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As Svalbard reaches peak tourism, Oslo suggests fewer, better tour operators might be in store

Guide certification might make it harder to experience Svalbard — and that's one reason why Norway's proposing it.

By Kevin McGwin January 15, 2020
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Back in the 1990s, when decision-makers in Oslo first begin thinking of ways to develop Svalbard’s tourism industry, it was considered just one of the territory’s of three economic legs (mining and research and education being the other two).

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