Mapping Exercise: Future Tourism Activities

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Again, here are some results from the mapping exercise, this time I was asking residents about future tourism development in the Cambridge Bay area. Sixty-seven per cent of the residents indicated that anywhere was acceptable for future tourism development, so long as “places are left as they are found” and “so long as the land and animals are respected”. Have your say, add comments below! (To make the image larger simply click on the satellite image).

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Nunauyaliugutihamik: Hivunihami Pulaknikkut Havakhainik

Titigafalikunga, inigutainin ukunanga nunauyaliugutikkut hadjatauk apigivaktatka nunamiutanun hivunihami pulakvikhanik havakhiktuhanik Ikaluktutiakmi. 67 % nunamiutat ilitugipkaivaktut kuyaginik humi nakugiyauvaktut hivunihami pulakvikhamik havakvikhamik, kihimi "nunanik adlangukhiktuhaungit nalvakpaktaininlu" uvalo "nunalu hugatjatlu pitiakuyauyutlu”. Ukautihi Ilitugipkainagiakaktakhi, atani ukautihafingnik titigakluhiuk atani! (Angiliyumiutihanik nakiluhiuk nalautikkut tikimayutanik nakivikhanun).

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Future Issues

The final set of questions in the interview asked residents to speculate about the future of tourism in Cambridge Bay. Forty per cent of respondents recognized that tourism will “take on its own momentum” and “will be important to Cambridge Bay” in the future because “we are getting known, especially for good fishing”. An additional 8 people projected that the community will likely host more cruise ships in the future given “the way the ice is”. Modest increases in Northwest Passage bound yachts wintering over in the community were predicted by one resident. Another respondent predicted increases in the number of conference and business travellers as the community develops as a regional centre for the Kitikmeot Region.

Nine people identified climate change as the most important issue facing the future development of tourism in Cambridge Bay. Although one respondent noted that “the ice won’t be gone just yet” another commented that “changing ice conditions will make it easier for cruise ships and yachts to get through the Northwest Passage”. Other residents noted that it would be a problem for sports hunting if the “US placed polar bears on the Endangered Species Act” despite that “polar bears aren’t on the decline in this area”.

A variety of challenges to this anticipated growth was identified by residents including the need to: develop the Port for Northwest Passage travellers (1 person); pave the runway to help reduce air travel costs (1 person) and; have more appropriate facilities (1 person) such as a more varied range of accommodation choices (1 person), souvenir shops (1 person) and entertainment options (1 person). Other challenges reported were: “the need to tidy up the mess out there” (1 person); to be better organized with consistently good service (2 residents); to convince people to visit in the winter (1 person); to encourage “non-elite visitors” (1 person), develop good business partnerships locally (1 person) and to communicate effectively to visitors “what life is like up here” (4 residents). How would you respond to these statements? Are there other issues that you think are important?

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Hivunihami Ihumalutigiyutait

Inigutait apighiutiit apigiyait nunamiutanun ihumagikuyauyut hivunihami pulakvikhanik Ikaluktutiakmun. 40 % kiuvaktut ilitagiyan pulakviit "inmingnik havakhimakpakniaktut" uvalo "aghuknatkiyauniakhutiklu Ikaluktutiakmi" hivunihami uvagut "ilitugiyaulihaliktugut, nakukmat ikalikiyutivut”. * inuit kitkulunin ilitugiyutikakpaktut hivunihami amigaikyumikniaktut omiat pulaktut kihimi ihumagiyahaitlu "hiikukkut kanugiyutihainiklu". Atauhiktauk hivunihami tautukta ukiumi nunamikatakniaktunik omianik audlakhimakpaktunik Northwest Passage -kut. Adlatauk kiuvaktuk naunaiyakpakta amigaikyumikniaktut meetiutihaniklu nanminikaktunun pulakataktuniklu nunamun talvunatauk kitkani havakviuniakhunilu nunavunmi.

Nain inuit kitkulunin naunaiyaktan hilakyuakkut adlangukmat aghuknatkiak atuliktait hivunihami havakhainik pulaktihaviinik Ikaluktutiakmun. Atauhik kiuvaktuk ukaktuk "hiku huli tamalimaituk hadja” Adlatauk ukakpaktuk "adlanguyutainik hikum nakigiyauniaktut pulaktihanun omianun kangigiamingni Northwest Passage -mun”. Adlat nunamiutat titigakpaktut ayuhautiginiaktan Anguniaktipkaivaktunun ukua "US -min nunainin ukagumik nanuut titigakhikniaktut Tamalikmata Hikugaktuhaungitunik Maligakakniaktuhan" kihimi ilitugiyaugaluakluni "Nanuut ikikliyumingitkaluakhutik talvani nunami”.

