Changing ideas about natural resources: tourists' perspectives on the wilderness and power production in Iceland

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 404-421

  Sæþórsdóttir, Anna Dóra ^a   Saarinen, Jarkko ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Highlands; Iceland; natural resources; power production; Tourism industry; wilderness

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; POWER GENERATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; UPLAND REGION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ICELAND;

EID: 84946600073     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2015.1108866     Document Type: Article

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