Inspired by eruptions? eyjafjallajökull and icelandic tourism

Mobilities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-84

  Benediktsson, Karl ^a   Lund, Katrín Anna ^a   Huijbens, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Ejafjallaj kull; Iceland; Risk; The sublime; Tourism

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MOBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 78650545519     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2011.532654     Document Type: Article

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