Amigaituniktauk amigakhiuyutainik naunaiyaktait nunamiutat ukuningalu: havakhiktuhanik Omiakakvikhainik Northwest Passage audlaktinun (atauhik inuk); milviliuklutik akihilagumaktut tingmiyutihainik (atauhik inuk) uvalo; nakuhiyumigumaktut iglukpakhainiklu (atauhik inuk) amigaikyumikniaguknahiut hiniktakvikhangniklu (atauhik inuk), situaniklu (atauhik inuk) inukmiyutihanik aliahutihaniklu (atauhik inuk). Adlatlu amigakhiutigivaktaitlu titigaktauvaktut: "halumakhiktuhaugaluit ikakuunik hilami tahamani” (atauhik inuk); havakhanik ihuahaiyiikaklutik havakpaklutiklu nakuyumiklu (malguuk nunamiutan); kanuk ukautikaklutik pulakuiyutihanik ukiumilu (atauhik inuk); "pulakuilutik nakuyunik pulaktihanik” (atauhik inuk), hananahuaklugit nakuyunik nanminikakvikhanik panagiktuhanik nunamiutanun (atauhik inuk) tuhakatigiklutik nakuyumik pulaktinun naunaiyagiamingni "kanugiyutainik inuyutainik hamani” (hitaman nunamiutan). Knauk kiuniakihiuk ukununa ukagiyauvaktunun? Adlanik ihumalutigiyauvaktunik ihumavihi aghuknatkiyauyunik?

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Thank You!

Thank you for taking the time to review some of my findings from Cambridge Bay. I hope you found it interesting. But I have one set of final questions for you...I have collected all this information: What do you think can be done with the information to ensure that tourism in Cambridge Bay continues to develop in a way that respects local opinion? How can the information be best used by the community? Make your comments below...Watch this space – I’ll be updating the site with key themes and research recommendations!

If you are interested in my results from Churchill check out:http://tourism-in-churchill.blogspot.com/

Thank you to Jane Taipana and Emily Angulalik for translating the text for this weblog! Thank you also to Muhammad Tubbsum from the University of Calgary for technical assistance in the creation of the maps.

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Kuanakpiakuhi!

Kuanakpiakuhi ihivgiugafiuk nalvakpaktamnik Ikaluktutiami. Iginahuktunga nakugikublugit. Atauhikmik apighiyutihanik apigiumayafilu...Katitigivaktatka ukuninga naunaitkutihanik: Kanuktut ihumavihiKanuktut ihumavihi naunaitkutinun titigakhimayunun Ikaluktutiakmiut havakhimagumaktut pitiakhimaklugit nunamiutanun ihumagivaktainik? Kanuktut ihumavihi nakutkiamik atuktahainik naunaitkutinik titigagekhimayunik atukniakat nunami? Titigakluhiuk kanuk ihumayafingnik atani...Una titigakvikhak munagiluhiuk Nutangukatakniaktaga kagitauyami pulakviani naunaiyakhimayuhaniklu ihivgiugutihanun pitkuvaktafingniklu! Kungiagumagufiuk inigutitka Churchill -mi kinikluhiuk hamna:
http://tourism-in-churchill.blogspot.com/

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Some Pictures of Places

1st picture is Mount Kinabalu taken from Kundasang. I was on a trip that day and i drove from Kota Kinabalu to Kundasang in 1 hour. Stop by at a small restaurant and took the picture. Btw that small car is not mine. No way I can do 1 hour with that car.

2nd picture is taken during sunset of a landmark in Kota Kinabalu. Its a big sword fish or I think it is in a middle of a roundabout. Its located near Hyatt Hotel.

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Take a Sight-Seeing Tour to Australia

If you haven’t been to Australia or are planning to visit it a second time, then you must have all the information about the places to visit so that you can fully experience the wonderful land that is Australia.

Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world and is divided into 6 states and several territories. The 6 states are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The two major territories are the Northern Territory (NT) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

The largest part of Australia is desert or semi-arid, but the south-east and south-west corners have temperate climate and moderately fertile soil. The northern part has tropical climate, which is part tropical rainforest, part grassland and part desert.

When you go to Australia, you just cannot miss seeing The Great Barrier Reef. It is the world’s largest coral reef and extends for over 1,200 kms! It lies a short distance from the north-east coast.

Another spectacular place to visit is Uluru. It is the second largest monolith in the world and is located in central Australia. You can also visit the Great Artesian Basin, which is the world’s largest and deepest fresh water basin. Along with its beauty, it also serves as an important source of water in the parched outback.

You sure can’t miss going to Sydney if you visit Australia. Sydney is located in a coastal basin situated between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Blue Mountains to the west. You can enjoy all the activities associated with beaches because there are more than 70 beaches in Sydney! If you have limited time, then you can only go to the famous Bondi Beach of Australia.

Sydney has more amazing landmarks for you like Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House. Both are located in Sydney Harbour. If you are interested in rowing, boating, recreational fishing, racing small yachts and Dragon Boat racing, then you can get all that in Sydney Harbour.

