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Russia sees 500 percent uptick in Svalbard tourism

By Atle Staalesen, The Barents Observer November 1, 2016

For the first time, revenues from tourism are now higher than those from coal mining in Barentsberg, the Russian settlement on Svalbard. That has been made possible by upgrades of local infrastructure, according to the journal Russky Vestnik Shpitsbergen.

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