fisheries regimes dominated by the seldom questioned right of access of all individuals to the common aquatic resources, few governments saw the need to define recreational users R. Kearney in Marine Policy 25 (1),2001 29.09.2015 11
Conflict with traditional fisheries The Norwegian Fishermans Association
Rules for tourists visiting Norway 15 kilos Export Limit Minimum landing sizes Hand-held fishing gear 29.09.2015 13
Including fishing tourism in fisheries management The need for research 29.09.2015 14
Fishing tourism in Norway a variety of offers
Professional fishing tourism enterprise
A study of economic impacts from fishing tourism in Norway: Salt-water Recreational fishing Residents Tourist Fishers Fishing for recreation Fishing for sale Fishing for food Industrialized sector Professionals Private Sector (homes & second homes 29.09.2015 17
Accomodation - beds 29.09.2015 18
Boats 29.09.2015 19
Gutting and freezer facilities 29.09.2015 20
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Study fishing tourism in Norway Cooperation with the Institute of Marine Research (Bergen) 434 enterprises (15 000 beds & 2 370 boats) Survey response: 186 tourism enterprises (but data on beds and boats for 420 enterprises) 29.09.2015 22
Length of season: April - September Norway North Norway Mid Norway West Norway South Norway 24,6 weeks 22,6 weeks 25,7 weeks 27,0 weeks 22,7 weeks
Capacity in the fishing tourism enterprises Beds Boats Norway 36,5 6,1 North Norway 35,8 5,1 Mid Norway 29,3 6,9 West Norway 28,5 6,2 South Norway 211 16,2
Week prices Accommodation 640 770 Euros (ISK 100.000 115.000) Boat rental 270 300 Euros (ISK 40.000 45.000) 29.09.2015 25
Nationality of angling tourists Poland 2 % Austria 3 % Netherlands 4 % Czech rep. 5 % Russia 1 % England 1 % Denmark 1 % Finland 1 % Others 6 % Norway 8 % Germany 59 % Sweden 11 % 29.09.2015 26
29 % families 29.09.2015 27
71 % male angling parties 29.09.2015 28
Results travel group and expenditure Families spend more than groups of men When travelling without a female men spend more on sports equipment! When travelling with a female more money is spent on clothes! Tourists spend less on boat rental and boat fuel when travelling with children (fewer or shorter trips at sea?) 29.09.2015 29
Mode of transportation Norway: 85 % own car, 7 % rental car, 8 % airplane Northern Norway: 16 % by airplane Table 3. Mode of transportation by region Own car Rental car Plane Norway 85 % 7 % 8 % North Norway 73 % 10 % 16 % Mid Norway 94 % 4 % 2 % West Norway 93 % 6 % 1 % South Norway 100 % 0 % 0 % 29.09.2015 30
Mode of transportation and expenditure Plane travellers spend twice as much as car and bus travellers Plane travellers spend 2,7 times more than car travellers on groceries/cafés and restaurants Plane travellers spend 3,5 times more than car travellers on sports equipment 29.09.2015 31
Conclusion how to improve the economy Markting towards plane travellers and families (spend more money and fish less) This strategy requires communities that can offer more than fishing tourism (food-experiences, shopping, tours, safari, culture-based activities etc.) This requires cooperation in the tourism industry and cooperation between tourism and other industries (fisheries, agriculture etc.). 29.09.2015 32
Calculating economic expenditure Number of fishing tourist guest nights X Daily expenditure 29.09.2015 33
Number of fishing tourist guest nights The total number of guest nights in these enterprises was 1.257.577 (2008) 46 % of these guest nights were fishing tourist guest nights 29.09.2015 34
Expenditure (forbruk) & impact (ringvirkninger) The daily expenditure by fishing tourists is 177.5 Euro (ISK 26.000) Total expenditure in Norway = 104 mill Euro This «new» money into Norway creates an economic impact for the country (expenditure + multiplier effects) 29.09.2015 35
Profitability for the enterprises 47 % «not profitable» 53 % «profitable» Enterprises that offer 1 boat pr 4 beds are the most profitable (not to big enterprises is what the marked demands?) 29.09.2015 Sjøfisketurisme 36
Coming up Keno Ferter 29.09.2015 37