Icelandic tourism: Past directions - future challenges

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-301

  Jóhannesson, Gunnar Thór ^a   Huijbens, Edward Hákon ^b   Sharpley, Richard ^c  

^a Anthropological Institute   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold water island tourism; Iceland; Sociosustainability; Tourism development; Tourism policy

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ICELAND;

EID: 77953626088     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680903493670     Document Type: Article

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