{"id":139152,"date":"2025-04-22T07:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/coolcations-why-more-people-are-flocking-to-destinations-in-norway-finland-and-iceland-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T07:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:45:28","slug":"coolcations-why-more-people-are-flocking-to-destinations-in-norway-finland-and-iceland-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/coolcations-why-more-people-are-flocking-to-destinations-in-norway-finland-and-iceland-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Coolcations: Why more people are flocking to destinations in Norway, Finland and Iceland this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139152\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nCoolcations in destinations such as Norway, Iceland and Finland are expected to continue seeing a boom this summer- but could they cause overtourism in the Nordics? Coolcations are growing in popularity as holidaymakers increasingly attempt to escape the soaring temperatures and crowds in major summer destinations such as Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Rising incidents of extreme weather, including heat waves and wildfires in these Southern European destinations, have only served to bolster this trend. Recent analysis by Virtuoso, a global network of luxury and experiential travel agencies, reported a 44 per cent increase in travel to cooler destinations like Canada, Finland and Iceland in 2024. Travel perks provider Dragon Pass experienced more than a 100 per cent increase in bookings for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in the last year, with another 30 per cent growth expected for this year.<\/p>\n<p>James Thornton, CEO of Intrepid Travel, says that the company carries more than 40,000 people in Iceland. \u201cSo you see exactly the same potential to do that across the countries here in Scandinavia,\u201d he adds. \u201cWe know there&#8217;s real big demand for our style of travel here.\u201d Cooler destinations such as the Nordics, Canada and Scotland offer not only breathtaking scenery and a host of exciting outdoor and adventure activities but also champion sustainable tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Immersive experiences such as glacial dips, fjord hikes and midnight sun adventures make these holiday spots stand out even more. One of the biggest reasons for this shift towards Nordic destinations is the desire to escape from soaring temperatures and heat waves in Southern Europe. \u201cWe have seen this multiple times for travellers who specifically went to Svalbard mid-summer to experience ice, glaciers and cool temperatures whilst the rest of southern Europe was in a heat wave,\u201d says Andy Marsh, founder of Polar Escapes.<\/p>\n<p>Several Nordic regions and activities are much more accessible during the summer months, while offering a different range of spectacular landscapes, abundant wildlife and thrilling outdoor adventures from wintertime.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/04\/21\/coolcations-why-more-people-are-flocking-to-destinations-in-norway-finland-and-iceland-thi\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/coolcations-why-more-people-are-flocking-to-destinations-in-norway-finland-and-iceland-this-summer\/\">Coolcations: Why more people are flocking to destinations in Norway, Finland and Iceland this summer<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[18600,555],"class_list":["post-139152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-coolcation","tag-csr-news-en"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}