The city also boasts of musical, theatrical and artistic activities which come under one roof in the Sydney Festival which happens every January. More information can be found here - Sydney Australia.

Melbourne is another major city of Australia which is situated in the south-east corner of the mainland Australia. It has a large and vibrant cultural life along with a chain of pubs, bars and nightclubs. Fashionable nightclubs, ubiquitous faux-Irish pubs, serious jazz venues on Bennetts Lane, massive pickup joints like The Metro on Bourke Street are all part of the city’s magic.

If shopping is what tempts you the most, then there are many reasonably priced shopping places where you can go and shop till you drop. Melbourne has innumerable clothing shops for every budget and various outlet stores in Bridge Road, Richmond for bargain hunters too!

Perth is a city known for the pristine quality of its beaches. Unbroken stretches of golden sands run through the entire length of the city’s coastal suburbs. If you are a nature lover, then you got to see this place.

Adelaide or the ‘City of Churches’, as it is often referred as, is a coastal city situated on the Fleurieu Peninsula. The name City of Churches is a reflection of Adelaide’s past rather than its present. The city has many wine growing districts such as the Baroosa valley.

Food lovers can taste traditional Australian cuisine which consists of grilled chops, Sunday roasts etc. Some English trends are still evident in domestic cuisine like hot roast turkey, chicken or ham with all the trimmings followed by Christmas pudding. Australia’s two most traditional takeaway dishes are the meat pie and sausage roll.

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What Happens When You Travel Australia in the Summer

First things first: summer in Australia is the direct opposite of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Yes, you heard right. In Australia, summer actually happens from December to February. Which means Aussies celebrate their Christmas at the height of summer. Which means they get to do more things they otherwise couldn't do if they were in the wintry, arctic regions on the Northern Hemisphere. Blessed be the Australian summer.

But watch out: the Australian summer can be very hot and unforgiving, but this is just fine as long as you keep a handy bottle of sunscreen with you and arm yourself with a good pair of UV-proof sunglasses. For Aussie families, summer generally is the time to hit the beach and frolic in the waters. Summer also marks the mid-year break for students; instead of springbreak, they enjoy summer holidays or Christmas holidays. And for backpackers who roam and travel Australia, the Aussie summer can be a liberating experience. Even businesspeople who like to keep busy with work even during the holidays prefer to leave their freezing homelands and travel Australia to seek its cosy warmth.

Before you get any misplaced ideas about Australia as being just pure hard summer, you have to realise that Australia is such a large country that each region experiences different weather patterns. Up north where the tropical rainforests reign, it's mainly high temperatures and high humidity and distinct wet and dry seasons. In the centre of the country, where the Outback sprawls, it's dry, desert regions with high daytime temperatures and occasional bursts of rain. In the south are the temperate regions with moderate rainfall and temperatures ranging from hot to cold.

To travel Australia in all its entirety is to witness nature's awesome and breathtaking display of colors, heat, frenzy, and vibrance. It's a land of extremes: one moment you could be enjoying a runny pistachio ice cream under the scorching sun, the next, you could be snuggling tight with a loved one under the velvety pouring rain. There's no perfect weather in which to travel Australia. After all wherever we go, we all bring along with us our pieces of sky and sun and climate.

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Australian Wines 101: Travel Australia in Just One Sip

Okay, we admit, Australians are generally a beer-guzzling nation. Aussies like beer with everything—or as it is called there, piss. One almost automatically thinks the Auld Lang Syne is always sung while lifting a mug of piss.

But Aussies are also a wine-loving nation. In fact, when it comes to wine-making, Australia is the New World, with its undeniably gorgeous offering to world: the Shiraz wine. Named after that city in ancient Persia (now Iran), which 7,000 years ago transformed the local grape into a magnificent sparkling beverage, the Australian shiraz is a delicate, subtle, yet powerfully spicy experience swirling in a long-stemmed glass.

In Australia, Barossa Valley is where the most uninhibitedly full-bodied Shiraz wine comes from. From a mere five vine cuttings of the Shiraz brought to the country by James Busby in 1832, the Shiraz wine has indeed come a long way. A taste of the Shiraz wine is always an amazing plunge into something sophisticated and at the same time laced with the wilderness. Sophisticated wilderness. Which is perhaps why the world has come to equate the shiraz wine with all things Australian.

The shiraz wine is a carnival of notes, from the fruity to the spicy to the earthy. Every sip of this deep red wine tells a bold story, puts forward a complex but brilliant statement. If anything, the whole point of the Shiraz wine is a reminder not to deprive yourself of the best and most exquisite things life has to offer.

When you travel Australia then, don't just get enamored with beer. Sit down to a lovely goblet of bubbly shiraz, take a bottle or two with you back home for your relatives, and tell them about one of the wondrous wonders you've discovered about the Land Down Under.

It's about time you travel Australia and get drunk in its loveliness.

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