ABSTRACT Tourism entrepreneurship is frequently promoted as a livelihood strategy for Sámi indigenous people living in northern Sweden. At the same time, tourism’s ability to fully take over struggling primary sectors has been brought into question, due perhaps to a mismatch of skills or to tourism’s seasonality and low pay. In spite of that, the role of tourism development might relate less to financial autonomy but could best be characterized as being supplementary and complementary to other occupations. Additionally, the motivations behind tourism involvement among Sámi tourist entrepreneurs remain largely unknown. This interview-based study therefore aims to uncover why Sámi indigenous tourist entrepreneurs living in northern Sweden get involved in tourism and to what extent tourism is part of a livelihood diversification strategy. The findings show that a combination of factors such as lifestyle choices, existing touristic demand and readily available forms of capital lead people to become tourist entrepreneurs. At the same time, for some respondents, tourism is part of a livelihood diversification strategy where its development is not sought for replacing a struggling traditional occupation, namely reindeer herding, but for complementing it.

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旅游业作为瑞典北部萨米土著人的生计多样化战略

摘要 旅游创业经常作为生活在瑞典北部的萨米土著人的生计战略而得到推广。与此同时，旅游业全面接管陷入困境的初级产业的能力受到质疑，这可能是由于技能不匹配或旅游业的季节性和低工资。尽管如此，旅游业发展的作用可能与财务自主权关系不大，但最好将其定性为对其他职业的补充和补充。此外，萨米旅游企业家参与旅游背后的动机在很大程度上仍然未知。因此，这项基于访谈的研究旨在揭示为什么居住在瑞典北部的萨米土著旅游企业家参与旅游业，以及旅游业在多大程度上是生计多样化战略的一部分。研究结果表明，生活方式选择、现有旅游需求和现成的资本形式等因素的综合作用，促使人们成为旅游企业家。同时，对于一些受访者来说，旅游业是生计多样化战略的一部分，旅游业的发展不是为了取代陷入困境的传统职业，即驯鹿放牧，而是为了补充它。