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\n Arctic Circle locals say tourists are overrunning the big guy’s hometown.
\n ADVERTISEMENTShuffling across icy ground on a cold December afternoon, tourists pour into Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle.They frolic in the snow, take a reindeer sleigh ride, sip a cocktail in an ice bar or even meet Saint Nick himself in the capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi, which happily calls itself the \u201cofficial hometown of Santa Claus.”The Santa Claus Village theme park, which attracts more than 600,000 people annually, is especially popular during the holiday season.\u201cThis is like my dream came true,\u201d beams Polish visitor Elzbieta Nazaruk. \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be here.\u201dBut some locals don’t share in the festive cheer, saying residential homes are being replaced by tourist rentals, echoing complaints around Europe about ovetourism.Overtourism: Rovaniemi’s population increases ten fold at ChristmasTourism is booming in Rovaniemi, with hotel and restaurant owners, as well as city officials, profiting from the money it brings to the town. However, not everyone is happy about the onslaught of visitors, 10 times the town’s population, each year at Christmas time.\u201cWe are worried about the overgrowth of tourism. Tourism has grown so rapidly, it\u2019s not anymore in control,\u201d said 43-year-old Antti Pakkanen, a photographer and member of a housing network that in September organized a rally through the city\u2019s streets.It\u2019s a feeling that is shared in other popular European travel destinations, including Barcelona, Amsterdam, Malaga and Florence.Over the last few years, locals have protested against overtourism in increasingly vocal ways. Sunbeds were vandalised in Tenerife with slogans such as “The Canary Islands are not for sale”. While faeces were smeared on lockboxes in Seville, often used on the doors of Airbnbs to allow self check-in.Overtourism generally describes the tipping point at which visitors and their cash stop benefiting residents and instead cause harm by degrading historic sites, overwhelming infrastructure and making life markedly more difficult for those who live there.Now, it seems to have spread north, all the way to the edges of the Arctic Circle.Rovaniemi counted a record 1.2 million overnight visitors in 2023, almost 30 per cent growth on 2022, after rebounding from pandemic travel disruptions.\u201cNordic is a trend,\u201d Visit Rovaniemi CEO Sanna Karkkainen said as she stood in an ice restaurant, with snow carvers working nearby.\u201cPeople want to travel to cool countries to see the snow, to see the Northern Lights, and, of course, to see Santa Claus,” she added.More flights but not enough hotelsThirteen new flight routes to Rovaniemi Airport opened this year, bringing passengers from Geneva, Berlin, Bordeaux and more. Most tourists come from European countries like France, Germany and the UK, but Rovaniemi\u2019s appeal has also spread further.ADVERTISEMENTHotel availability is scarce this winter, and Tiina M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4, general manager of the 159-room Original Sokos Hotel, expects 2024 to break more records.Locals can’t find housingLocal critics of mass tourism say many apartment buildings in Rovaniemi\u2019s city centre are used as tourist accommodation during peak season, meaning they’re no longer available for residential use. They say the proliferation of short-term rentals has driven up prices, squeezed out long-term residents, and turned its city centre into a \u201ctransient space for tourists.”Finnish law prohibits professional accommodation services in buildings intended for residential use, so campaigners are calling on authorities to act.\u201cThe rules must be enforced better,\u201d said Pakkanen.ADVERTISEMENTNot everyone agrees. Mayor Ulla-Kirsikka Vainio notes some make \u201cgood money\u201d on short-term rentals.Either way, stricter regulations likely won\u2019t be in place for this winter season, and despite the unease expressed by locals, mass tourism to Rovaniemi is probably only going to grow in 2025 – as visitors want to experience the unique atmosphere up north, especially during the holiday season.\u201cIt\u2019s Christmas time and we would love to see the Northern Lights,\u201d says Joy, a visitor from Bangkok. \u201cRovaniemi seems to be a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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